Danielsville, Georgia

Danielsville was named for General Allen Daniel (1772–1836),{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n98 99]}} major-general of the Fourth Division of Georgia Militia 1812-17 and both state senator and representative from Elbert and Madison counties. He was Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1822. His father was at one time thought to be a Captain Allen Daniel of Virginia, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, but this has been disproved. In 1812, Danielsville was designated seat of the newly formed Madison County.{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/d.pdf | title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=58 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}} Danielsville was incorporated as a town in 1817 and as a city in 1908.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA227 | title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States | publisher=Routledge | date=May 13, 2013 | accessdate=30 November 2013 | author=Hellmann, Paul T. | pages=227| isbn=978-1135948597 }}

On April 11, 1936, a 45-year-old Black father of eleven children, called Lent Shaw in newspaper accounts as his name is misspelled in court documents, was arrested by Madison County police and taken to the county jail in Danielsville. His accuser, a white woman aged 22, alleged that Shaw was the man who had attacked her on April 10. Shaw claimed that he was at home at the time of the alleged attack.{{Cite web |last=Silversmith |first=Shondiin |title=Confronting the past: A young man tries to understand the lynching of his great-grandfather |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/04/lynching-colbert-georgia-lent-shaw-great-grandfather-evan-lewis-journey/479008002/ |access-date=May 8, 2021 |website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US}}

By late evening, word had spread of Shaw's arrest, and a mob of about 150 white county residents gathered at the jail, demanding Shaw be released to them. Sheriff T. L. Henley tried to break up the mob unsuccessfully. The mob began prying apart the brick wall of the jail when 74-year-old judge Berry Mosely, who had been confined to bed with an illness, arrived and began talking down the mob. In the meantime, the county sheriff began rounding up deputies and called in nearby National Guard soldiers. Judge Mosely ordered the sheriff to take Shaw to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. When the National Guard soldiers arrived, they backed a truck up to the jail and sped away to Athens before the mob could react. No one was severely injured in the incident, but the damaged jail had to be repaired.The Associated Press. [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F13FF3D5E167B93C0A8178FD85F428385F9&scp=1&sq=Troops+save+Negro&st=p "Troops save Negro from Georgia mob"], The New York Times. April 12, 1936. Page 1. During transit, Shaw allegedly assaulted police officers escorting him, and the police responded by shooting him three times.

Two weeks later, Shaw was brought back to Danielsville to face trial. The mob reappeared, and Mosely again ordered Shaw moved away for his safety, this time to Royston. That location was not far enough to protect him from the mob, which followed Shaw to the jail there. In April 1936, in the middle of the night, the mob stormed the jail, shot Shaw multiple times, and lynched him, leaving his hanging body to be found later.{{Cite web|last=MADEO|title=Apr. 28, 1936 {{!}} Lint Shaw Lynched in Georgia Eight Hours Before Trial |url=https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/apr/28|access-date=2021-05-08 |website=calendar.eji.org}} His lynchers posed for pictures memorializing the barbaric event.{{Cite web |title=Lint Shaw, killed by a mob near Royston, Georgia |url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc519566-0cfa-27c9-e040-e00a18061543 |access-date=May 8, 2021 |website=NYPL Digital Collections |language=en}} His death was the 468th lynching in Georgia since 1889.

Images of the lynching, featuring Shaw's battered corpse flanked by his attackers, were printed extensively by the national press including the Atlanta Daily World, The Crisis, The New York Times, and other newspapers. Shaw's lynching is referenced in archival material from the NAACP archives at the Library of Congress, and the story has been preserved and explored by historians of racial violence including Dr. Nell Irvin Painter and Dr. Amy Louise Wood. Photographs of the lynching are also featured in author Richard Wright's landmark book, 12 Million Black Voices. To date, none of Shaw's murderers have been publicly identified or brought to justice, though many of their faces are clearly displayed in photos of the lynching.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081215082902/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,756031,00.html "Races: 468th & 469th; 248th"], Time. May 11, 1936. Retrieved April 12, 2011.

Danielsville is located in central Madison County at {{Coord|34|7|27|N|83|12|59|W|type:city}} (34.124244, -83.216496).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}} The city lies {{convert|15|mi}} northeast of Athens and the same distance southwest of Royston along U.S. Route 29. Georgia State Route 98 passes through the northeastern part of Danielsville, leading northwest {{convert|5|mi|0}} to Ila and southeast {{convert|8|mi|0}} to Comer.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Danielsville has a total area of {{convert|1.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqmi|2}}, or 2.30%, are water. The city is drained to the south by tributaries of the South Fork of the Broad River, part of the Savannah River watershed.

