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Danville, Virginia
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Nickname: River City, City of Churches
Motto: A World Class Organization
Danville, Virginia (Virginia)
Danville, Virginia
Danville, Virginia
Location within the state of Virginia
Coordinates: 36°35′14″N 79°24′16″W / 36.58722, -79.40444
Country United States
State Virginia
Government
 - Mayor Sherman Saunders
Area
 - Total 43. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 9 sq mi (113. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 8 km²)
 - Land 43. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 sq mi (111. 5 km²)
 - Water 0. 9 sq mi (2. 3 km²)
Elevation 531 ft (162 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 48,411
 - Density 1,124. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 2/sq mi (434. 1/km²)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 434
FIPS code 51-21344[1]
GNIS feature ID 1492837[2]
Website: http://www.danville-va.gov

Danville is an independent city in Virginia, bounded by Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Caswell County, North Carolina. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks ImageArea code 434png|right|The area colored red indicates the geographical region of Virginia served by area code 434poly 64 0 54 9 40 24 28 57 13 58 12 77 31 106 40 109 Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout An independent city is a City that does not form part of another general-purpose Local government entity The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state Pittsylvania County is a county located in the US state &mdash officially " Commonwealth " &mdash of Virginia. It was the last capital of the Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Danville with Pittsylvania county for statistical purposes under the Danville, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Bureau of Economic Analysis ( BEA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides important economic statistics including the Table of United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas|Table of United States Core Based Statistical AreasIn the United States, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB has produced Danville is also called the city of churches because it has more churches per square mile than any other city in the state of Virginia. The population was 48,411 at the 2000 census. It hosts the Danville Braves baseball club of the Appalachian League. The Danville Braves are a Minor league baseball team in Danville Virginia, USA. The Appalachian League is a Rookie-class minor league that began play in 1937 with one year of inactivity in 1956 Dan River Industries, formerly one of the world's largest textile mills, recently closed leaving a large number of Danvillians without jobs.

Today Danville's population is estimated to be 45,700, according to the Weldon Cooper Center at the University of Virginia. The population decrease since the 2000 Census is attributed mostly to migration.

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Geography

Location of Danville, Virginia
Location of Danville, Virginia

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 43. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 9 square miles (113. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 8 km²), of which, 43. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 square miles (111. 5 km²) of it is land and 0. 9 square miles (2. 3 km²) of it (2. 00%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 48,411 people, 17,607 households, and 12,941 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 1,124. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 2 people per square mile (434. 1/km²). There were 23,108 housing units at an average density of 536. 6/sq mi (207. 2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 53. 86% White, 44. 11% Black or African American, 0. 17% Native American, 0. 60% Asian, 0. 03% Pacific Islander, 0. 45% from other races, and 0. 78% from two or more races. 1. 26% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans of Hispanic or Latino descent, which comprises ancestry or origins in Hispanic America

There were 20,607 households out of which 26. 1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39. 2% were married couples living together, 19. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37. 2% were non-families. 33. 9% of all households were made up of individuals and 15. 3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 27 and the average family size was 2. 89.

In the city the population was spread out with 23. 3% under the age of 18, 8. 0% from 18 to 24, 25. 5% from 25 to 44, 23. 6% from 45 to 64, and 19. 6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 83. 5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77. 4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $26,900, and the median income for a family was $36,024. Males had a median income of $29,620 versus $21,384 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,151. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 15. 9% of families and 20. 0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 33. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 9% of those under age 18 and 12. 3% of those age 65 or over.

The crime index for the city in 2006 was 4914. 7. The violent crime index for the Danville MSA was 247. 5, ranking 259th of 311. Danville's unemployment rate of 6. 6% is highest in the state.

Transportation

Railroad

Amtrak's Crescent train connects Danville with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 The Crescent is a passenger Train operated by Amtrak in the eastern part of the United States. The City of New York Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana The Amtrak station is situated at 677 Craghead Street. The Danville Virginia Amtrak station was built in 1899 from plans drawn by the noted Southern Railway (US architect Frank Milburn

