Donahoe Community

Colonists settled in the late 1840s along the fertile Donahoe Creek. Samuel Gibbs Leatherman (1799-1888) arrived in 1854 and opened the first mercantile store. He gave land for the cemetery and brought in the first doctor. In 1880 Leatherman donated land for the schoolhouse. It also served as a church until 1911 when Thomas Jefferson Jones and his wife gave this site for the Baptist church. Donahoe boasted a town square, post office, telephone system and voting precinct. With the coming of good roads to other towns, Donahoe declined, leaving only the cemetery. (1978)

Donahoe Community is a historical marker in Bartlett vicinity, Bell County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 223 historical markers documented in Bell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 399 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.8168, -97.3320 near Bartlett vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is Donahoe Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include McKay, Daniel, Sarah Mumford Taylor, and Jackson Family.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5027012393. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.