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History · Daisytown

Daisytown’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Daisytown. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1776established
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Daisytown is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, Daisytown had a population of 298.

Daisytown was established in 1776. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 326 to 298 (-9%). Half of its homes were built before 1952.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Daisytown yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Daisytown, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today2 photos
Daisytown Volunteer Fire DepartmentCommonsDaisytown Volunteer Fire Department2018Daisytown St. Gregory's ChurchCommonsDaisytown St. Gregory's Church2018
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Daisytown is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Daisytown has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Old Conemaugh Borough Historic District in Johnstown, 0.6 miles away.

Daisytown and the nearest listed places

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Old Conemaugh Borough Historic DistrictFirst Cambria AME Zion ChurchDowntown Johnstown Historic DistrictNathan's Department StoreGrand Army of the Republic HallCambria Public Library Building

Closest to Daisytown

Old Conemaugh Borough Historic DistrictJohnstown · District0.6miFirst Cambria AME Zion ChurchJohnstown · Building0.9miDowntown Johnstown Historic DistrictJohnstown · District0.9miNathan's Department StoreJohnstown · Building0.9miGrand Army of the Republic HallJohnstown · Building0.9mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Old Conemaugh Borough Historic District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Daisytown?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Daisytown’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Dale📜 Johnstown📜 Southmont📜 Lorain

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