Highway

U. S. Route 58 Business (Riverside Dr/River St) parallels the north bank of the Dan River traveling east/west through Danville's main commercial district while the US 58 Bypass route bypasses the city's center to the south via the Danville Expressway. The Dan River flows in both the US states of North Carolina and Virginia. US Route 58 is an east-west US Highway that runs for 508 miles (818 km from U Danville Expressway is a 15 mile (25 km partial-loop Interstate-grade highway around the city of Danville Virginia, United States. U.S. Route 29 splits into a business route and a bypass at the North Carolina/Virginia border. US Route 29 is a major north-south route in the Commonwealth of Virginia. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The business route enters the heart of Danville via West Main Street and Memorial Drive and exits via Central Boulevard and Piney Forest Road; US 29 Business travels relatively north/south. The bypass (future Interstate 785) takes the eastern segment of the Danville Expressway and rejoins the business route north of the city near Chatham, Virginia. State Route 785 is an unsigned primary State highway in the city of Danville Virginia, United States. Danville Expressway is a 15 mile (25 km partial-loop Interstate-grade highway around the city of Danville Virginia, United States. Chatham is a town in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.

North Carolina Highway 86 becomes State Route 86 once it crosses the state line into Danville as South Main Street. North Carolina Highway 86 runs north/south for 53 miles (85 km through the northern counties of North Carolina from the Virginia state line at Danville Virginia to Chapel State Route 86 is a short continuation of North Carolina Highway 86 in the U It continues north to its terminus at US 29 Business/Central Boulevard.

State Route 293 was created in 1998 to mark the route of old US 29 Business, which was rerouted to the west. State Route 293 is a primary State highway in the city of Danville Virginia, United States. SR 293 enters Danville's downtown historic district as West Main Street, then Main Street, and then crosses the Dan River to meet US 29 Business as North Main Street. The Dan River flows in both the US states of North Carolina and Virginia. US Route 29 is a north-south United States highway that runs for 1036 miles (1667 km from the western suburbs of Baltimore Maryland, to Pensacola Florida

State Route 51 parallels US 58 Business as Westover Drive from its western terminus at US 58 Business at the Danville's corporate limits to its eastern terminus at US 58 Business near the Dan River. State Route 51 is a primary State highway in Pittsylvania County Virginia, United States, but mostly within the Independent city of Danville

History

Wreck of the Old 97, Danville, Virginia, 1903
Wreck of the Old 97, Danville, Virginia, 1903

In 1728, William Byrd headed an expedition sent to determine the true boundary between Virginia and North Carolina. William Byrd II ( 28 March 1674 &ndash 26 August 1744) was a planter and Author from Charles City County, Virginia One night late that summer, the party camped upstream from what is now Danville, Byrd was so captured with the beauty of the land, that he eloquently prophesied a future settlement in the vicinity, where people would live “with much comfort and gaiety of Heart. ” The river along which he camped was named the “Dan”, for Byrd, supposing himself to be in the land of plenty, felt he had wandered “from Dan to Beersheba”. Dan (דן formerly named Laish, is a town mentioned by the Bible, in which it is portrayed as the northernmost town of the Kingdom of Israel, and formerly Beersheba (בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע Be'er Sheva, بئر السبع, Birüssebi is the largest City in the Negev desert of southern

The first white settlement (numerous Indian tribes had lived in the area) occurred downstream from Byrd’s campsite in 1792, at a spot along the river shallow enough to allow fording. It was named “Wynne’s Falls,” after the first settler. The village has a “social” reason for its origin, since it was here that pioneering Revolutionary War veterans met once a year to fish and talk over old times.

The establishment by the General Assembly of a tobacco warehouse at Wynne’s Falls in 1793 was the beginning of “The World’s Best Tobacco Market. ” Virginia’s largest market for bright leaf tobacco. The village was renamed Danville by act of the Virginia Legislature on November 23, 1793. A charter for the town was drawn up February 17,1830, but by the time of its issue, the population had exceeded the pre-arranged boundaries. This necessitated a new charter, which was issued in 1833. In that year, James Lanier was elected the first mayor, assisted by a council of “twelve fit and able men. ”

The outbreak of the Civil War found Danville a thriving community of some 5,000 people. A civil war is a War between a State and domestic political actors that are in control of some part of the territory claimed by the state During those four years of war, the town was transformed into a strategic center of activity. It was a quartermaster’s depot, rail center, hospital station for confederate wounded and a prison camp. Here six tobacco warehouses were converted into prisons, housing at one time more than 5,000 captured Federal soldiers .

Starving and dysentery, plus a smallpox epidemic in 1864, caused the death of 1,314 of these prisoners. Their remains now lie interred in the Danville National Cemetery.

