Editing Dunn, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Originally called "Lucknow", what would become present-day Dunn was a sleepy hamlet compared to [[Averasboro Township, Harnett County, North Carolina|Averasborough]], a much larger city on the [[Cape Fear River]]. After the [[Battle of Averasborough]] in 1865, most residents from Averasborough left for Lucknow, renamed "Dunn" in 1873.

The city of Dunn was incorporated on February 12, 1887, at which time it was a logging town and a [[turpentine]] distilling center. The name honors Bennett Dunn,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7-QbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qlIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6881%2C6953371 | title=State Filled With Strange Town Names | work=The Dispatch | date=Aug 28, 1986 | access-date=16 May 2015 | author=Bowden, Barry | pages=25}}</ref> who supervised the construction of the railway line between [[Wilson, North Carolina|Wilson]] and [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]].

The [[Dunn Commercial Historic District]], [[Harnett County Training School]], [[Kenneth L. Howard House]], [[Lebanon (Dunn, North Carolina)|Lebanon]], [[Gen. William C. Lee House]], [[John A. McKay House and Manufacturing Company]], and [[John E. Wilson House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20140829.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2014-08-29|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>

The city's former mayor, Oscar Harris, died when walking around the city. He was 80.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc11.com/5887702/|title=Former Dunn Mayor Oscar Harris dies|date=2020-01-29|website=ABC11 Raleigh-Durham|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>