Dunnington, Indiana
Dunnington, Indiana | |
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Benton County's location in Indiana | |
Dunnington Dunnington's location in Benton County | |
| Coordinates: 40°33′51″N 87°29′27″W / 40.56417°N 87.49083°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Benton |
| Township | Parish Grove |
| Elevation | 234 m (768 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 47944 |
| Area code | 765 |
| FIPS code | 18-19126[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 433799 |
Dunnington is a small unincorporated community in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.[3]
History
Named for Capt. James Dunn,[4] it stands about one and a half miles west of its smaller sister town, Dunn. A post office was established at Dunnington in 1888, and was discontinued in 1903.[5] In the early 20th century it supported a Catholic church and school, a general store, a Forresters lodge and about half a dozen residences[6] (an estimate similar to the town's current size). St. Mary's Catholic Church, established in the late 19th century, was renovated in the early 1950s and was home to St. Mary's Catholic School, which closed in the late 1960s.
Geography
Dunnington is located at 40°33′51″N 87°29′27″W / 40.56417°N 87.49083°W, on the border of Parish Grove Township and Hickory Grove Township, two miles east of the border with Illinois. Indiana State Road 71 passes north through the town, and a small creek named Kult Ditch flows northwest toward Mud Creek.
Notable people
- George Gick, baseball player.
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Archived from the original on February 2, 2001. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on December 27, 1996. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Dunnington, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3.
...and named for Captain James Dunn, who founded nearby Dunnington.
- ^ "Benton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. "Unincorporated community s of the County". History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw. p. 201.