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| location = Danielsville, Georgia, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1998–present

|Jan record high F = 78

|Feb record high F = 81

|Mar record high F = 86

|Apr record high F = 89

|May record high F = 94

|Jun record high F = 105

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|Aug record high F = 102

|Sep record high F = 97

|Oct record high F = 97

|Nov record high F = 84

|Dec record high F = 78

|Jan avg record high F = 69.1

|Feb avg record high F = 72.8

|Mar avg record high F = 80.3

|Apr avg record high F = 84.4

|May avg record high F = 89.5

|Jun avg record high F = 95.5

|Jul avg record high F = 96.1

|Aug avg record high F = 96.3

|Sep avg record high F = 92.1

|Oct avg record high F = 85.5

|Nov avg record high F = 77.1

|Dec avg record high F = 71.8

|year avg record high F = 98.0

| Jan high F =52.4

| Feb high F =56.3

| Mar high F =64.0

| Apr high F =72.1

| May high F =79.4

| Jun high F =86.2

| Jul high F =89.3

| Aug high F =88.1

| Sep high F =82.4

| Oct high F =72.8

| Nov high F =63.0

| Dec high F =54.9

| Jan mean F =42.1

| Feb mean F =45.3

| Mar mean F =52.1

| Apr mean F =59.8

| May mean F =67.8

| Jun mean F =75.4

| Jul mean F =78.8

| Aug mean F =77.7

| Sep mean F =71.8

| Oct mean F =61.4

| Nov mean F =51.4

| Dec mean F =44.8

| Jan low F =31.7

| Feb low F =34.4

| Mar low F =40.3

| Apr low F =47.5

| May low F =56.1

| Jun low F =64.5

| Jul low F =68.2

| Aug low F =67.3

| Sep low F =61.2

| Oct low F =49.9

| Nov low F =39.8

| Dec low F =34.6

|Jan avg record low F = 16.3

|Feb avg record low F = 20.9

|Mar avg record low F = 26.3

|Apr avg record low F = 33.3

|May avg record low F = 42.4

|Jun avg record low F = 56.7

|Jul avg record low F = 61.6

|Aug avg record low F = 61.4

|Sep avg record low F = 50.3

|Oct avg record low F = 35.5

|Nov avg record low F = 25.9

|Dec avg record low F = 22.9

|year avg record low F = 15.2

|Jan record low F = 6

|Feb record low F = 12

|Mar record low F = 17

|Apr record low F = 26

|May record low F = 35

|Jun record low F = 44

|Jul record low F = 56

|Aug record low F = 54

|Sep record low F = 42

|Oct record low F = 26

|Nov record low F = 17

|Dec record low F = 6

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| Jan precipitation inch =4.72

| Feb precipitation inch =4.66

| Mar precipitation inch =4.54

| Apr precipitation inch =3.63

| May precipitation inch =3.81

| Jun precipitation inch =4.27

| Jul precipitation inch =4.28

| Aug precipitation inch =4.23

| Sep precipitation inch =4.36

| Oct precipitation inch =3.58

| Nov precipitation inch =4.18

| Dec precipitation inch =4.94

|year precipitation inch = 15.20

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|Jan precipitation days = 9.8

|Feb precipitation days = 10.5

|Mar precipitation days = 10.2

|Apr precipitation days = 8.6

|May precipitation days = 9.3

|Jun precipitation days = 10.9

|Jul precipitation days = 10.7

|Aug precipitation days = 10.3

|Sep precipitation days = 7.6

|Oct precipitation days = 6.5

|Nov precipitation days = 8.6

|Dec precipitation days = 11.0

|year precipitation days = 114.0

| Jan snow inch =0.6

| Feb snow inch =0.7

| Mar snow inch =0.5

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| Dec snow inch =0.3

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|Jan snow days = 0.7

|Feb snow days = 0.5

|Mar snow days = 0.1

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|Nov snow days = 0.0

|Dec snow days = 0.3

|source 1 = NOAA

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|source 2 = National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 2006–2020)

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{{US Census population

|1880= 128

|1890= 149

|1900= 194

|1910= 323

|1920= 355

|1930= 296

|1940= 333

|1950= 298

|1960= 362

|1970= 378

|1980= 354

|1990= 318

|2000= 457

|2010= 560

|2020= 654

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}

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As of the census of 2000, there were 457 people, 193 households, and 119 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|412.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 216 housing units at an average density of {{convert|194.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.40% White, 2.19% Black or African American, 0.44% Native American, 1.09% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. 3.50% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 193 households, out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.3% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.92.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 34.1% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,639, and the median income for a family was $43,542. Males had a median income of $30,469 versus $22,188 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,086. About 8.8% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.7% of those under age 18 and 11.8% of those age 65 or over.

The Madison County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of five elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=695&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Retrieved June 23, 2010. The district has 290 full-time teachers and over 4,621 students.[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/MADISON/MADISON_COUNTY.html School Stats], Retrieved June 23, 2010.

• Colbert Elementary School
• Comer Elementary School
• Danielsville Elementary School
• Hull-Sanford Elementary School
• Ila Elementary School
• Madison County Middle School
• Madison County High School
• Broad River College and Career Academy.

• Crawford W. Long, the man who first used ether in surgery, born in Danielsville
• Jake Westbrook, American Major League baseball player

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