The Town[3] of Dunkirk is located in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.

The unincorporated community of Hanerville, which was named for James Haner, who had moved from Easton, New York in 1844,[4] is located in the town.

At the 2000 census there were 2,053 people, 760 households, and 595 families living in the town.

There were 776 housing units at an average density of 24.3 per square mile (9.4/km2).

[2] There were 760 households, 36.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.6% were non-families.