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

Danville was listed as Danville Courthouse.

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Great Lakes West
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2005
(Available from Amazon.com)

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

Danville was listed as Danville Courthouse.

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Danville was listed as Danville Courthouse.

Rand McNally Map (1881)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Illinois (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.

Railroad Mentions of Danville:

Danville was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)

The following route mentioned Danville as a scheduled stop:

The Dixie Flagler: From the timetable for the Dixie Flagler (train schedule from 1941). The defunct Dixie Flagler travelled between Chicago (IL) and Miami (FL)