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. His lynchers posed for pictures memorializing the barbaric event. 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. Geography Danielsville is located in central Madison County at (34.124244, -83.216496). The city lies 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 to Ila and southeast to Comer. According to the United States Census Bureau, Danielsville has a total area of , of which , 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. Climate Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 457 people, 193 households, and 119 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 216 housing units at an average density of . 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.