Dunfermline is a village in Fulton County,

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. The population was 262 at the 2020 census. ''Dunfermline'' is pronounced Done-ferm-lin.

History

A post office has been in operation at Dunfermline since 1887. A share of the first settlers being natives of

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, Scotland, caused the name to be selected.

Geography

Dunfermline is located in east-central Fulton County.

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forms the eastern border of the village; the highway leads north to

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and south to

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at Little America. Lewistown, the

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, is to the southwest by

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. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Dunfermline has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 262 people, 159 households, and 121 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 131 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 93.89%

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, 0.38%

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, 0.38% Native American, 1.15% Asian, 0.00%

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, 0.00% from other races, and 4.20% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.53% of the population. There were 159 households, out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.38% were married couples living together, 5.66% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.90% were non-families. 21.38% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.58% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 2.39. The village's age distribution consisted of 18.9% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 22.9% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 32.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males. The median income for a household in the village was $51,250, and the median income for a family was $58,542. Males had a median income of $51,806 versus $25,000 for females. The

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for the village was $27,722. About 1.7% of families and 8.2% of the population were below the

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, including 11.1% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

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