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Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential Historic District (Boundary Increase)
The Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District is a national historic district located at Danville, Virginia. The district includes 532 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the city of Danville.
About Danville
Independent city in Virginia, United StatesDanville 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. Danville has maintained a black majority population since the Reconstruction era. During this time, the city was represented politically by black members of the Readjuster Party. However, this changed following…
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How Danville ranks
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Housing in Danville
The typical Danville home is worth about $156,000, about the same as a year ago, 62% below the Virginia typical home.
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Safety in Danville
Safety Grade C-
Danville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 85% report less.
Work & commute in Danville
Full picture →47% of Danville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Chatham (2%), Lynchburg (2%) and Martinsville (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.
Health in Danville
Health Grade D
Healthier than 5% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Virginia
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 9 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Danville
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 29% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Danville
Full climate →Danville has mild winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 89°, a January night drops to 28°, and about 8 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Danville
All Danville schools →School Grade D-
The public schools Danville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 97% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within VA. Ratings are from neighbors.
Danville is a college town
Colleges →of Danville’s residents are enrolled in college. Danville Community College has about 1,967 students on campus, and 1 more college is in town.
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