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We would like to provide the residents of  Danville  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Danville Home page. The Danville Home page provides as much information as possible on Danville. Knowing Danville’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Danville’s Home page, you will also find Danville’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Danville has a population of 4613. 42.5% of Danville’s inhabitants are Male, and 57.5 are female. 36.9% of Danville is married and 42% own their own home. The Average Home price is $124,907, and the average rent is $714. Household median income in Danville is $36,301, and the individual median income is $26,532. Danville’s Ethnic is the following: White(93.7%), Asian(3.8%), Hispanic(2%), Other(1.1%), Black(1%), Multiple(0.4%).


Abigail Geisinger, widow of iron magnate George Geisinger, used his fortune to build a hospital and clinic intended to be a regional medical center modeled after the Mayo Clinic. The Geisinger Hospital was completed in 1915, and has grown over the years. Today, the Geisinger Medical Center is the most important tertiary referral center in northern Pennsylvania.


Geisinger and its affiliated institutions are also one of the largest employers in the region. In the early 1960s, local company Susquehanna Danville Airport produced airboats for evaluation by the U.S. Army. Susquehanna was a joint venture between Ken Burrows-owned Danville Airport of Danville and Mari-Mar Industries of Port Trevorton, Pennsylvania.


The airboats, called Susquehanna Skimmers, were evaluated in Vietnam between June 1964 and late 1965. The six Skimmers competed with six Hurricane Aircats, made by the Hurricane Fiberglass Products Company of Auburndale, Florida. The Skimmer lost to the Aircat, which was found to be more durable, easier to maneuver, and have greater obstacle crossing capabilities than the Susquehanna Skimmer, although the Skimmer outperformed the Aircat in deep water.The Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA, Danville Historic District, Danville West Market Street Historic District, and General William Montgomery House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.In 2014, Republican Bernie Swank replaced Democrat Ed Coleman as Mayor.


Coleman was Mayor of Danville for 16 years. Swank defeated Democrat Tom Graham by 50 votes out of 682 votes cast. She previously served as mayor from 1989 to 1996.On January 22, 2022, a truck carrying about 100 lab monkeys collided with a dump truck along Route 54 near Danville, allowing four monkeys to escape.


Three monkeys were later euthanized, while another remains missing. The truck was bound for a Centers for Disease Control (CDC) facility, leading to fears of a disease outbreak; several witnesses reported symptoms following their contact with the monkeys and were advised to quarantine by the CDC.


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