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History · Daggett

Daggett’s post office opened in 1880, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 2 old photos and papers, maps from 1963 on, and the census since 1910.

1880first post office
0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
2old photos & papers
2famous people
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Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quick answers

How Daggett began

When was Daggett founded?

1880

The Daggett post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 228 in 19102020 census: 201146 years
Founding year: the first Daggett post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Daggett’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 2 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 366 in 1970; 201 people lived here in 2020.Old housesHalf of Daggett’s homes were built before 1954.
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Start Daggett’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewBildo's Museum Bar: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Daggett, census by census

0100200300400192019401960198020002020Peak: 366

Peaked at 366 in 1970; 201 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story

How Daggett came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Daggett.

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Daggett was originally named "Section 25". The name "Daggett" refers either to Elmira Daggett, a New York native who came to the area to visit her brother and is then said to have become the village's first postmistress, or to postmistress Clara Daggett's father (a native of Elmira, New York), the father-in-law of the village's founder, Thomas Faulkner.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Daggett, 1920 to 1980

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1920Born hereFrancis P. Hammerberg is born here
  3. 1948Born hereJudy Nerat is born here
  4. 1963On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1970CensusPopulation peaks at 366
  6. 1980In the archiveBildo's Museum Bar
By decade

Daggett, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1980s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1980s2 items
Bildo's Museum Bar1980Bildo's Museum BarBildo's Museum Bar1980Bildo's Museum Bar
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.
Add from your album
Today3 recent
DaggettMichiganSignUS412010DaggettMichiganSignUS41DaggettMichiganSchoolUS412010DaggettMichiganSchoolUS41DaggettMichiganDowntownUS412010DaggettMichiganDowntownUS41
On the map

Daggett on the map, 1963 to 1982

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

Daggett on the 1963 USGS mapDaggett on the 1982 USGS map1963Stephenson 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 Daggett.

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.

Bildo's Museum Bar
Retake this viewBildo's Museum Bar, 1980

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

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Famous people

2 famous people were born in Daggett

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

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Judy NeratAmerican politician · b. 1948
Francis P. HammerbergUnited States Navy Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1920

Questions about Daggett’s history

What year was Daggett founded?

The Daggett post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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 (5), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.