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Dunbar, West Virginia
:''See also Dunbar (other)'' Dunbar is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Kanawha River. The population was 7,479 at the 2020 census. History Dunbar was incorporated on April 19, 1921, by an Act of the West Virginia Legislature. Dunbar is on land that was originally occupied by Native Americans with 11 mounds identified in the residential areas. The land was granted to George Washington for his military service and was named for Mary Dunbar after she inherited the land from Washington, although other sources say it was named for Dunbar Baines, a prominent area banker. Dunbar was a farming community until industries began to evolve in the city with the opening of glass and bottling plants in 1912. The Gravely Plow was invented in Dunbar in 1916. Located at Dunbar is the Dutch Hollow Wine Cellars, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The park is listed on the Register due to the walk-in wine cellars loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunbar (other)
Dunbar is a town in East Lothian, Scotland. Dunbar may also refer to: Places Australia *Dunbar Station (Queensland) Canada *Dunbar–Southlands, a residential neighborhood in Vancouver, Canada United Kingdom *Dunbar Castle * Dunbar sands or Doom Bar, Cornwall United States * East Dunbar, Fort Myers, Florida neighborhood * Dunbar, Georgia * Dunbar, Kentucky * Dunbar, Nebraska *Dunbar, Ohio *Dunbar, Oklahoma * Dunbar, Pennsylvania * Dunbar, Georgetown County, South Carolina * Dunbar, South Carolina, an unincorporated community in Marlboro County *Dunbar, Virginia *Dunbar, Wisconsin, a town * Dunbar (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *Dunbar, West Virginia * Williamsburg, Michigan, an unincorporated community formerly called ''Dunbar'' * Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania Other uses * ''Dunbar'' (novel), a novel by Edward St Aubyn * ''Dunbar'' (ship), a wrecked clipper, wrecked off Sydney * Dunbar (surname) * Allied Dunbar, a defunct British life insu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
