Danville
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independent city in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- None ( Independent city )
- Named after
- Dan River
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Alonzo Jones
- Vice mayor
- Gary P. Miller
- Council
- Danville City Council
- Total
- 43.70 sq mi (113.19 km )
- Land
- 42.80 sq mi (110.84 km )
- Water
- 0.90 sq mi (2.34 km )
- Elevation
- 531 ft (162 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 41,647
- Density
- 995.2/sq mi (384.2/km )
- Demonym
- Danvillian
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Zip code
- 24540-24541, 24543
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- independent city in the United States
- Named after
- Dan River
- Official name
- Danville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Population
- 42590
- Area
- 113.825782
- Elevation
- 162
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Dan River
- Shares border with
- Caswell County
- Official website
- www.danville-va.gov
- Image
- Downtown Danville.jpg
- Households
- 18266
- Dialing code
- 434
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- topic's main category
- Category:Danville, Virginia
- Commons category
- Danville, Virginia
- inception
- 1792-00-00
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Danville, Virginia
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Danville, Virginia
- native label
- Danville
- P8168
- Barclays
- water as percent of area
- 2.308
- per capita income
- 22876
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Johannes Piscator
- postal code
- 24543
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Encyclopedic overview
Danville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The city is located in the Southside Virginia region and on the fall line of the Dan River.
The city was a center of tobacco production and was an area of Confederate activity during the American Civil War, due to its strategic location on the Richmond and Danville Railroad. In April 1865, Danville briefly served as the third and final capital of the Confederacy before its surrender later that year.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Danville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.