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Donley County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles

—digitized titles

3historic places

—earliest paper

1876formed

3,258pop. 2020

6cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1978. Most listings are in or near Clarendon.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Donley titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Clarendon Motor Company Building	Clarendon	Building	1994
Donley County Courthouse and Jail	Clarendon	Building	1978
Martin-Lowe House	Clarendon	Building	1985

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Donley was formed in 1876 (1876-11-19) from Wegefarth.

DONLEY created from WEGEFARTH (extinct); mistake in description corrected 10 Mar 1891. Act passed 21 Aug 1876; took effect 19 Nov 1876.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Donley County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
160	2,756	8,035	7,487	6,216	4,449	4,075	3,828	3,258

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

6 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 6 of 6 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Boydston Cemetery	35.15164	-100.99176
Citizens Cemetery	34.91915	-100.88043
Jericho Cemetery	35.16567	-100.9209
Odd Fellows Cemetery	34.91901	-100.88669
Rowe Cemetery	34.88725	-100.67339
Saint Marys Cemetery	34.91915	-100.88352

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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