Danville became the Last Capital of the Confederate States of America within the space of a few days. The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Jefferson Davis and the temporary Capital moved to the palatial home of William T. Sutherlin on April 3, 1865. Jefferson Finis Davis ( June 3, 1808 &ndash December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the William Thomas Sutherlin (1822 &ndash 1893 was a 19th Century tobacco entrepreneur most famous for opening his Danville Virginia, home to the President of the Confederate Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year It was in the Sutherlin home that Davis' issued his final Presidential Proclamation. The final Confederate Cabinet meeting was held at the Benedict House(destroyed) in Danville. Davis and members of his cabinet remained there until April 10, 1865 When news of Lee’s surrender forced them to flee southward. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year On the day of their departure, Governor William Smith arrived from Lynchburg, to establish his headquarters.

On July 22, 1882, six of Danville’s enterprising citizens founded the Riverside Cotton Mills, which today is known the country over as Dan River Inc. , the largest single-unit textile mill in the world.

Here occurred the most famous wreck in American rail history. On September 27, 1903, “Old 97. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting ” The Southern Railway’s crack express mail train, was running behind schedule. Its engineer “gave her full throttle,” but the speed of the train caused it to jump the tracks on a high trestle overlooking the valley of the Dan. The engine and five cars plunged into the ravine below, killing nine and injuring seven, but immortalizing the locomotive and its engineer, Joseph A. ("Steve") Broadey, in a now well-known song. A marker is located on U. S. 58 between Locust Lane and North Main Street at the train crash site. A mural of the Wreck of the Old 97 is painted on a downtown Danville building in memory of the historic wreck. The "Old 97", a Southern Railway Train officially known as the Fast Mail, was en route from Monroe Virginia to Spencer North

On March 2, 1911, Danville Police Chief R. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year E. Morris, who had been elected to three two-year terms and was running for a fourth term, was arrested as an escaped convicted murderer. He admitted that he was really Edgar Stribling of Harris County, Georgia, and had been on the run for thirteen years. Harris County is a County located in the US state of Georgia. [3]

Danville was home to both Nancy Langhorne, Viscountess Astor, the first woman to serve in the British House of Commons, and Irene Langhorne Gibson, the inspiration for "the Gibson girl". Nancy Witcher Astor Viscountess Astor, CH, ( May 19, 1879 &ndash May 2, 1964) was the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament The House of Commons' is the Lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal as portrayed in the satirical pen and ink illustrated stories created by Illustrator Charles Dana Gibson It is also the home of the very first and only black man truly in NASCAR's history, Wendell Scott, and the birthplace of "Battling Jim" Johnson (b. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. Wendell Oliver Scott ( August 28, 1921 – December 23, 1990) was an American Stock car racing driver from Danville ca. 1883), a boxer who fought heavyweight champion Jack Johnson to a draw in Paris, France in 1913. Arthur John Johnson (March 31 1878 – June 10 1946 better known as Jack Johnson and nicknamed the “Galveston Giant” was an American boxer and Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city

APVA Preservation Virginia President William B. Kerkam, III, and its Executive Director Elizabeth S. Kostelny announced at a press conference held in Danville (2007) at Main Street Methodist Church, a building not designated to the list but nonetheless at risk, that the entire city of Danville has been named one of the Most Endangered Historic Sites in Virginia.

Civil Rights Movement in Danville

A series of violent episodes of the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia occurred in Danville during the summer of 1963. The American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968 refers to the reform movements in the United States aimed at abolishing racial discrimination against African Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On May 31, representatives of the black community organized as the Danville Christian Progressive Association (DCPA) demanded an end to segregation and job discrimination in Danville. A boycott of white merchants was declared, and a march to City Hall followed. Most of the marchers were high school students. They were met by police and city workers armed with clubs. The protesters were sprayed with fire hoses and hit with clubs. Around forty protesters needed medical attention. Marches and other protests continued for several weeks. [4] Martin Luther King, Jr. came to Danville and spoke at High Street Baptist Church about the brutality of the police force. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader He called it the worst police brutality he had seen in the South.

