Welcome to Danville ...

So far, we found very little information about Danville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Danville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Danville, please Contact Us.

Danville would have been located within present day Sumter County<2>.

The location of Danville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Danville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1837.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Danville has a population of 212 people<4> (see below for details).

While the community is gone, the present day location for Danville is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<5>.

Time Zone: The area where Danville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Danville still existed, it would have been in the (229) area code.

Communities Also Named Danville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Georgia communities named Danville: This one is located in Sumter County and the other is located in Twiggs County.

Beyond Georgia, there are 47 communities that are also named Danville - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, California (2), Florida, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland (2), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio (4), Pennsylvania, Quebec (3), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (3), Vermont, Virginia (2), Washington (2), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Danville.

Communities near Danville ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Danville.

• Milldale ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Milldale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milldale
  • Milldale is located in Crisp County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 18,704 people
• Americus
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Americus
  • Americus is located in Sumter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,987 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Americus <6>
• Cordele
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cordele
  • Cordele is located in Crisp County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,305 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cordele <6>
• Vienna
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Vienna is located in Dooly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,483 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <6>
• Montezuma
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
  • Montezuma is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,920 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montezuma <6>
• Oglethorpe
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oglethorpe
  • Oglethorpe is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,127 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oglethorpe <6>
• Smithville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
  • Smithville is located in Lee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithville <6>
• Byromville
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byromville
  • Byromville is located in Dooly County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 490 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byromville <6>
• Warwick
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warwick
  • Warwick is located in Worth County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warwick <6>
• Leslie
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leslie have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leslie
  • Leslie is located in Sumter County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 371 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leslie <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Danville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Danville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Danville. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Danville.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Danville. See our Newspapers Page for Danville.

Adding Danville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Danville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Danville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Danville post office opened in 1837.

We also found Danville on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1839.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Danville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sumter County: www.sumter-ga.com/

The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/