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History · Dunkirk

Dunkirk’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Dunkirk. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Dunkirk is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,521 at the 2010 census. It is the northernmost community in Calvert County and is the main commerce area for northern Calvert County.

Half of its homes were built before 1981.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Dunkirk yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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By decade

Dunkirk, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Dunkirk is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dunkirk has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Maidstone in Owings, 2.8 miles away.

Dunkirk and the nearest listed places

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MaidstoneBrookefield of the BerrysWaverlySt. Thomas' ChurchGrahame HouseSt. Thomas' Episcopal Parish Historic District

Closest to Dunkirk

MaidstoneOwings · Building2.8miBrookefield of the BerrysCroom · Built 18104.2miWaverlyCroom · Building4.3miSt. Thomas' ChurchCroom · Building4.6miGrahame HouseBaden · Building4.7mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Maidstone’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Dunkirk?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Dunkirk’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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