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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Danville came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Danville in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Danville. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Danville data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

 

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Danville:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

Rand McNally Map of Iowa (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Iowa (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Danville is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Danville in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Danville for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Danville. See our Misc Page for Danville for more information.

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/