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Dunn, NC - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Dunn  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Dunn Home page. The Dunn Home page provides as much information as possible on Dunn. Knowing Dunn’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Dunn’s Home page, you will also find Dunn’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Dunn has a population of 9738. 42.5% of Dunn’s inhabitants are Male, and 57.5 are female. 39.4% of Dunn is married and 53.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $130,013, and the average rent is $719. Household median income in Dunn is $34,464, and the individual median income is $21,890. Dunn’s Ethnic is the following: White(52.5%), Black(39.6%), Hispanic(7.4%), Other(5.6%), Multiple(1.4%), Asian(0.5%), Native(0.4%).


Originally called "Lucknow", what would become present-day Dunn was a sleepy hamlet compared to Averasborough, a much larger city on the Cape Fear River. After the Battle of Averasborough in 1865, most residents from Averasborough left for Lucknow, renamed "Dunn" in 1873. The city of Dunn was incorporated on February 12, 1887, at which time it was a logging town and a turpentine distilling center.


The name honors Bennett Dunn, who supervised the construction of the railway line between Wilson and Fayetteville. The Dunn Commercial Historic District, Harnett County Training School, Kenneth L. Howard House, Lebanon, Gen. William C. Lee House, John A. McKay House and Manufacturing Company, and John E.


Wilson House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The city's former mayor, Oscar Harris, died when walking around the city. He was 80.


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