Danville, Vermont - Home Page
Welcome to the Danville, Vermont web site. Please note that this site is designed primarily for use by genealogists and is not intended to be the official town site.
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Town Government
Villages and hamlets in Danville include: Danville, Greenbank Hollow, Harvey's Hollow, North Danville, West Danville.
It should be noted that Town Clerks as a rule no longer will perform research but will assist researchers when they visit the town offices.
For current information for Danville, visit their website at: Town of Danville
Caledonia Probate Court
For current information for the court, visit their website at: Caledonia County Probate Court
Danville History
Early HistoryDeweysburg Gore
Excerpt from Child's 1887 Gazetteer
Thaddeus Stevens
Mexican War
Danville Landowners in 1858
War of Rebellion
Spanish-American War
1887-1888 Business Directory
Danville Historical Society
Choate-Sias Historical House, 121 Hill
Street, Danville, VT 05828
Mailing Address:
PO Box 274, Danville, VT 05828
Phone: (802) 684-2055
Website:Danville
Historical Society
Email: [email protected]
Hours and Admission: Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon - 7:00 PM
Contact: Sharon Lakey, Director
Villages and hamlets in Danville:
Danville (also known as Danville Green)The name Danville was suggested by a friend of Ethan Allen. When Caledonia County was established, Danville was named shire town. Later as
St.Johnsbury developed businesses and the railroad was built along the Passumpsic river, the shire town was moved to St. Johnsbury. The St Johnsbury and
Lamoille County Railroad was constructed during the 1870s and had a station just south of the Danville Green.
Deweysburgh
See Deweysburg Gore above.
Greenbank Hollow (also known as South Danville and Harvey's Hollow)
About 1850, Benjamin Greenbank bought the woolen mill in this hamlet. Just before Christmas of 1885, the mill burned and was never replaced.
North Danville (also known locally as Tampico)
The second post office in Danville was established in 1834 and closed in 1906.
West Danville
Yet another post office was established in 1853 and is still in operation. An annual lottery called the Joe's Pond Ice Out is held every spring here.
Danville Vital Statistics
1790 Census
1800 Census
1810 Census
1820 Census
Burials
Deaths
Marriages
Civil Unions
Other Danville Records
Census reporting ends with the 1820 census. There were over 50 separate items of data gathered in the 1830 census. That fact and that names are not in alphabetical order make it impractical to report later years.
Danville Libraries
The Brainard Memorial Library on Bruce Badger Highway does not have a website.
Danville Schools
The names and locations of historic Danville schools were derived from old copies of topographical maps.
Danville, VT Schools of the Past
Danville Churches
Danville Congregational Church
Danville Old North Church
Cemetery Information
Digging Deep Unearthing the Mysteries of Burial and Cemetery Laws
Caledonia County Cemeteries
Courtesy of Paul DesTroismaisons and Janice Boyko. Some listings of interments and GoogleMaps.
Danville Green Cemetery_Listing Courtesy of Paul DesTroismaisons and Janice Boyko.
Danville Dole Cemetery_Listing Courtesy of Paul DesTroismaisons and Janice Boyko.
Following is a list of all cemeteries in Danville with directions as to how to reach each one. Photos of the cemeteries are also provided. Please click on the image to see a full size view.
Full listings of gravestones in each cemetery is on my list of things to do. The names given to the cemeteries may differ from other sources but they are the names used by the town. Photos of the cemeteries are also provided. Please click on the
image to see a full size view.
Cemetery Listings
Bennett Cemetery
Danville Green Cemetery
Drew-Kelsey Cemetery
Little Drew Cemetery
Following photos provided by Brett Elliott. This appears to be the oldest stone in any of the Danville cemeteries and to the best of Brett's ability, reads: SJS, Samuel x Stevens, was born in 1723, and died 1795.
Massey Cemetery
Pettengill-Boot Hill Cemetery
Pope Cemetery
Pumpkin Hill Cemetery
Stanton Cemetery
Swett Cemetery
Ward Cemetery
Other Danville Links
Northeastern US Waterfalls -- A list of waterfalls in the Northeastern US among which some may be located in Danville.
Some Old Photos of
Danville
-- Instructions will be shown on that site.
Vermont Historical Gazetteer - Courtesy: Rod Skinner
Local History for Vermont towns.
HomePage for Upper Connecticut River Valley
Lots of other genealogical information.
Other Listings of Interest, Courtesy - Janice Boyko
Cyndi's List for Caledonia County Vermont
