West Danville, Kentucky
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Danville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40422. The Survey maps it on the Danville quadrangle.
On record in West 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 within a mile 12 of 14 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Centre, Centre Collegelisted 1972 · 0.5 miles away
Carnegie Librarylisted 1986 · 0.6 miles away
Confederate Monument in Danvillelisted 1997 · 0.7 miles away
First Presbyterian Churchlisted 1986 · 0.7 miles away
McClure-Barbee Houselisted 1973 · 0.9 miles away
Trinity Episcopal Churchlisted 1977 · 0.9 miles away
Boyle County Courthouselisted 1973 · 0.9 miles away
Crow-Barbee Houselisted 1983 · 0.9 miles away- Warehouse Districtlisted 1986 · 0.3 miles away
- St. Mildred's Court-West Lexington Avenue Historic Distric tlisted 1994 · 0.6 miles away
- Maple Avenue Districtlisted 1987 · 0.6 miles away
- The Norton Center for the Artslisted 2023 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1905 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1952 USGS Danville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Danville quadrangle1:24000
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Danville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Harrodsburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of West Danville in 1998, burning about 30 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 November 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of West Danville: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danville Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hayden Vein | Barium-Barite, Zinc | Past Producer | Barite, Sphalerite | |
| Sandidge Veins | Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Barite, Fluorite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Caldwell Manor | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Baughman Heights | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Beverly Hills | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Green Acres | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Indian Hills (historical) | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Hilldale (historical) | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Davis Hill | 2.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 506414. 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.







