Danville, Vermont
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Danville is a town in Caledonia County
Caledonia County, Vermont
Caledonia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 31,227. Its shire town is St. Johnsbury.The county was given the Latin name for Scotland, in honor of the many settlers who claimed ancestry there....

, Vermont
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

, United States
United States
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. It was named for the 18th-century French
France
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 cartographer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. The population was 2,211 at the 2000 census.

History

A robber in West Danville made national news in 2008 when he apologized for robbing a convenience store and obediently left a roll of one-dollar bills to allow the store to open up the next morning.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the town has a total area of 61.2 square miles (158.4 km2), of which 60.9 square miles (157.7 km2) is land and 0.3 square mile (0.7 km2) (0.46%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 2,211 people, 871 households, and 627 families residing in the town. The population density
Population density
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 was 36.3 people per square mile (14.0/km2). There were 1,152 housing units at an average density of 18.9 per square mile (7.3/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 99.10% White, 0.18% African American, 0.23% Native American, 0.14% Asian, and 0.36% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.45% of the population.

There were 871 households out of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.0% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the town the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 28.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 91.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $42,440, and the median income for a family was $47,150. Males had a median income of $33,654 versus $21,573 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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 for the town was $19,012. About 6.2% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.3% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

  • Asa P. Blunt
    Asa P. Blunt
    Asa Peabody Blunt was a draughtsman and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life:...

     (1835–1889), 12th Regular Vermont Infantry Volunteers, Brigadier General U.S.V.
  • Beth Chamberlin
    Beth Chamberlin
    Beth Chamberlin is a American actress and fitness coach.-Film and television roles:She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Beth Raines Spaulding LeMay Winslow Spaulding Bauer Spaulding on Guiding Light. She was the second actress to portray the role and initially portrayed Beth for a two...

    , Daytime Emmy Award
    Daytime Emmy Award
    The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...

    -nominated star of "Guiding Light"
  • Arthur M. Chickering
    Arthur M. Chickering
    Arthur Merton Chickering was a U.S. arachnologist. He was born on March 23, 1887 in North Danville, Vermont and died on May 24, 1974.He studied in Yale University under Alexander Petrunkevitch until 1913. In 1916 he earned a master of science degree in cytology and in 1927 a Ph.D. for cytological...

    , arachnologist.
  • Henry Leavenworth
    Henry Leavenworth
    Henry Leavenworth was an American soldier active in the War of 1812 and early military expeditions against the Plains Indians...

    , soldier.
  • Thaddeus Stevens
    Thaddeus Stevens
    Thaddeus Stevens , of Pennsylvania, was a Republican leader and one of the most powerful members of the United States House of Representatives...

    , Pennsylvania congressman.

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