Welcome to Donaldson ...

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

We've added Donaldson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Donaldson - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Donaldson, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Donaldson , we believe that it would have been located within present day Vilas County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Donaldson, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Time Zone: The area where Donaldson was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Donaldson was located: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Donaldson ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Donaldson - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Donaldson to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Donaldson was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Donaldson post office opened in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Donaldson.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Vilas County: www.co.vilas.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.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 Donaldson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Vilas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Donaldson area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Donaldson area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/