[7] During the colonial era a village of Dandaloo was proposed where the Trangie-Melrose Road crosses the Bogan River.

Although subdivision commenced, the proposal was revoked in June 1895 and the town site remains largely paddocks to this day, although a few houses, a church graveyard and disused post office building are scattered across the area.

During the Second World War, the Royal Australian Air Force built a satellite airfield seventeen kilometres west-north-west of its Elementary Flying Training School at RAAF Station Narromine.

Known as RAAF Dandaloo, the former comprised a single 5,000' east-west gravel runway (and eight hideouts) with no other permanent above-ground structures.

In 2006 Dandaloo had around 365 people, with the major industry being agriculture, forestry & fishing.