1774Military
Danville was part of the Great Settlement Area around Fort Harrod (present-day Harrodsburg), which was first settled in 1774.
1775Economy
In 1775, Archibald McNeill planted Kentucky's first recorded hemp crop at Clark's Run Creek near Danville.
1783History
The site was originally known as Crow's Station for settler John Crow, but the town was surveyed and platted by Walker Daniel, Kentucky's first district attorney, who bought 76 ...
1784History
Between 1784 and 1792, ten conventions were held in Danville to petition for better governance and ultimately to secure independence from Virginia.
1786History
In 1786 the Danville Political Club was organized.
1787Government
The Virginia legislature officially established Danville on December 4, 1787.
1789History
It moved to Lexington in 1789.
1792Infrastructure
After a state constitution was adopted and separation was confirmed in 1792, the town ceased to be of statewide importance.
1806Infrastructure
In November 1806, Meriwether Lewis, co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, visited Danville while traveling the Wilderness Road to Washington, D.C., to report on the exped...
1808History
Great-great-great-grandmother Nancy Belle Graves was born enslaved in 1808.
1809Architecture
Ephraim McDowell completed the first known successful laparotomy here in 1809, removing an ovarian tumor from a woman patient without anesthesia.
1819Government
Centre College was founded in 1819.
1821History
Breckinridge (1821–1875), U.S.
1840Civil Rights
The first school in Danville for African-American children was founded around 1840 by Willis Russell, an emancipated slave of Robert Craddock, a Revolutionary War veteran.
1842History
In 1842, Boyle County was formed from southern Mercer County and northern Lincoln County.
1850Architecture
In 1850, Danville and Boyle County backed construction of the Lexington and Danville Railroad.
1853Government
Danville Theological Seminary was founded in 1853; in 1901 it became part of the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
1860Government
The Caldwell Institute for Young Ladies was founded in 1860.
1862Architecture
Boyle County's courthouse was destroyed; its replacement was completed in 1862.
1864Civil Rights
In May 1864, the group of 250 – mostly enslaved males but including some freedmen – marched from Danville to nearby Camp Nelson in Jessamine County, where Colonel Andrew Clark a...
1870Government
Constitution, Sam voted in the 1870 election.
1876Education
It became Caldwell Female College in 1876, Caldwell College in 1904, Kentucky College for Women in 1913, and merged into Centre College in 1926.
1884Architecture
It completed payment on time in 1884.
1889History
By 1889 Boyle County was one of the ten Kentucky counties which together produced more than 90% of the US yield.
1915Infrastructure
It was the state's largest cash crop until 1915, when it lost its market to imported jute.
1939History
== See also ==
Junction City, Kentucky, a nearby city originally known as Danville Junction and South Danville
== References ==
== Further reading ==
Fackler, Calvin Morgan...
1940History
Price, William Jennings (October 1940).
1955Sports
He led them to consecutive NCAA Division I Championships in 1955 and 1956
== In popular culture ==
In 1957, much of the movie Raintree County was filmed in Danville.
1997History
The 1997 feature film Lawn Dogs was filmed in Danville.
2000History
vice-presidential debates in 2000 and 2012.
2001Military
In 2001, Danville received a Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
2009Crime
=== Crime ===
FBI crime statistics for 2009 list the crime rate (per 100,000 population) for Danville as follows:
== Education ==
Public schools
Danville Schools includes mos...
2010History
== Demographics ==
As of the census of 2010, there were 16,218 people, 6,405 households, and 3,903 families residing in the city.
2011History
In 2011, Money magazine placed Danville as the fourth-best place to retire in the United States.
2012Education
On October 11, 2012, Centre College again hosted the Vice-Presidential debate, this time between Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan.
2013Military
In February 2013, the Kentucky Historical Society erected a historical marker in the square to commemorate the African-Americans who enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil ...
2018Education
Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Eastern Kentucky University, Danville campus closed in May 2018
Midway University, Danville campus is closed
Kentucky College for Women...
2019Education
Six other colleges and universities have (or had) campuses in Danville:
American National University, Danville campus closed in 2019.
2021Military
Confederate Monument was an early 20th-century statue dedicated to Kentucky's Civil War veterans; in 2021, it was moved to Meade County, Kentucky.
2022Culture
Danville and Boyle County Black history is the subject of a 2022 book published by Arcadia Press, as "African Americans in Boyle County."
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