 By the 1880s, the town contained a grocery, general store, restaurant, boarding house, two hotels, two liveries, five churches, pharmacy, lumberyard, two banks, barbershop, two saloons, dentist, optometrist.In 1884 and 1888 two fires occurred, prompting the usage of brick and mortar.About 1 mile south of Dunbar, the Delaware (named for the township) Cemetery was constructed.