Emergency Crime Scene and Biohazard Cleanup in Dunreith, IN

Dunreith is a small incorporated town in Spiceland Township, Henry County, Indiana, sitting along the historic National Road corridor in east-central Indiana.

Dunreith was originally called Coffin's Station, and under that name it was platted in 1865 by Emery Dunreith Coffin.

Dunreith's population peaked at 236 residents in the 1960 census, and the town has stayed small ever since, counting 171 people at the 2020 census.

Dunreith had 78 households at the 2010 census, when 177 people lived in the town, giving the community a population density of more than 1,300 people per square mile across its compact 0.13 square miles.

In 1968, about 250 Dunreith residents had to be evacuated for 48 hours after two freight trains sideswiped in town, releasing flammable and poisonous liquids that caused a major fire and a huge explosion; the fire destroyed a local cannery.

Dunreith is the birthplace and childhood home of Gretchen Cryer, the actress, playwright and lyricist behind the musical I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, and the mother of actor Jon Cryer.

Dunreith once ran its own municipally owned electric company, which started in 1918 with just eighteen customers, and by 1941 the village supported an elevator, a canning factory, five filling stations, three groceries and three restaurants.