Do you know of Doniphan ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Doniphan. 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 Doniphan.

Our sources for Doniphan (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Doniphan other than they indicate that Doniphan would be found somewhere in Fannin County, Texas.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1901 and closed  in 1905.

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.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Doniphan ...

We found five communities that share the name Doniphan.

Within Texas, the name Doniphan is unique.

Beyond Texas, we know of another five communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arkansas
    • White County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Doniphan [White County].
  • Idaho
    • Blaine County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Doniphan [Blaine County].
  • Kansas
    • Doniphan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Doniphan [Doniphan County].
  • Missouri
    • Ripley County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Doniphan [Ripley County].
  • Nebraska
    • Hall County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Doniphan [Hall County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Doniphan ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Rand McNally Map of Texas (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Fannin County ...

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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 Fannin County.