>From the 1882 Iowa State Gazetteer and Business Directory: Danville, Des Moines County, Iowa Contributed by Cathy Labath ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- DANVILLE. A station on the C. B. & Q. R. R., in Des Moines county, 18 miles northwest of Burlington (c h), the nearest bank location. It contains 3 churches, a high school, and ships grain, butter, eggs and apples. Population 325. Exp., Am. Tel., W. U. Mail, daily. A Messenger, postmaster. Alspach, W H, blacksmith. Baker Rev J D (Congregational). Boss J, furniture. Campbell John, blacksmith. Chambers R M & Co, general store. Danville Association, general store. Danville News, E Porter & Son propr. Eggleston Daniel, shoemaker. Ellison, Smith & Co, grain. England J L, furniture. Evans Lewis, shoemaker. Foster K W, general store. Gilmore R M, physician. Greenland U S, railroad and express agent. Head James & Bro, blacksmiths and wagonmakers. Messenger A & Co, general store. Myres Rev T J (Methodist). Porter E, harnessmaker. Scovel R A, hardware. Shallenberger Rev H (Baptist). Shepard B W, live stock. Smith E & Co, grain. Stewart G W, physician. Stewart W H, justice of peace. Windel J G, tailor. Wright J A, physician. ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for their private use as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Contributed to the Iowa Archives by Cathy Labath =========================================================================