Dugger, IN

Dugger is a town in Cass Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. The 2020 census counted 797 residents. Dugger is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Dugger post office has been in operation since 1881. Dugger is home to the Dugger Coal Museum, which contains local photographs and artifacts related to coal mining in and around Dugger and Sullivan County, Indiana. Dugger is also home to Union High School, a small school that was formerly in the Northeast School Corporation of Sullivan County.

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In December 2013, NESC voted to close Union High School and Dugger Elementary. In Dugger, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Dugger, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Dugger is home to an abandoned French-built RTG Turboliner formerly used by Amtrak from 1973 to 1981. Dugger is home to Coal Museum. Dugger is home to Union High School.