Dunnville 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 ...

with a post office http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm in southern

Casey County Casey County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. Its county seat is Liberty. The county was formed in 1806 from the western part of Lincoln County and named for Colonel William Casey, a pioneer settler who moved his famil ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to ...

, United States, near the intersection of the

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and Goose Creek. It was named for Virginian James Richard Dunn, who settled the area in the 1840s and operated a mill. Today, several

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s and several gate shops, are located there, as Casey County is known for the manufacture of tubular gates and related farm equipment. The post office was first opened on July 3, 1879.

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Unincorporated communities in Casey County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{CaseyCountyKY-geo-stub