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History · Danielsville

Danielsville’s post office opened in 1813, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Danielsville was built recently: 9% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Its Register listings are the Madison County Courthouse and the Long, Crawford W., Childhood Home. Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1891 on, and the census since 1880.

1813first post office
2on the National Register
9%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Danielsville began

When was Danielsville founded?

1813

The Danielsville post office opened in 1813, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 128 in 18802020 census: 654213 years
Founding year: the first Danielsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Danielsville’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18913 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1979. Watch Danielsville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1813: 213 years of Danielsville.
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Start Danielsville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Danielsville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewGeorgia [Effingham County (part) - Newt…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Danielsville on the map, 1891 to 1979

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

Danielsville on the 1891 USGS mapDanielsville on the 1958 USGS mapDanielsville on the 1979 USGS map1891Carnesville sheet · 1:125,000

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

Timeline

Danielsville, 1813 to 1940

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1813Post officeThe Danielsville post office opens
  3. 1815Born hereCrawford Williamson Long is born here
  4. 1891On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 20th century
  6. 1901BuiltMadison County Courthouse is built
  7. 1930Born hereMelbourne Kimsey is born here
  8. 1940In the archiveGeorgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part)
The story

How Danielsville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Danielsville.

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Danielsville was named for General Allen Daniel (1772–1836), major-general of the Fourth Division of Georgia Militia 1812-17 and both state senator and representative from Elbert and Madison counties. He was Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1822. His father was at one time thought to be a Captain Allen Daniel of Virginia, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, but this has been disproved. In 1812, Danielsville was designated seat of the newly formed Madison County. Danielsville was incorporated as a town in 1817 and as a city in 1908.

ChaptersLynching of Lent Shaw

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Danielsville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s1 item
Georgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part)1940Georgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (par…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today6 recent
Danielsville-Hardware-ga2020Danielsville-Hardware-gaDanielsville-Gen-Daniels-ga2020Danielsville-Gen-Daniels-gaDanielsville-Fire-Engine-1-ga2020Danielsville-Fire-Engine-1-gaDanielsville-City-Hall-ga2020Danielsville-City-Hall-gaCrawford W. Long Birthplace2014Crawford W. Long BirthplaceGAMap-doton-Danielsville2005GAMap-doton-Danielsville
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Georgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part)
Retake this viewGeorgia [Effingham County (part) - Newton County (part), 1940

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Danielsville’s page.

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On the National Register

2 historic places in Danielsville

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
2
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
6
each building in a district counts
first listed
1977
Long, Crawford W., Childhood Home
Madison County Courthouse, built 1901Long, Crawford W., Childhood Home
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Romanesque1
Madison County CourthouseRomanesque · Built 1901
All 2 listings
Long, Crawford W., Childhood HomeBuilding · listed 1977

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Danielsville, census by census

010020030040050060070018801900192019401960198020002020654

Grew from 128 people in 1880 to 654 in 2020, 5 times over.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Danielsville

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

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Crawford Williamson LongAmerican physician · b. 1815
Melbourne KimseyUnited States Air Force general · b. 1930
Places that used to be

Places now gone

Danielsville’s post office has been open since 1813.

Gone or out of use
Danielsville High Schoolschool

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Danielsville’s history

What year was Danielsville founded?

The Danielsville post office opened in 1813, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Danielsville?

Two places: the Madison County Courthouse (listed 1980) and the Long, Crawford W., Childhood Home (1977).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 (7), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), 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.