City of Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas
Just across the Missouri River to the northeast,
Andrew and Buchanan Counties, MO were the previous homes for
many of the first Doniphan County KS residents in the late 1850s.

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Check motels in nearby St. Joseph, MO

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Doniphan County Web Sites

About Doniphan County (KSGenWeb)
Doniphan County KS
Doniphan Co, Wikipedia
Doniphan County, KS: Kansas On The Net (Howell)
Highland, highlandkansas.org
Highland, Wikipedia
Troy, Wikipedia
Troy, LASR (1999 update)
Wathena Interactive
Wathena, Wikipedia

Current History:

Spring 2011: Wathena High School's last graduating class with 34 seniors
(more)
"Wathena High School was organized in 1889 under Principal E. J. Mathes, according to a history of the school written by teacher and historian Glendon Hartman. The first class graduated in 1890. By 1895 the school had grown from an enrollment of 21 to 53 students. The school moved into its present building in 1909. Additions were made in the 1990s."

Fall 2011: Elwood and Wathena High Schools merge
Wathena USD406 + Elwood USD486 = USD 114

Finding Local Cemeteries:

Doniphan Co cemeteries FindAGrave.com
Doniphan County Kansas Cemeteries indexed by surname
Bellemont Cemetery, Wathena
Catholic (St. Charles) Cemetery, Troy
Doniphan Cemetery, Troy
Jordan Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Bendena
King Hill Cemetery, south of Troy
Lafayette Cemetery, Sparks
Mt. Olive Cemetery, south of Troy
Olive Branch Cemetery, White Cloud
Rosedale (Cordonier) Cemetery
Syracuse Cemetery, Fanning

Schools, Colleges, Universities

Highland Community College

Books, Articles, Histories

GEN-BOOKS: Free Yahoo eGroup for posting genealogy and history books you want to sell or buy
Brief History of Doniphan County Towns
Doniphan County Plat Book, 1882
Doniphan County, from Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, 1883 WWW-VL: History First site on the World Wide Web Virtual Library
Genealogical and Biographical Record of North-Eastern Kansas, 1900, on-line book
Gray's Doniphan County History, 1905
Gray's history of the Pony Express
Route of the Pony Express trail from St Joseph, MO
Kansas One Room School House Project by county
Native American Heritage Museum at Highland (KSHS)

Maps

Doniphan County, KS map, 1883
Northeast Section of Kansas map, c1905
1882 Plat Book, Doniphan County
Old Kansas Area Maps
Current and historic maps

Family History

Archive index: Doniphan Co, KS (KSGenWeb)
Archives: Doniphan Co, KS (USGenWeb)
Doniphan County KSGenWeb
Kansas Surname List: check for Doniphan County
Family History (all with Kansas ties)
You may need to search for the word Doniphan with your browser to find these:

BROWNLEE and related families
Samuel COLLINS - Patrick LAUGHLIN Incident [Doniphan]
COWGER family
FURGUSON, Thomas married GOTCHER, Ellen (1838-1912) in 1860 before settling in Holt Co MO
GEORGE, Reuben [Doniphan]
GOTCHER, Blackwell (from IL to KS)
HALL, James
HAMMON(D), Jefferson and Louisa Marion (KINNISON)
HEGARTY, Samuel & Nellie Mae
LAWHORN, Sherrard & Polly
MARTIN, Isaac & Mary Ann
McNETT, Robert & Rosa (AYERS) [search for Doniphan]
ROCKEY, Robert [Doniphan]
SELLER, SOLLAR, and related families: notes
THORP, William Robert's family
VICKERY, William and Hannah (MANWARING) and several descendants

Kansas Heritage Sites
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KSGenWeb Sites
MOGenWeb Sites
Buchanan Co, MO
Andrew Co, MO
Holt Co, MO

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City of Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas Just across the Missouri River to the northeast, Andrew and Buchanan Counties, MO were the previous homes for many of the first Doniphan County KS residents in the late 1850s.