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History · Dunn Township

Half of Dunn Township’s homes were built after 1988

Most of Dunn Township was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1988.

0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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What stands out about Dunn Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Dunn Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Dunn Township, and 1 old place names are still on the map.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dunn Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Lake Lizzie
1916–1930
Dunvilla
1930–1949
19101970today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Dunvilla
Gone or out of use
Dunn SchoolschoolDunvilla Post Officepost office
1cemetery inside Dunn Township
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

The story

How Dunn Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Dunn Township.

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Dunn Township was organized in 1880, and named for George W. Dunn, a settler.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Dunn Township, 1886 to 1949

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1886Born hereRoy Emery Dunn is born here
  3. 20th century
  4. 1916Post officeThe Lake Lizzie post office opens
  5. 1930Post officeThe Lake Lizzie post office closes
  6. 1930Post officeThe Dunvilla post office opens
  7. 1949Post officeThe Dunvilla post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Candor TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLida TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townScambler Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLake Eunice TownshipIts storyC−

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.