Editing Dunbar, West Virginia (section)

==History==
[[File:Dunbar station 2022b.jpg|thumb|left|Abandoned Dunbar rail station of the [[Kanawha and Michigan Railroad]] in 2022]]

Dunbar was [[incorporation (municipal government)|incorporated]] on April 19, 1921, by an Act of the [[West Virginia Legislature]]. Dunbar is on land that was originally occupied by Native Americans with 11 mounds identified in the residential areas. The land was granted to George Washington for his military service and was named for Mary Dunbar after she inherited the land from Washington, although other sources say it was named for Dunbar Baines, a prominent area banker.<ref>''West Virginia Blue Book.'' [http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Educational/publications/pub.cfm Published annually] by the Clerk's Office of the [[West Virginia Senate]].</ref>

Dunbar was a farming community until industries began to evolve in the city with the opening of glass and bottling plants in 1912. The Gravely Plow was invented in Dunbar in 1916.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofdunbarwv.gov/community.html|title=Our Community|publisher=City of Dunbar|access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref>

Located at Dunbar is the [[Dutch Hollow Wine Cellars]], listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1970.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> The park is listed on the Register due to the walk-in wine cellars located within the Park. In the past the area was known for its vineyards and the cellars were used to store wine made from the grapes grown in the vineyards. The cellars were thought to be built around 1860 due to the popularity of wine-making. The wine was then hauled to Charleston and Cincinnati. After the Civil War, wine making was no longer profitable and the vineyards were abandoned. The popularity of wine in neighboring Virginia and Ohio also had an impact on grape growing in West Virginia. The wine cellars are preserved and protected for future generations due to the foresight of Dunbar to develop the area into a City park.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://landuse.law.wvu.edu/files/d/8e993749-eac6-4bf4-91aa-a2698ce994c0/city-of-dunbar-comprehensive-plan.pdf|title=City of Dunbar Comprehensive Plan|publisher=WVU Law School|access-date=8 August 2021}}</ref>