Do you know of Danville ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Danville. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Danville.
Our sources for Danville (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Danville other than they indicate that Danville would be found somewhere in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1887 and closed in 1896.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Danville ...
We found 45 communities that share the name Danville.
There is one other community in Louisiana which is also named Danville.
Beyond Louisiana, we know of another 44 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 44 communities, 44 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Louisiana ...
- Bienville Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Danville [Bienville Parish].
- Bienville Parish
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Yell County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Danville [Yell County].
- California
- Contra Costa County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Danville [Contra Costa County].
- Los Angeles County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Danville [Los Angeles County].
- Florida
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Danville [Union County].
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Vermilion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Danville [Vermilion County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Des Moines County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Danville [Des Moines County].
- Kansas
- Harper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Danville [Harper County].
- Mitchell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Danville [Mitchell County].
- Kentucky
- Boyle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Danville [Boyle County].
- Maine
- Androscoggin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Danville [Androscoggin County].
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Danville [Montgomery County].
- Nebraska
- Gage County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Danville [Gage County].
- Nevada
- Nye County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Danville [Nye County].
- New Hampshire
- Rockingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Danville [Rockingham County].
- New Jersey
- New York
- Broome County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Danville [Broome County].
- Ohio
- Highland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Danville [Highland County].
- Knox County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Danville [Knox County].
- Meigs County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Danville [Meigs County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Danville [Pike County].
- Pennsylvania
- Montour County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Danville [Montour County].
- Quebec
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Houston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Danville [Houston County].
- Texas
- Comal County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Danville [Comal County].
- Gregg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Danville [Gregg County].
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Danville [Montgomery County].
- Vermont
- Caledonia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Danville [Caledonia County].
- Virginia
- Danville City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Danville [Danville City].
- Pittsylvania County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Danville [Pittsylvania County].
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Boone County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Danville [Boone County].
- Wisconsin
- Dodge County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Danville [Dodge County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Danville ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Danville:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Danville - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Southern States
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)
More Orphans in Caddo Parish ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Caddo Parish.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Danville could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |