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The boundaries of
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Dogtown got its name as a small mining community in the mid-1800s. There was a concentration of small clay and coal mines in the area during that time, and the term "Dogtown" was widely used in the 1800s by miners to describe a group of small shelters around mines. Although some erroneously think
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Dogtown, near Cheltenham."
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