The town was founded in 1887 and is named for a pioneer railroad man, J. F. Dunn. It started as a railroad town, with its first building being a boarding house, built in the late 1800s for railroad workers.Florida Back Roads Travel. Dunnellon is the town where one of the first discoveries of hard rock phosphate that led to the mining boom in Florida.
Dunnellon was a railroad town in 1890 when trains provided a major source of transportation. In or around 1908 the Atlantic Coast Line railroad built the depot on South Williams Street which remains today and is maintained by the Dunnellon Historical Society.
Dunnellon was a railroad town in 1890 when trains provided a major source of transportation. In or around 1908 the Atlantic Coast Line railroad built the depot on South Williams Street which remains today and is maintained by the Dunnellon Historical Society.
