Van Dyne is an unincorporated census-designated place

Census-designated place

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 in the town of Friendship, in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

Fond du Lac County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 97,296. Its county seat is Fond du Lac. The United States Census Bureau's Fond du Lac Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of Fond du Lac County. The county name is French for "bottom of the...

, United States

United States

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. As of the 2010 census

United States Census, 2010

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, its population is 279. The road traveling north-south through the community was part of the Yellowstone Trail

Yellowstone Trail

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 and later Wisconsin Highway 175; it is now a county highway.

The community was first platted by Daniel Van Duyne in 1866, and was a stop for a railroad between Fond du Lac

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Fond du Lac is a city in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, United States. The name is French for bottom of the lake, for it is located at the bottom of Lake Winnebago. The population was 42,203 at the 2000 census...

 and Oshkosh

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

As of the census of 2000, there were 62,916 people, 24,082 households, and 13,654 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,662.2 people per square mile . There were 25,420 housing units at an average density of 1,075.6 per square mile...

. A post office was established in 1894.