Daisy is an
unincorporated community
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located at the northwest tip of
Howard County, Maryland, United States.
History
A very large tract of land in the area that became Daisy was
patented
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to Captain Richard Warfield in 1763.
The Oakdale manor slave plantation was built on the site in 1838 by Albert Gallatin Warfield and, as of 1940, overlooked a remaining of the original tract.
[
Senator ]Arthur Pue Gorman
Arthur Pue Gorman (March 11, 1839June 4, 1906) was an American politician. He was leader of the Gorman-Rasin organization with Isaac Freeman Rasin that controlled the Maryland Democratic Party from the late 1870s until his death in 1906. Gorman ...
's daughter, Grace (1871–1958), who went by the name "Daisy", lived at the historic Overlook farm house in North Laurel. Daisy, Maryland was named after her in 1882. A postal office operated in the community from March 24, 1882, to August 31, 1905.
The current Daisy United Methodist Church
Daisy United Methodist Church, is a historic African American Church located at 2685 Daisy Road in Woodbine, Maryland. The building was constructed in 1890.
See also
*List of Howard County properties in the Maryland Historical Trust
*Asbury Meth ...
property, eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
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, was built in 1906 on of land acquired in 1876 "to be used as a school house for colored children and also a house of public worship for the use of the colored members of the M.E. church of the neighborhood".Good Templars
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Hall, though diminished in the 1970s as agricultural profits fell and families moved to larger towns.
Notable people
*Roby H. Mullinix (1895–1965), Howard County Commissioner (1949–1954), Planning Commissioner, Howard County Court Clerk (1954–1962)
* George Washington Ward (1867–1932) was the third principal of Maryland State Normal School (now Towson University
Towson University (TU or Towson) is a public university in Towson, Maryland. Founded in 1866 as Maryland's first training school for teachers, Towson University is a part of the University System of Maryland. Since its founding, the university h ...
).
*Edwin Warfield
Edwin Warfield (May 7, 1848March 31, 1920) was an American politician and a member of the United States Democratic Party, and the 45th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1904 to 1908.
Early life
Edwin Warfield was born to Alber ...
(1848–1920), the 45th Governor of Maryland, grew up at the Oakdale Manor built in 1838.
Today
The Daisy General Store and Outpost joined the Daisy Schoolhouse in 2012 on Preservation Howard County's top endangered sites list. The nonprofit organization pursues historical and cultural preservation in the county. The school is awaiting reconstruction on museum property in West Friendship.
The outpost remained on the list in 2014 and 2015.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Maryland
Unincorporated communities in Howard County, Maryland