The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusDaingerfield is a city in and the county seat of Morris County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Daingerfield had a population of 2,522. The bluegrass instrumental tune Old Dangerfield by Bill Monroe was named after the town of Daingerfield.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,560 people in 2010, 2,522 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1968.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Daingerfield 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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Daingerfield’s history is told.
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Daingerfield, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Daingerfield
1 place in Daingerfield is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.