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sent organizers to Danville to support the DCPA. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (or SNCC, pronounced "snick" was one of the principal organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement They helped lead protest, including demonstrations at the Howard Johnson Hotel and restaurant on Route 29. The hotel was known for discriminating against blacks. A special grand jury indicted 13 DCPA, SCLC, and SNCC activists for violating the "John Brown" law. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC) is an American Civil rights organization This law, passed in 1830 after a slave uprising, made it a serious felony to ". . incite the colored population to acts of violence or war against the white population. " It became known as the "John Brown" law in 1860 because it was used to convict and hang abolitionist John Brown after his raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. John Brown (May 9 1800 December 2 1859 was an American Abolitionist who advocated and practiced armed Insurrection as a means to end all Slavery Harpers Ferry redirects here For other uses see Harpers Ferry (disambiguation.

By the end of August, over 600 protesters had been arrested in Danville on charges of inciting to violence, contempt, trespassing, disorderly conduct, assault, parading without a permit, and resisting arrest. Because of the large number of arrest on these charges, often the jails would be over crowded, protesters were housed in George Washington High School located in Danville, VA. The demonstrations failed to achieve desegregation in Danville which remained segregated until passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Origins The bill was introduced by President John F Kennedy in his civil rights speech of June 11 1963, in which he asked for legislation "giving

Millionaire's Row

Millionaire's Row is the most impressive area in Danville. It has many fine homes built in the 1800's and early 1900's by descendants of American planters. They are beautiful mansions adorned by trees lining the streets and peppered about the yards of these beautiful homes. The entire area around "Penn's Bottom", the nick name for the part of Main St that experienced heavy growth as the first suburb of Danville during the Tobbaco boom, has been designated as a historic district. The Old West End Historic District, Tobacco Warehouse Historic District, Downtown Danville Historic District and North Main Historic District are going through a period of revitalization. The Many Fine examples of Victorian Architecture are showcased every Holiday season with the Christmas Tour. Also located in this district is the "Sutherlin Mansion" currently known as the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History. This Italinate Mansion was the home of Major William T. Sutherlin a Confederate Quartermaster and was the location of the last "White House" of the Confederacy after the fall of Richmond. William Thomas Sutherlin (1822 &ndash 1893 was a 19th Century tobacco entrepreneur most famous for opening his Danville Virginia, home to the President of the Confederate The museum, and its grounds currently occupy a complete block in this district. The remainder of the plantation was subdivided to create the surrounding neighborhood.


City Government

Danville City Council

"The Danville City Council is the governing body of the City of Danville. A city council is a form of Local government, usually covering a City or other Urban area, such as a Town. " [5] The City Council consists of nine members elected by the citizens of Danville. The City Council selects the Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its members to serve two year terms. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Deputy mayor is an elective or appointive office of the second-ranking official in many local governments [6] The City Council has the power "to adopt and enforce legislative and budgetary ordinances, policies, and rules and regulations necessary to conduct the public's business and to provide for the protection of the general health, safety and welfare of the public. "[7] The members if the Danville City Council are as follows:

Terms Expire on June 30, 2008

Terms Expire on June 30, 2010

City Manager

The City of Danville has a council-manager government in which a City Manager is hired by council to supervise the city government and ensure that the laws, ordinances, and various policies made by the City Council are carried out in an effective manner. In the council-manager form of government an elected city council (typically between five and 11 people is responsible for making Policy, passing Ordinances voting Appropriations A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a City, in a council-manager form of city government

Notable Danville natives

Newspapers distributed in Danville

Colleges and universities

Notable businesses

References

  1. ^ a b American FactFinder. William Lewis Cabell ( January 1, 1827 &ndash February 21, 1911) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army The Richmond Times-Dispatch ( RTD or TD for short is the primary daily Newspaper in Richmond Virginia The News & Record is the largest Newspaper serving Guilford County and the surrounding region The Roanoke Times is the primary newspaper in Southwestern Virginia and is based in Roanoke Virginia. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Averett University is a private Danville Community College (DCC is one of the twenty-three two year colleges in the Virginia Community College System. Danville Regional Medical Center is a 350 bed hospital located in Danville Virginia. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  2. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  3. ^ "Arrest Police Chief as Escaped Convict", The New York Times, March 3, 1911. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
  4. ^ Civil Rights Movement Veterans. "Danville VA, Movement".  
  5. ^ [1]"City Council. " Retrieved Dec. 20, 2007.
  6. ^ [2]"City Council. " Retrieved Dec. 20, 2007.
  7. ^ [3]"City Council. " Retrieved Dec. 20, 2007.

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