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Dahlgren was established on March 29, 1872 by Deed of Dedication.

On that date Alexander M. Sturman formally conveyed to the new town one square mile ( 2. 6 km² ) of land that had been platted the previous autumn.

Its founding coincided with the construction of the Saint Louis & Southeastern Railway when most of the residents of the hamlet of Lovilla relocated en masse to the new rail line from a stage route ( the so-called " New Mt.

Vernon Road ") that ran a few miles to the southeast of present-day Dahlgren and had itself supplanted the older Goshen Road from near McLeansboro.