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History of Danville, (Montour County) PennsylvaniaOur database does not include an historic photo for Danville, (Montour County) Pennsylvania, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Local History Notes:The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: DANVILLE, a flourishing post-borough, capital of Montour county, Pennsylvania, on the right bank of the N. Branch of the Susquehanna river, about 12 miles above Sunbury, and 67 miles N. by E. from Harrisburg. It is a place of great activity, and is especially noted for the manufacture of iron. By its position on the N. Branch canal, in the vicinity of rich and inexhaustible mines of iron ore and anthracite coal, Danville possesses great advantages for this branch of industry. The celebrated Montour's Ridge, which extends 21 miles along the river, in the immediate vicinity of this town, abounds in excellent iron ore and limestone, which is used as a flux in the process of smelting. Since the anthracite coal has been used as a fuel in the iron furnaces, the prosperity of the region in which these three substances are abundant, has received a rapid development: 5 blast furnaces, 3 rolling mills, and several foundries are kept in constant operation. The town contains a bank, and an academy. Two weekly newspapers are published here. The Montour Iron Works for the manufacture of railroad iron are among the most extensive establishments of the kind in the United States. A bridge connects the opposite banks of the river at this place. Danville was settled about 1780; the seat of justice was established here from 1813 to 1845, when it was removed to Bloomsburg by the vote of the citizens, and the county of Montour was formed. Population in 1850, 3302. |
Pennsylvania Facts: Montour County Facts: Seat: DanvilleEstablished: 1850 Formed from: Columbia
Danville is situated 148 meters above sea level. |