Table of Contents maintained by: , the USGenWeb Archives, Kansas File Manager & , Assistant Kansas File Manager.

Return to the County Table or visit the Doniphan County KSGenWeb page.

DONIPHAN County, situated in the extreme northeast of Kansas, makes but a small showing on the general map, but a great one in the history of the State. It is bounded on the south by the Missouri River, the State of Missouri and Atchison County, Kansas; west by Brown County; north by the State line and the Missouri, and east by the Missouri River and the State of Missouri.₁

Organized in 1855. County seat Troy. In honor of Col. A. W. Doniphan, of Missouri. He commanded a regiment of cavalry during the Mexican War, marching across the plains, and taking a very prominent part in the conquest of New Mexico. He was a zealous partisan in the effort made to extend slavery into Kansas.₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Archives Table of Contents last updated-- Wednesday, 07-May-2008 04:16:29 PDT

You are our  visitor -- since the counter was installed on August 27, 1998

SUBMISSION FORMS: These forms at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ allow you to type your record and submit it. This will create a file in a format acceptable for KSArchives and ready for posting. These forms are not mandatory and if you have data already typed please send it in text format to the Archives File Manager. Copies of the information will be sent to the KS-FOOTSTEPS-L list.

All files are contributed for use by the USGenWeb Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) Archives and by the KSGenWeb Project Archives (http://www.usgwarchives.org/ks/ksfiles.htm)