Dundas is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

located in the town of Woodville,

Calumet County, Wisconsin Calumet County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,442. The county seat is Chilton. The county was created in 1836 (then in the Wisconsin Territory) and organized in 1850. Calumet ...

, United States.

History

A post office called Dundas was first established in 1846. The community was supposedly named by an early settler who had returned from the island of Dundas off the east coast of Africa. The community may also have been named by the first postmaster, David H. Halsted, for William H. Dundas who was the chief clerk of the Post Office Department at the time.

Notable people

* Walter F. Truettner (1881-1967),

Michigan Senate The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. Along with the Michigan House of Representatives, it composes the state legislature, which has powers, roles and duties defined by Article IV of the Michigan Constitution, ado ...

member, born in Dundas *

Joseph Wolfinger Joseph Wolfinger, Sr. (January 7, 1857 – August 17, 1941) was an American businessman, inventor, and politician. Born in the town of Wilson, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, he learned the blacksmith trade and moved to Dundas, in the town of W ...

, Wisconsin State Representative, businessman, and inventor, lived in Dundas.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of Joseph Wolfinger, pg. 672

Notes

Unincorporated communities in Calumet County, Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Appleton–Fox Cities metropolitan area {{CalumetCountyWI-geo-stub