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Danville, Indiana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Center Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46122. It stands on Thompson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Danville quadrangle. 10,559 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.

Danville within Hendricks County

On record in Danville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 10 records

Population over time

2 figures

Danville grew from 9,001 to 10,559 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20109,001
202010,559+1,558 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Center township. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.

From History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 - Center Township

History Of Hendriok8 County

1 1 He was found dead in bis stable and was supposed to have been i murdered by his servant for his money. He was a man of note and ] influence. The Hadleys have been noted for their thrift, both in this and the old country. The most of them have been farmers i and all have owned the land they worked. Until the last genera- ; tion or two all have been Friends, and none were military men 1 until the late civil war, when several bore arms in defense of the !

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In the county-history sources

36,715 words on this township

History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885 names this settlement in its chapter on Center Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Justices of the Peace: Samuel Wick, 182G (resigned 1830); Lewis Mastin, 1829 (resigned 1830); John C. Julian, 1830; William A. Stephens, 1831 ; Job Osborn and Noah Harden, 1833 ; Larkin K. Campbell, 1834; John Dunn, 183-1; William A. Stephens, Job Osborn and Eldred Huff, 1836; Samuel Brenton, D. S. Carter, James Dugan and William Miller, 1837; Stephen C. Crawford, 1811; James Dugan and Samuel Mclogue, 1843; Henry Miller, 1841; Edmund Clark, 1846; Samuel Melogue, James Dugan and James Christie, 1847; James Ward, 1848; John D. Burks, 1850; Jesse S. Woodard, 1851; Henry Miller, 1852; William Astley, Robert H. West and Job Osborn, 1854; Peter S. Kennedy, John D.Burks and Benjamin F. Tout, 1855; K. H. Morehead, 1856; Enion Singer, William Howland, Salmon Hall and Leonard T. Maccoun, 1856; Allen P. Burks, 1857; George S. Rich and William Astley, 1858; Enion Singer, 1860; Julius A.Perkins, 18G2; Eniou Singer and Willis Tabert, 1864; F. M. Darnall, 1865; R. H. Morehead and William Henson, 1866; Samuel Craddick, 1867 E. C. Dibble, 1S6S; Linn Rammel and James T. xMatlock, 1869 R. H. Morehead and Enoch Henry, 1870; Simon Rammel, 1872 E. H. Morehead and Enoch Henry, 1874; N. M. Taylor and Thomas Nichols, 1876; Simon Rammel, 1878; Thomas Nichols and James W. Hamrick, 1880; Asa Martin, 1882; Thomas Nichols, James W. Hamrick and Joseph S. Miller, 1S84.

Passage source: History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

The oldest document in existence pertaining to Center Township is believed to be the poll-book and tally sheet of the general election held Aug. 7, 1826, when the people voted for congressman, senator, representative, sheriff and coroner. Altogether, sixtysix persons voted iu Center Township at this election, indicating a population at that time of perhaps 200. We give below the names of the voters, as entered on the poll-book. Many names are spelled incorrectly, but we leave it to the reader to correct them mentally. The list is doubly valuable, e.s it includes all the first pioneers of the township:

Passage source: History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

Two years later, at the presidential election of 1S2S, the number of voters had increased four-fold, or to 252. Andrew Jackson received 166 votes, am ohn Qnincy Adams eighty-eight; plurality for Jackson, seventy-.. ght. The township has been first Whig and then Republican, continuously, except that it gave Jackson majorities in 183S and 1S32, and in 1856 it gave a majority of one for Buchanan. Following is the vote at each presidential election:

Passage source: History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Center Township - it names this place 127 more 127 times.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Danville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hendricks Co. Hwy. Dept.StoneProducer

Every working recorded in Hendricks County

Storms near this place

47 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danville in 47 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 21 hail, 21 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDanville$50,000Numerous trees and power poles snapped across the county due to thunderstorm wind gusts. Damage was locally concentrated in Danville.
July 2015Flash FloodDanville$50,000Four to five roads were washed out with numerous roads flooded county-wide due to heavy thunderstorm rainfall.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDanville$50,000Approximately 10 homes were damaged, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts, in the Clear Creek housing edition. One home had major roof damage. The others had mainly vinyl siding and garage door damage. No injuries were reported.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindDanville$30,000A house was heavily damaged on the southwest side of Danville due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindDanville$15,000The roof was blown off a barn, east of Danville, due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
August 2002LightningDanville$15,000Lightning struck an office building.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindDanville$10,000Several large tree limbs downed due to thunderstorm wind gusts. A roof was blown off along with several trees uprooted or snapped near the location.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindDanville$10,000A garage was destroyed by a falling tree.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindDanville$2,000An 18 inch diameter tree and power lines were downed due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts on Cook Avenue in Danville. Power outages in Danville, Pittsboro, and Brownsburg were reported as well.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindDanville$1,000A large tree was downed on State Road 39 in Danville due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2017FloodDanville$500Portions of Cartersburg Road was closed due to flooding from heavy rainfall.
June 2013FloodDanville$500Water was reported over the roadway near the intersection of Main Street and County Road 200 East due to thunderstorm heavy rainfall.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindDanville$300A decayed 12 inch diameter limb was blown down due to thunderstorm wind gusts. This limb blocked Highway 39 south of Danville.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindDanville-Two 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts were measured at or near this location.
July 2023HailDanville-Hail near Danville as large as 1.55 inches. CoCoRaHS observer (Danville 1.6 NE) reported 1.00 inch hail that shredded leaves. Widespread crop damage to Beasley Orchard (2.6 miles east of Danville), with the entire apple and sunflower crop destroyed and additional damage noted to tomato, pumpkin, and sweet corn crops. Several additional reports of 0.75-0.88 inch hail between Danville and Avon.
July 2015HailDanville-The hail was accompanied by 45 mph wind gusts.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDanville-An estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed in this location.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindDanville-A 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured on the west side of Danville.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindDanville-An estimated 60 to 70 mph thunderstorm wind gust was observed just south of Danville High School.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindDanville-A thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 60 mph was observed in this location.
September 2012HailDanville-An estimated 30 mph thunderstorm wind gust was also observed.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindDanville-A wind gust, measured at 60 mph, was observed in north Danville.
February 2009FloodDanville-A flooded roadway was reported at State Route 39 North and United States 36.
January 2008HailDanville-There were also winds estimated at 55 mph.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindDanville-A large tree was downed in an intersection.
April 2006HailDanville-No property damage estimates were available.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindDanville-Large tree branches broken.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindDanville-Trees were blown down.
April 2017HailDanville-no account filed
July 2015HailDanville-no account filed
March 2012HailDanville-no account filed
September 2012HailDanville-no account filed
September 2012HailDanville-no account filed
April 2010HailDanville-no account filed
April 2006HailDanville-no account filed
May 2006HailDanville-no account filed
May 2005HailDanville-no account filed
April 2005HailDanville-no account filed
April 2005HailDanville-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindDanville-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDanville-no account filed
August 2000HailDanville-no account filed
August 2000HailDanville-no account filed
August 2000HailDanville-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDanville-no account filed
April 1996HailDanville-no account filed
June 1994HailDanville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hendricks County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Nash1.0 miles12
Gale3.2 miles15
Hadley4.5 miles12
Magnetic Springs4.6 miles16
North Belleville4.9 miles16
Clayton4.9 miles12
Summit5.0 miles12
Maplewood5.2 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on DanvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1022769The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 433314. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.