Daisy is an

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located at the northwest tip of

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, United States.

History

A very large tract of land in the area that became Daisy was

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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

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'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 property, eligible for the

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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". By 1940, the population of Daisy reached 25. The farming community was active in the mid-20th century, with a general store, schoolhouse, and

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Hall, though diminished in the 1970s as agricultural profits fell and families moved to larger towns. The Daisy Garage was established in 1959 by former Howard County Commissioner Robey Mullinix.

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

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). *

Edwin Warfield Edwin Warfield (May 7, 1848March 31, 1920) was an American politician and a member of the United States Democratic Party, and the List of governors of Maryland, 45th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1904 to 1908. From 1902 to 19 ...

(1848–1920), the 45th Governor of Maryland, grew up at the

Oakdale Manor Oakdale is a historic plantation located in Daisy, Maryland, Daisy, (Woodbine, Maryland, Woodbine) Howard County, Maryland, Howard County, Maryland, former home of Maryland Governor Edwin Warfield. Oakdale resides on a land grant surveyed by Wi ...

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

{{Authority control Unincorporated communities in Maryland Unincorporated communities in Howard County, Maryland