History
The town was named for David L. Francis, president of Princess Elkhorn Coal Company, which originally built and owned the town. [2]
Although it was formerly a company town, it was in many ways a model coal community, with amenities not typical of the region at the time, including a swimming pool, central water and sewer, and cable TV service. The company also supported a children's choir, which toured nationally. When Princess-Elkhorn sold the community in the late 1960s, many of these amenities fell into disrepair, and the housing stock deteriorated from over 100 units to slightly more than 30. The town rallied around a hepatitis outbreak and ultimately purchased the entire village from the investor who owned it. The mechanism for this purchase was the creation of the David Community Development Corporation, which went on to secure funding for a new water and sewer system, a fire station, a new park, and several dozen new homes.
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