This community was first settled about 1798. Among the prominent Revolutionary War veterans who settled here were Joel Cohoon, James Thomas, Sr. and Nathan Futrell. These early pioneers cleared forests, planted crops and orchards, and set up lumber and grist mills and distilleries. Donaldson Post Office, established in 1855, was on this site from 1894 to 1913. This seven-mile-long valley has numerous fresh-water springs that feed Donaldson Creek. It was once a hunting ground for the Chickasaw Indian tribe. The area was part of Christian County until Trigg was created in 1820. Donaldson precinct formed in 1917, and citizens voted here for more than forty years.