Donahoe Community
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
N 30° 49.014 W 097° 19.924
14R E 659545 N 3410500
Texas Historical Marker on the east side of Donohoe Rd, about 7.4 miles northeast of Barlett, providing some history of the Donohoe community, of which nothing remains except the cemetery across the road.
Waymark Code: WM19W3N
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
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Marker Number: 12393

Marker Text:
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)
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