Doniphan, Kansas

Doniphan, Kansas
Unincorporated community
Doniphan, Kansas
Doniphan, Kansas

Location within the state of Kansas

Coordinates: 39°38′30″N 95°4′51″W / 39.64167°N 95.08083°W / 39.64167; -95.08083Coordinates: 39°38′30″N 95°4′51″W / 39.64167°N 95.08083°W / 39.64167; -95.08083
Country United States
State Kansas
County Doniphan
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)

Doniphan is a small unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.[1] Doniphan is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The company that founded the town was organized on November 11, 1854. Doniphan was incorporated in 1869.[2] The community was named for Alexander William Doniphan, a military leader in the Mexican–American War.[3]

A post office was opened in Doniphan on March 3, 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued on August 15, 1943.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Doniphan, Kansas
  2. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. p. 528.
  3. ↑ History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p. 474.
  4. ↑ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

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