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Welcome to Donahue ...

So far, we found very little information about Donahue. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Donahue to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Donahue, please Contact Us.

Donahue would have been located within present day Sonoma County<2>.


The location of Donahue has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Donahue, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1874.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Donahue is near sea level<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Donahue was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Donahue would have been located in the (707) area code.

Communities Also Named Donahue ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Donahue - they are located in Iowa and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Donahue.

Communities near Donahue ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Donahue.

  • Santa Rosa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Vallejo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Napa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napa
    • Napa is located in Napa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 77,032 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Napa <5>
  • Petaluma
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • San Rafael
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Novato
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Rohnert Park
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • San Pablo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Hercules
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hercules
    • Hercules is located in Contra Costa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,221 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hercules <5>
  • American Canyon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Donahue. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Donahue.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Donahue. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Donahue.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Donahue. See our Newspapers Page for Donahue.

Adding Donahue to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Donahue in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Donahue was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Donahue post office opened in 1874.

We also found Donahue in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Donahue.

The official website for Sonoma County: www.sonoma-county.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Donahue, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Sonoma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Donahue - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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