Danville, Caledonia County, Vermont Genealogy
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Brief History[edit | edit source]
Danville was charatered on October 31, 1786 by the Vermont Legislature. Villages and hamlets in Danville include: Danville, Greenbank Hollow, Harvey's Hollow (formerly South Danville), North Danville, and West Danville. The population was 2,196 at the 2010 census. [1] [2]
Historical Data
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Danville, Vermont USGenWeb Page
Town Histories
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Village in the hills : a history of Danville, Vermont, 1786-1995, by Susannah Clifford (1995) - find this book in a library.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
FamilySearch Historical Records Collection has Vermont birth, death, and marriage records online.
Military Records
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Probate Records
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The probate district for Danville is Caledonia
Caledonia Probate Division
1126 Main St, Ste 1
St Johnsbury, VT 05819
Phone: (802) 748-6605
Church Records
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City Directories
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Danville Business Directory, 1887 – 1888.
Danville Town Directories: 1888, 1909, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1935, and 1939.
Maps
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1875 map of North, West and South Danville
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
The following is a list of major cemeteries in present-day Danville. For location of all cemeteries, see Cemeteries of Vermont, Caledonia County, website at this link.
- Bennett Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Danville Center Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Danville Green Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Massey Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Pettengill Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Pope Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Stanton Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
- Ward Cemetery - inscriptions at Find A Grave site.
Searchable Cemetery listings available at Danville, Vermont USGenWeb Page.
Cemetery records of the town of Danville, Vermont are available on microfilm from the Family History Library.
Town Records
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Town Clerk Vital and Town Records, 1747 -2001, can be found on FamilySearch (browse only images).
The Family History Library has microfilm of original records from the Danville Town Clerk's Office. These include Land records, 1788-1904; indexes to land records, 1788-1988.
Danville Town Clerk Office
36 U.S. 2
P.O. Box 183
Danville, VT 05828
Phone: (802) 684-3352
Email: danvtc36@yahoo.com
Newspapers
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The Barre Montpelier Times-Argus
Libraries and Historical Societies[edit | edit source]
Pope Memorial Library
121 Park St.
PO Box 273
Danville, VT 05828
Phone: (802) 684-2256
Website: http://popememoriallibrary.org/
Danville Historical Society
121 Hill St.
PO Box 274
Danville, VT 05828
Phone: (802) 684-2055
Website: http://danvillevthistorical.org/
Northeast Kingdom Genealogy - Genealogy resources for towns in the counties of Essex, Orleans and Caledonia.
References
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- ↑ About Danville, Vermont - http://www.virtualvermont.com/towns/danville.html#about
- ↑ Danville, Vermont - http://sites.rootsweb.com/~vtcbarne/danville.htm
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