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History · Daisy

Daisy’s post office opened in 1890

Most of Daisy was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1919 on and the census since 1930.

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How Daisy began

When was Daisy founded?

1890

The Daisy post office opened in 1890, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 214 in 19302020 census: 159136 years
Founding year: the first Daisy post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Daisy’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 Daisy are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 294 in 1940; 159 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19194 editions of the USGS map, 1919 to 1976. Watch Daisy change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Daisy’s history is told.

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People over time

Daisy, census by census

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Peaked at 294 in 1940; 159 people lived here in 2020.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Daisy’s Wikipedia page.

On the map

Daisy on the map, 1919 to 1976

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Daisy. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Daisy on the 1919 USGS mapDaisy on the 1944 USGS mapDaisy on the 1958 USGS mapDaisy on the 1976 USGS map1919Claxton sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story

How Daisy came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Daisy.

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The city of Daisy, Georgia was established in 1890, the same year that the Savannah and Western Railroad built a railroad line through the area. The town was going to be known as Conley, in honor of Rev. W.F. Conley, a Methodist minister, but the postal service rejected the application for a post office on May 17, 1890, because of the existence of another Conley, Georgia. The people of the community then decided on Daisy, naming their town for Daisy Leola Edwards, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Edwards and the granddaughter of W.F. Conley. The application for a post office under this name was made on July 14, 1890, and approved on August 26, 1890.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Daisy, 1878 to 1941

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1878Born hereCharles Gordon Edwards is born here
  3. 1890Post officeThe Daisy post office opens
  4. 20th century
  5. 1919On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1940CensusPopulation peaks at 294
  7. 1941Born hereJoe Williams is born here
By decade

Daisy, decade by decade

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Daisy, Georgia Caboose2014Daisy, Georgia Caboose
Famous people

2 famous people were born in Daisy

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Charles Gordon EdwardsAmerican politician · b. 1878
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Joe WilliamsCanadian football player · b. 1941

Questions about Daisy’s history

What year was Daisy founded?

The Daisy post office opened in 1890, 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 (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.