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DUNCAN, Umatilla County. Ida M. Wilbur, postmaster at Duncan in 1925, told the writer that the community was named for Isaac Duncan, a veteran of the Civil War. He lived in the neighborhood for many years, and the name of Duncan was proposed for the place in 1899. The post office was established October 28, 1899.

DUNCAN CREEK, Lane County. Duncan Creek is near Silver Lake. It was named for George C. Duncan who first settled on the land where the stream emptied into Silver Lake. The Duncan family arrived in the Silver Lake Valley about 1873.

DUNCANVILLE, Grant County. Duncanville was a post office in the west or upper end of Bear Valley, southwest of Canyon City. Postal records show that the office was established September 27, 1897, with Wesley P. Duncan postmaster. The office was discontinued May 15, 1902, with all mail to Canyon City. It was named for the postmaster.

DUNDEE, Yamhill County. William Reid came to Oregon in 1874 from Dundee, Scotland. Among other things he became interested in Willamette Valley railroad construction, and he assisted in organizing the Oregonian Railway Company, Limited, a corporation of Dundee, Scotland, which succeeded to the interest of The Oregon Railway Company in 1880. The Oregon Company had previously taken over property of the Willamette Valley Railroad Company, which had gotten into financial difficulties. The Oregonian Railway Company made several narrow gage extensions on the west side of the Willamette Valley, and an east side extension from Dundee. The town of Dundee was established and named for Reid's home in Scotland. For details of Reid's history and of the construction of the railroad mentioned above, see Scott's History of the Oregon Country. The post office history of Dundee is a little more complicated than ordinary. An office named Ekins was established there in 1881 which ran until the summer of 1882 when the name was changed to Dundee in commemoration of Reid's birthplace. The name Dundee was used for the post office name from July 25, 1882, until June 30, 1885, when the postal business was turned over to Lafayette. On April 16, 1887, a new post office with the name Dundee Junction was established with Frank D. McCain, first postmaster. The name Dundee Junction was used because there had been a good deal of talk about building a railroad bridge over Willamette River from Fulquartz Landing on the Yamhill County side to Rays Landing on the Marion County side. The east side narrow gage line would thus be brought to Dundee where a junction would be made with the west side line and also a connection to Portland. The writer is of the opinion that the name Dundee Junction was in use by the railroad company prior to the time that Dundee Junction post office was established. In any event, the name Dundee Junction for the post office prevailed until February 13, 1897, when it was changed to Dundee, the present style. The bridge has not been built.

DUNDON Bridge, Lincoln County. Dundon Bridge is just west of Toledo, and the name is frequently misspelled. Alonzo T. M. Dundon was born in Peoria, Illinois, in 1852, and came to Oregon with his parents in 1864 in the train of Captain Frank Shedd. In 1866 the Dundon family settled near what is now Toledo. Alonzo Dundon ran a brickyard and also a freight line from Corvallis to the coast. He died December 27, 1940. For obituary, see Toledo Leader, January 2, 1941.

DUNLAP Lake, Marion County. This lake, northeast of Detroit, was on. 11 23 0