Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Most of Dasher was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1990. Below: maps from 1971 on and the census since 2000.
The Dasher post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name.
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dasher’s history is told.
From Wikipedia’s history of Dasher.
Dasher was established as a station on the route of the newly completed Georgia Southern and Florida Railway in 1889 at the residence of V. F. Dasher. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Dasher in 1968.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
2015Dasher roundabout plaque
2015Dasher roundabout closeup
2015Dasher museum
2015Dahser roundabout full
2015Compass headings inside Dasher roundabout
2013Dasher Sign US 41 NB
2013Dasher City Limit sign on US 41 NB
2012Georgia Christian School
2012Dasher Park
2012Dasher Community Center
2012Dasher City Hall and Fire Department
2005GAMap-doton-DasherEvery edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Dasher. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Dasher.
Between 834 and 912 people in every census since 2000.
3 censuses, 2000–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Dasher’s Wikipedia page.
Nobody well known was born in Dasher itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Dasher had its own post office from 1888 to 1919.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
The Dasher post office opened in 1888, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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 (12), Wikipedia, 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.
