Danville

History

Danville was established on October 31, 1786, by the Vermont Legislature, making it one of the last towns to be created in Caledonia County. The town was named for the 18th-century French cartographer Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. A debtors' prison was located here in the late 18th to the early 19th centuries. A thief in West Danville made national news in 2008 when he apologized for robbing a convenience store and left a roll of one-dollar bills to allow the store to open up the next morning. The annual convention of the American Society of Dowsers is held in Danville. In July 2017, the Charles D. Brainerd Public Library reopened in the village of West Danville, making the town once again home to Vermont's smallest library.

Geography

Danville is located west of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Other towns bordering Danville are Barnet to the southeast, Peacham to the south, Cabot and Walden to the west, Stannard to the northwest, Wheelock to the north, and Lyndon to the northeast, touching Danville at a single corner. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.67%, is water. The main village in town (not separately incorporated) comprises the Danville CDP, with an area of , all land. U.S. Route 2 runs through the town, connecting St. Johnsbury to the east with Montpelier to the west. In West Danville the two-lane highway passes Joes Pond (named after Indian Joe), which extends into Cabot. Vermont Route 15 leaves US-2 in West Danville, heading northwest towards Hardwick and Morrisville. The highest point in Danville is a summit on the ridge of the Kittredge Hills along the western border of the town. This climatic region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot summers and cold winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Danville has a humid continental climate, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• St. Johnsbury School
  Elementary · Saint Johnsbury · 702 students · 12.8:1 ratio
• Danville School
  Other · Danville · 350 students · 8.5:1 ratio
• Barnet Elementary School
  Elementary · Barnet · 135 students · 7.9:1 ratio
• Walden School
  Elementary · Walden · 74 students · 7.4:1 ratio
• Peacham Elementary School
  Elementary · Peacham · 66 students · 11:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2024-06-18
  3 km SE of Haverhill, New Hampshire
• M 2.9 — 2023-04-25
  4 km SW of Center Sandwich, New Hampshire
• M 2.9 — 2022-02-04
  0 km SSW of Gorham, New Hampshire
• M 3.1 — 2020-05-06
  9 km SE of Bedford, Canada
• M 2.51 — 2011-07-08
  4 km NE of Newbury, Vermont
• M 2.5 — 2011-01-03
  6 km NNE of Holderness, New Hampshire