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Unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Doniphan is an unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.[1]
Doniphan Townsite old Doniphan. The formor town of doniphan was establised of the Lewis and Clark expedition's campsite of July 4,1804 which was near Independence Creek.The camp was near an uninhabited Kanza Indian village.
The company that founded the community was organized on November 11, 1854. Doniphan was incorporated in 1869.[2] The community was named for Alexander William Doniphan, a military leader in the Mexican–American War.[3]
A post office was opened in Doniphan on March 3, 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued on August 15, 1943.[4]
Doniphan is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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