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Day’s post office opened in 1892

Most of Day was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1964. Below: maps from 1954 on.

1892first post office
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Quick answers

How Day began

When was Day founded?

1892

The Day post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 89134 years
Founding year: the first Day post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Day’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Day are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Day’s homes were built before 1964.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Day’s history is told.

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The story so far

Day, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Day yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Day is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lafayette County, Florida, United States. Its population was 89 as of the 2020 census. Day has a post office with ZIP code 32013.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 116 to 89 (-23%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Day, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Brewer Lake Baptist Church2026Brewer Lake Baptist ChurchDay sign, County Rd 53 SB2021Day sign, County Rd 53 SBDay sign, County Rd 53 NB2021Day sign, County Rd 53 NBDay Recreation Park2021Day Recreation ParkDay Post Office2021Day Post OfficeDay Community Center2021Day Community Center
On the map

Day on the map in 1954

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Day.

Day on the 1954 USGS map1954Day sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Day.

Famous people

Famous people close to Day

Nobody well known was born in Day itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Andrew PrineAmerican actor · b. 1936
Lillian SmithAmerican author, social critic · b. 1897
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Kevarrius HayesCentral African Republic basketball player · b. 1997
LeGarrette BlountAmerican football player · b. 1986
Patterson DialAmerican actress · b. 1902
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Troy SneedAmerican musician · b. 1967

Questions about Day’s history

What year was Day founded?

The Day post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.