Do you know of Donnelly ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Donnelly. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Donnelly.<1>

We found mention of Donnelly as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Marion County, Iowa.

Communities Also Named Donnelly ...

We found seven communities that share the name Donnelly.

Within Iowa, the name Donnelly is unique.

Beyond Iowa, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alaska
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alaska community of Donnelly.
- Alberta
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alberta community of Donnelly.
- Idaho
  - Valley County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Donnelly [Valley County].
- Kentucky
  - Lee County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Donnelly [Lee County].
- Michigan
  - Montmorency County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Donnelly [Montmorency County].
- Minnesota
  - Stevens County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Donnelly [Stevens County].
- Pennsylvania
  - Westmoreland County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Donnelly [Westmoreland County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Donnelly ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Donnelly:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Donnelly - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Donnelly.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 19/21855 (Place Name: Donnelly)

County: Marion (FIPS State/County: 19/125)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Donnelly) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in Marion County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Marion County.

Footnotes ...

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This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

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If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Donnelly could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.