History · Daykin

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How Daykin came to be

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Daykin was founded by John Daykin, a train conductor and stonemason from Illinois. In 1869, John Daykin purchased land in Jefferson County, Nebraska that would later become Daykin. Besides founding the town, he remains most recognized for conducting the train that returned Abraham Lincoln's body to Springfield, Illinois.

Daykin at one point had a population that reached near 300 people. The town held businesses such as a doctor's office, a butcher, laundromat, veterinarian, hotel, blacksmith, furniture store, jewelry store and many more. The Jefferson County Bank was built in 1887, and has been in continuous operation since then, surviving the market crash of the 1930s.

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Daykin, decade by decade

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Famous people close to Daykin

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Robert B. WilsonAmerican economist and Nobel laureate · b. 1937

Anna Louise StrongAmerican journalist · b. 1885

Willard SchmidtBasketball player · b. 1910

Kate BarnardAmerican sociologist · b. 1875

Maxine GatesActress · b. 1917

Clifford Dwight WaldoAmerican political scientist · b. 1913

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