Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Doniphan County, Kansas.

Official Website

Doniphan County was established on August 25, 1855, then organized on September 18, 1855. It is named for the U.S. cavalry commander Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan (1808–1887) of Liberty, Missouri, who played an important part in the Mexican–American War.

Adjacent Counties

• Atchison County
• Buchanan County, Missouri
• Brown County
• Holt County, Missouri
• Andrew County, Missouri
• Richardson County, Nebraska

Cities

• Denton
• Elwood
• Highland
• Leona
• Severance
• Troy (County Seat)
• Wathena
• White Cloud

Other Townships & Communities: Bendena, Blair, Brenner, Burr Oak, Center, Doniphan, Fanning, Independence, Iowa, Iowa Point, Marion, Moray, Palermo, Purcell, Sparks, Union, Washington, Wayne and Wolf River

Links

Wikipedia

Genealogy Trails

KS Gen Web

National Register of Historic Places

RAOGK

1882 Plat Book of Doniphan County

Forebears.io

1949 Doniphan County Map