Welcome to Donald ...

Donald is located in Yakima County<1>.

The location of Donald has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Donald, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1920.

Donald is 860 feet [262 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: Donald lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for Donald: (509)

Communities Also Named Donald ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Donald - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Donald ...

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

• Yakima
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yakima
  • Yakima is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 94,322 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Yakima <4>
• Toppenish
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toppenish
  • Toppenish is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,766 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Toppenish <4>
• Selah
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selah
  • Selah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,138 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selah <4>
• Union Gap
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Gap
  • Union Gap is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union Gap <4>
• Moxee
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxee
  • Moxee is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,398 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moxee <4>
• Granger
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granger
  • Granger is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,882 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granger <4>
• Zillah
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zillah
  • Zillah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,135 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Zillah <4>
• Harrah
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrah
  • Harrah is located in Yakima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrah <4>
• Buena
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena
  • Buena is located in Yakima County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Buena <4>
• Moxee City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moxee City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moxee City
  • Moxee City is located in Yakima County

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 Donald. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Donald.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Donald. 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 Donald.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Donald ...

Looking for more information about Donald? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Donald, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Donald.

Adding Donald to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Donald in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Donald was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Donald post office opened in 1920.

We also found Donald mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Donald.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Donald. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Yakima County: www.pan.co.yakima.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.gov/