{{About|the Town of Dunkirk|the village|Dunkirk, Wisconsin}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Town of Dunkirk | settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of Wisconsin#Town|Town]] | nickname = | motto = <!-- Images --> | image_skyline = Dunkirk Town Hall-2.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Town hall | image_flag = | image_seal = <!-- Maps --> | image_map = Dane County Wisconsin incorporated and unincorporated areas Dunkirk highlighted.svg | mapsize = 260px | map_caption = Location in [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]] and the state of [[Wisconsin]].
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<!-- General information -->| timezone = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]] | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=October 25, 2007}}</ref> | elevation_m = 271 | elevation_ft = 889 | coordinates = {{coord|42|53|41|N|89|11|49|W|region:US-WI|display=inline}} | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = [[Area code 608|608]] | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 55-21100<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 1583104<ref name="GR3" /> | website = | footnotes = }} The '''Town<ref>"Towns" in Wisconsin perform most of the same functions as townships in many other states. see 'Wisconsin Blue Book 2022,' Town, pp 354-355</ref> of Dunkirk''' is located in [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]], [[Wisconsin]], United States. The population was 1,881 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Dunkirk town, Dane County, Wisconsin |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Dunkirk+town,+Dane+County,+Wisconsin |access-date=March 3, 2026 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> The unincorporated community of Hanerville, which was named for James Haner, who had moved from Easton, New York in 1844,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Callary|first1=Edward|title=Place Names of Wisconsin|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|location=Madison, WI|isbn=978-0-299-30964-0|page=114}}</ref> is located in the town.
==Geography== According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 32.3 square miles (83.7 km{{sup|2}}), of which 31.9 square miles (82.6 km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.4 square mile (1.1 km{{sup|2}}) (1.27%) is water.
==Demographics== At the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]] there were 2,053 people, 760 households, and 595 families living in the town. The population density was 64.3 people per square mile (24.8/km{{sup|2}}). There were 776 housing units at an average density of 24.3 per square mile (9.4/km{{sup|2}}). The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the town was 98.15% White, 0.19% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.10% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.02%.<ref name="GR2" />
There were 760 households, 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families. 16.3% of households were one person and 5.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.03.
The age distribution was 26.2% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 28.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% 65 or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 106 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102 males.
The median household income was $62,426 and the median family income was $66,587. Males had a median income of $41,316 versus $28,448 for females. The per capita income for the town was $26,609. About 3.3% of families and 3.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.9% of those under age 18 and 3.7% of those age 65 or over.
==Notable people== * [[Ella Giles Ruddy]], author, editor
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==External links== *[http://www.townofdunkirk.com Town of Dunkirk, Wisconsin website] {{Madison}} {{Dane County, Wisconsin}}
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