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- Dunn, IndianaDunn, IndianaDunn is a ghost town in Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. Named for Capt. James Dunn, it stands about one and a half miles east of Dunnington. In the 1920s it had two general stores, a grain elevator and about half a dozen residences...
(extinct) - Dunn, North CarolinaDunn, North CarolinaDunn is a city in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,196 at the 2000 census.It is the birthplace of early an rock and roll guitar player, Link Wray, and General William C. Lee, father of the American Army Airborne. The city's slogan is "It's all right here." The...
- Dunn, TexasDunn, TexasDunn is an unincorporated community in southern Scurry County, Texas, United States. It lies along State Highway 208 south of the city of Snyder, the county seat of Scurry County. Its elevation is 2,218 feet...
- Dunn County, Wisconsin, county
- Dunn, Dane County, WisconsinDunn, Dane County, WisconsinDunn is a town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,270 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 34.4 square miles , of which, 28.6 square miles of it is land and 5.8 square miles of it is...
, town - Dunn, Dunn County, WisconsinDunn, Dunn County, WisconsinDunn is a town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,492 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Downsville and Dunnville are located in the town.-Geography:...
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People
- Dunn BaronetsDunn BaronetsThere have been three creations of baronetcies on families bearing the surname Dunn; all three were in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. The first was settled on William Dunn of Lakenheath, Suffolk, for whom the Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry and the Sir William Dunn School of...
, three baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom - Dunn (bishop)Dunn (bishop)Dunn was a medieval Bishop of Rochester. He was consecrated probably around 740. He died in 747.-External links:*...
, an 8th century English bishop - Dunn (surname)Dunn (surname)Dunn is a surname in the English language. The name has several different origins. In some cases it is an Anglicised form of the Irish surname Ó Duinn, meaning "descendant of Donn"; the Gaelic Donn was originally a byname, meaning "brown-haired" or "chieftain"...
, an English-language surname
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- Dunn EngineeringDunn EngineeringThe Dunn Engineering Special was a racecar entered in the Indianapolis 500 during the second half of the 1950s, when the race was part of the FIA World Championship....
, racecar makers - J. E. Dunn Construction Group, a construction company
- Dunn Memorial BridgeDunn Memorial BridgeThe Dunn Memorial Bridge, officially known as the Private Parker F. Dunn Memorial Bridge, carries US 9 and US 20 across the Hudson River between Albany, New York and Rensselaer, New York. Completed in 1967 to replace an earlier span bearing the same name, the highway bridge has a steel girder...
in Albany, New York