Claudius Ekins opened a tavern at the corner of what is now Highway 10 and the 230 Sideroad. When the tavern burnt down (as they seemed to do frequently), James May built a hotel on the northeast corner of the site and the location became known as May's Corners. Elias Gray opened the first post office at his home and named the village Dundalk after his hometown in Ireland. Later, John McDowell owned property there and the place became known as McDowell's Corners.

The village of Dundalk is not now located at Highway 10 but is instead about a mile to the west. There is a story behind this. When the railway was planning the route through this area, John McDowell wanted too much money for his land, so the railway just moved the line further west to the land belonging to R.J. Doyle, who donated the land to the railway. Eventually more and more businesses moved to the location of the station, which eventually became the new location of Dundalk.

Dundalk

Dundalk Mural