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Dunns

Ghost town · Bath County, Virginia

Warm Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1926, 1:62,500)
Warm Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1926, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Dunns is a ghost town in Bath County, Virginia. It is one of 6 former communities in Bath County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 90 Virginia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dunns as a historical populated place on the Warm Springs topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.0229° N, 79.8098° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWarm Springs
Elevation2,278 ft
Nearest living townHot Springs, VA
Distance to it1.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1690043
Coordinates38.02290, -79.80977

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What's there now

Dunns is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hot Springs, VA (population 540), about 1.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,278 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Dunns?

Dunns is in Bath County, Virginia, at 38.0229, -79.8098.

How many ghost towns are in Bath County?

Bath County, Virginia has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.