Dunreith, Indiana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Spiceland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47337. The Survey maps it on the Dunreith quadrangle. 171 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,043 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresDunreith fell from 177 to 171 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 177 | |
| 2020 | 171 | -6 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1950 USGS Dunreith quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Cincinnati quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Dunreith quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS New Castle quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
20,592 words on this townshipHistory of Henry County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns ... Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History., published 1884 names this settlement in its chapter on Spiceland Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Spiceland Township contains a valuable stone quarry. The villages of Spiceland. Ogden and Dunreith are all railroad stations having business interests of importance. The township officers for 1884-'5areJ. T. Unthank, Trustee; David Wickers^m and C. A. Swaim, Justices.
Passage source: History of Henry County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns ... Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History., published 1884.
The beginning of this place was the completion of the Indiana Central Railroad, now the Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg. Emery Dunreith Coffin was the pioneer merchant here, and the village was called Coffin's Station after him. In 1865 town lots were laid out by Caleb Johnson and Thomas Evans. An addition was soon made by John W. Griffin. The name of the village was changed to Dunreith in 1865 in honor of Mr. Coffin. In 1870 the town was incorporated. Population in 1870, 180; in 1880, 149; in 1884 (estimated), 250. The completion of the New Castle & Rushville Railroad, which forms a junction with the Pan Handle at this point, gives the town excellent railroad facilities. Dunreith has a good two-story school-house, two churches and several stores. It is a busy place for one of its size.
Passage source: History of Henry County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns ... Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History., published 1884.
Dunreith Lodge, No. 341, I. O. O. F., was chartered Jan. 25, 1870. The charter members were: J. N. Hall, Andrew Harrold, John A. Hudelson, J. W. Sanders, Edwin Bateman, William Harrold, D. W. Butler, A. N. Smith, Jos. S. Lowe, John Mc- Edmonson, Nathan Allertson, J. H. Smith, H. Clay McCoy, S. H. Hudelson, Pleasant H. Hays, William N. Edmonson. The present membership is twenty; assets, $500. The present officers are: William Fry, N. G. ; Jesse Harrold, Y. G. ; John Julian, Scribe; E. Y. Tra°, Fin. Sec.; B F. Hinshaw, Tron^.
Passage source: History of Henry County, Indiana : Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Towns ... Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embracing Accounts of Pre-historic Races, Aborigines, Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, and a Brief Review of Its Civil and Political History., published 1884.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Spiceland Township - it names this place 8 more 8 times.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dunreith: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bells Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Omar V. Davis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunreith in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunreith | $2,000 | Several large tree limbs snapped by thunderstorm wind gusts across US 40. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunreith | $100 | A four inch diameter tree limb was downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunreith | - | A 59 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured in this location. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Dunreith | - | Hail estimated at one inch was reported on US 40. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunreith | - | Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dunreith | - | Law enforcement reported trees down in Dunreith. |
| January 2023 | Hail | Dunreith | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Dunreith | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Spiceland | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Stone Quarry Mills | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Raysville | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lewisville | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Knightstown | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Greensboro | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Knox | 5.6 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Dunreith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2104111 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 433801. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




