Danville (Illinois)
Vermilion County
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Danville is a town with 32,760 inhabitants ( estimate July 2006) in Illinois. It is 52 km east of Champaign, 132 km north- west of Indianapolis, 191 km south of Chicago, 178 km south-east of Peoria, 175 km northeast of Springfield and 276 miles north-east of St. Louis in the metropolitan area and is part of Vermilion County, the County Seat Danville holds.
Abraham Lincoln practiced from 1841 to 1859 as an attorney in Danville. The actors Dick Van Dyke and Jerry Van Dyke grew up in the city, Gene Hackman spent here his retirement.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, Danville has a total area of 46.5 km ², of which 46.3 km ² of land and 0.2 km ² omitted ( = 0.45 %) to water. The place is located near the mouth of the North Fork Vermilion River in Vermilion River. In Danville, the Illinois Route 1, U.S. Highway 136 and U.S. Highway 150 intersect; Interstate 74 runs through the southern suburbs of the city.
In addition, several railway routes of CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway and the Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad leading from different directions through the city, so there are several level crossings in the city.
Lake Vermilion is located northwest of the city. Close proximity to Danville the recreation area Kickapoo State Recreation Area and the Kennekuk Cove County Park lie. In the immediate vicinity north of Heron County Park.
The coal formation underlying the eastern Illinois and western Indiana was named after the city, as this Danville member called, was discovered here first.
History
Danville was founded in 1827 on a land area of 60 acres ( 24 hectares) by Guy W. Smith and a further 20 acres ( 8 hectares ) have been provided by Dan W. Beckwith available. The beginning of the sale of land was set for April 10 and published in newspapers, appeared in Indianapolis and in Vandalia, the capital of the state of Illinois. The post office was established on 3 May of the same year in the house of Amos Williams, who was a prominent inhabitants of Danville and was drifting in the establishment of Vermilion County and Edgar County. The first cadastral map was made by Amos Williams and Dan Beckwith, and the city was due to Williams' proposal named after Beckwith first name. Beckwith had his hand made name suggestions, " Williamsburg " and " Williamstown ". He was born 1795 in Pennsylvania, and came to Indiana as a young man. 1819 Williams was companion of the first white Lander Kunder in the field because he was interested in the salty springs of the Vermilion River. He died in 1835 at the age of 40 from pneumonia, which he did on the ride home from Washington, DC had closed. End of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century Danville developed into a major industrial city. From the 1850s until the 1940s into coal was mined in Danville; some of the first open pit techniques have been applied here. After the decline of coal production in the second half of the 20th century and the closure of many mines the opencast mining holes in lakes were thus created numerous opportunities for leisure activities.
National Register of Historic Places
Within Danville several properties were listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
Sons and daughters
- Mali Finn (1938-2007), casting agent
- Tom Garling ( 1965); Jazz trombonist
- Donald Leslie (1911-2004), musician
- Helen Morgan (1900-1941), jazz singer
- Joseph Richard Tanner ( born 1950 ), astronaut
- Jerry Van Dyke ( born 1931 ), comedian and actor
- Angela Watson ( born 1975 ), actress
- Bill Putnam ( * 1920, † 1989), music producer and owner of recording studios
Documents
- Location in Illinois
- Location in North America
- Vermilion County ( Illinois)
- County Seat in Illinois