Welcome to Donkville ...

Donkville is located in Madison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Donkville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Donkville is 510 feet [155 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Donkville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Donkville ...

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

• Saint Louis
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Louis is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Louis
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 297,645 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Louis <3>
• Florissant
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Florissant is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Florissant
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 50,795 people
• Belleville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Belleville is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,536 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belleville <3>
• University City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • University City is located in Saint Louis City (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
• O'Fallon
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • O'Fallon is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Fallon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,606 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Fallon <3>
• Granite City
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Granite City is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,959 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Granite City <3>
• Alton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Alton is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,049 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <3>
• East Saint Louis
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • East Saint Louis is located in Saint Clair County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Saint Louis
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,776 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for East Saint Louis <3>
• Edwardsville
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Edwardsville is located in Madison County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edwardsville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,189 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edwardsville <3>
• Ferguson
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ferguson is located in Saint Louis County (MO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferguson
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,457 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Donkville ...

Looking for more information about Donkville? 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 Donkville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Donkville.

Adding Donkville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Donkville 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 (so far) for Donkville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Donkville post office opened in 1901. The Donkville post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Donkville.