Doniphan is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Doniphan County, Kansas
Doniphan County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Troy, and its most populous city is Wathena. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 7,510. The county was named after Alexander Donip ...
, United States.
History
The company that founded the community was organized on November 11, 1854. Doniphan was incorporated in 1869. The community was named, as was the county, for
Alexander William Doniphan
Alexander William Doniphan (July 9, 1808 – August 8, 1887) was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Joseph Smith, founder of the Church ...
, a military leader in the
Mexican–American War
The Mexican–American War (Spanish language, Spanish: ''guerra de Estados Unidos-México, guerra mexicano-estadounidense''), also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, ...
.
A post office was opened in Doniphan on March 3, 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued on August 15, 1943.
Demographics
Doniphan is part of the
St. Joseph,
MO–KS
Metropolitan Statistical Area.
References
Further reading
External links
* Doniphan County maps
CurrentHistoric
KDOT
Unincorporated communities in Doniphan County, Kansas
Unincorporated communities in Kansas
St. Joseph, Missouri metropolitan area
1854 establishments in Kansas Territory
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