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First settled about 1805, it was known as Chadwick’s Bay but was renamed because of the supposed similarity of its harbour to that of Dunkirk (Dunkerque), France. The opening of the Erie Canal (1825) and the arrival of the Erie Railroad (1851; now part of the Consolidated Rail Corporation) stimulated Dunkirk’s growth. It developed commercial fishing, shipped agricultural products (particularly Concord grapes), and acquired diversified industry (now chiefly stainless steel).
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- 1854 - Dunkirk
Dunkirk, an important post-town of Pom- fret township, district of Buffalo creek, Chautauque county, New York, on Lake Erie, at the western terminus of the New York and Erie railroad, 469 miles from New York city. It is beautifully situated, the ground rising as it recedes from the lake, so that at ...Read MORE... 
1888 - Near Dunkirk, N. Y., a gas well was yielding one million feet per day on the 21st.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 28, 1888
Central Ave.
Postcard- 1895 - Dunkirk
Dunkirk, a port of entry in Dunkirk township, Chautauqua co., N.Y., on Lake Erie, and on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, 40 miles S.S.W. of Buffalo, 48 miles E.N.E. of Erie, and 460 miles W.N.W. of New York. The Western division of the Erie Railroad terminates at this place, which is...Read MORE... - 1900 - SEVEN WERE KILLED IN NORMAL SCHOOL FIRE. SIX OF THE VICTIMS GIRL STUDENTS OF THE FREDONIA INSTITUTION.
Wire Window Screens Prevented Easy Access to the Fire Escapes - Nothing Saved from the Building.
Dunkirk, N. Y., Dec. 14 - From the smoldering ruins of the Fredonia State Normal and Training School, which was destroyed by fire at 6 o'clock this morning, one charred body has been recovered, and...Read MORE... - 1916
Dunkirk, a township (town) of Chautauqua co., N.V. Pop. in 1900, 454.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher 
Dunkirk High School
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Rusch's Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge, Dunkirk, N.Y.
Postcard- Dunkirk is the wettest city in New York, averaging 130 days of precipitation each year.
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1854 - Dunkirk
Dunkirk, an important post-town of Pom- fret township, district of Buffalo creek, Chautauque county, New York, on Lake Erie, at the western terminus of the New York and Erie railroad, 469 miles from New York city. It is beautifully situated, the ground rising as it recedes from the lake, so that at ... Read MORE...
1888 - Near Dunkirk, N. Y., a gas well was yielding one million feet per day on the 21st.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
January 28, 1888
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1895 - Dunkirk
Dunkirk, a port of entry in Dunkirk township, Chautauqua co., N.Y., on Lake Erie, and on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, 40 miles S.S.W. of Buffalo, 48 miles E.N.E. of Erie, and 460 miles W.N.W. of New York. The Western division of the Erie Railroad terminates at this place, which is... Read MORE...
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1900 - SEVEN WERE KILLED IN NORMAL SCHOOL FIRE. SIX OF THE VICTIMS GIRL STUDENTS OF THE FREDONIA INSTITUTION.
Wire Window Screens Prevented Easy Access to the Fire Escapes - Nothing Saved from the Building.
Dunkirk, N. Y., Dec. 14 - From the smoldering ruins of the Fredonia State Normal and Training School, which was destroyed by fire at 6 o'clock this morning, one charred body has been recovered, and... Read MORE...
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1916
Dunkirk, a township (town) of Chautauqua co., N.V. Pop. in 1900, 454.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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Dunkirk is the wettest city in New York, averaging 130 days of precipitation each year.
National Weather Service
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