Dunkirk New York, United States
Fredonia • Dunkirk NY To Buffalo NY via Interstate 90 (Maijs 2024)
Dunkirk,city and port, Chautauqua county, western New York, U.S. It lies along Lake Erie, just north of Fredonia and 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Buffalo. 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). Dunkirk was the birthplace (1871) of Samuel Hopkins Adams, the noted author-journalist. A lighthouse, built on the shore of Lake Erie in 1875, now houses a museum. Inc. village, 1837; city, 1880. Pop. (2000) 13,131; (2010) 12,563.
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Historical USA
Which U.S. state capital is named for an explorer of the American West?
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