# Donaldson, Indiana

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**Donaldson** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) and [census-designated place](/source/Census-designated_place) (CDP) in [West Township](/source/West_Township,_Marshall_County,_Indiana), [Marshall County](/source/Marshall_County,_Indiana), [Indiana](/source/Indiana), United States. It is home to [Ancilla College](/source/Ancilla_College) and the American motherhouse of the [Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ](/source/Poor_Handmaids_of_Jesus_Christ).

## History

Donaldson (also historically spelled "Donelson") was laid out in 1871.[3] A post office has been in operation there since 1871.[4]

## Geography

Donaldson is located in western Marshall County at [41°21′40″N 86°26′39″W](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?params=41_21_40_N_86_26_39_W). [U.S. Route 30](/source/U.S._Route_30) runs along the northern edge of the community, leading east 7 miles (11 km) to [Plymouth](/source/Plymouth,_Indiana), the [county seat](/source/County_seat), and west 3 miles (5 km) to [Grovertown](/source/Grovertown,_Indiana).

According to the [U.S. Census Bureau](/source/U.S._Census_Bureau), the Donaldson CDP has an area of 0.49 square miles (1.27 km2), all land.[5]

## Demographics

The [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau) first delineated Donaldson as a [census designated place](/source/Census_designated_place) in the 2022 [American Community Survey](/source/American_Community_Survey).[6]

## References

1. ["U.S. Census website"](https://www.census.gov). [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau). Retrieved 2008-01-31.

1. McDonald, Daniel (1908). [*A Twentieth Century History of Marshall County, Indiana, Volume 1*](https://books.google.com/books?id=w0PWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA135). Lewis Publishing Company. p. 135.

1. ["Marshall County"](http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Marshall). Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 January 2015.

1. ["2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Indiana"](https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_18.txt). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 17, 2023.

1. ["2022 Geography Changes"](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2022/geography-changes.html). [United States Census Bureau](/source/United_States_Census_Bureau)

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