Editing Dunkirk, Ohio (section)

==History==
Dunkirk was [[plat]]ted in 1852 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref name="Kohler 170">{{cite book|last=Kohler|first=Minnie Ichler|title=A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Principal Interests|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tYyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA170|year=1910|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company|page=170}}</ref> The village was named after [[Dunkirk, New York]].<ref name="Kohler 170" /> A post office has operated since 1854.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Hardin |title=Hardin County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=December 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222084954/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Hardin |archivedate=December 22, 2015 }}</ref>

In 2006, Dunkirk was identified by the [[Ohio Department of Transportation]] as a potential [[railway junction|junction]] for the [[Ohio Hub]] [[high-speed rail]] project.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ohio Hub Incremental Routes |url=http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Rail/Programs/passenger/Ohio%20Hub%20Plan/OhioHubOverview.pdf |publisher=[[Ohio Department of Transportation]] |date=October 17, 2006 |accessdate=September 12, 2009 |page=23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101073020/http://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Rail/Programs/passenger/Ohio%20Hub%20Plan/OhioHubOverview.pdf |archivedate=January 1, 2009 }}</ref>