Most of Danville was built recently: 4% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1979. Below: maps from 1911 on and the census since 1920.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Danville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1911Madison sheet · 1:62,500
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Danville.
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 a town in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 660 at the 2020 census. Danville was incorporated in 1911 and named for Dan Rock, the town's first postmaster. Danville was formerly known as Newport and Red House.
Its first post office opened in 1890. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 691 to 672 (-3%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
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 Wikimedia Commons (6), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.
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