Danville, Missouri

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Danville, Missouri
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Danville
Coordinates: 38°54′45″N91°31′57″W / 38.91250°N 91.53250°W / 38.91250; -91.53250
Country United States
State Missouri
County Montgomery
Area
[1]
  Total
0.38 sq mi (0.99 km2)
  Land0.38 sq mi (0.98 km2)
  Water0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
[2]
804 ft (245 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
  Total
28
  Density74.27/sq mi (28.65/km2)
ZIP Code
63361
FIPS code 29-18190
GNIS feature ID2587062 [2]

Danville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [2] As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 28. [3]

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History

Danville was laid out in 1834 and named after Danville, Virginia, the native home of an early settler. [4] A post office at Danville was established in 1834, and remained in operation until 1942. [5] A census-designated place named after the village, and including it, was established in or after 1980, and census-based demographics since that establishment reflect the entire CDP and not just the village proper.

Geography

Danville is in western Montgomery County, on the north side of Interstate 70/U.S. Route 40, with access from Exit 170, Missouri Route 161. I-70 leads west 45 miles (72 km) to Columbia and east 80 miles (130 km) to St. Louis, while Route 161 leads north 5 miles (8 km) to Montgomery City. There is a combined gas station-food store-lunch counter-florist shop just off the interstate, an automotive repair shop in the village, and a quarry operation just outside it; and no other businesses or services.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Danville CDP has a total area of 0.38 square miles (0.98 km2), of which 0.006 square miles (0.016 km2), or 1.57%, are water. [1] The community sits on a ridge which drains north to Rumbo Branch and south to Sallee Branch, both west-flowing tributaries of the Loutre River, part of the Missouri River watershed.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2010 34
2020 28−17.6%
U.S. Decennial Census [6]

Education

It is in the Montgomery County R-II School District. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Danville, Missouri
  3. 1 2 "P1. Race – Danville CDP, Missouri: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  4. "Montgomery County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  5. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Montgomery County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 10, 2025. - Text list