unincorporated community
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Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
, United States.
History
The name of the community is a blend of those of two local families: the Dunns and the Barrows.
Geography
The community is located in west-central Butler County along
Kentucky Route 70
Kentucky Route 70 (KY 70) is a long east–west state highway that originates at a junction with U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky, U.S. Route 60 (US 60) in Smithland, Kentucky, Smithland in Livingston County, Kentucky, Livingston County, just ...
(KY 70) near its junction with KY 1117 about west-southwest of Morgantown. It is also directly served by the Exit 27 interchange of Interstate 165 on the west side of Morgantown.
Post office
Dunbar had a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with ZIP code 42219. The post office operated from its establishment on April 19, 1898, until its closing on May 13, 2022.