Doniphan, Kansas

Doniphan is an unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States.^[1]

Doniphan, Kansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 39°38′30″N 95°4′51″W[1]
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Doniphan
Founded	1854; 171 years ago (1854)
Platted	1855
Incorporated	1869; 156 years ago (1869)
Named after	Alexander Doniphan
Elevation [1]	860 ft (260 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	785
FIPS code	20-18275
GNIS ID	473282 [1]

History

The company that founded the community was organized on November 11, 1854. Doniphan was incorporated in 1869.^[2] The community was named, as was the county, 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]

Demographics

Doniphan is part of the St. Joseph, MO–KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.