The story
Read it all →How Daniels came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Daniels.
Originally named Wood Lake, the town's name was changed in 1906 to honor Daniel Johnson, who was an early town chairman.
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History · Daniels
15% of Daniels’ homes were built before 1940
Its Register listing is the Daniels Town Hall. Below: maps from 1955 on.
1on the National Register
15%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Daniels’ past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Daniels’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Daniels’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Daniels on the map, 1955 to 1982
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Daniels. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1955Webster sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Daniels.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Daniels
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
2006
Daniels Town Hall
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Mid 19th Century1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Daniels
Nobody well known was born in Daniels itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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Rodney Erickson17th President of Pennsylvania State University · b. 1946Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
West SwedenIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSirenIts storyDLincolnIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWood River1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLewisIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townTrade LakeIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townClam Falls1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Daniels’ history
What is on the National Register in Daniels?
One place: the Daniels Town Hall (listed 2006).
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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 Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.