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History · Danville

45% of Danville’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1950 on.

0on the National Register
45%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Danville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Danville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Danville’s homes were built before 1941.
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The story so far

Danville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Danville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Danville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 271. Danville is located along U.S. Route 220, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Cumberland, and 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Keyser, West Virginia. The community lies in a valley bounded by 2,800-foot (850 m) Dans Mountain to the northwest and 1,500-foot (460 m) Fort Hill to the southeast.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 271 to 224 (-17%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Danville on the map, 1950 to 1998

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Danville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Danville on the 1950 USGS mapDanville on the 1974 USGS mapDanville on the 1981 USGS mapDanville on the 1998 USGS map1950Lonaconing sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Danville.

Famous people

Famous people close to Danville

Nobody well known was born in Danville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr.American literary critic, professor and histori… · b. 1950
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Don RedmanAmerican musician · b. 1900
Lefty GroveAmerican baseball player · b. 1900
Binger HermannAmerican politician · b. 1843
William M. O. DawsonAmerican politician · b. 1853
Harley Orrin StaggersAmerican politician · b. 1907

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.