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Starting in the 1850s Danville was an important coal mining area; some of the first open pit mining techniques were practiced here. [22] The coal formation underlying eastern Illinois and western Indiana is named the "Danville Member," after the area where it was first discovered. [23]
Illinois Route 119 is a short 8-mile (13 km) east–west road that connects the intersection of Illinois Route 1 and U.S. Route 136 with Indiana State Road 28 at the state line. [34] Four railroad lines pass through or into the county, all intersecting in the Danville area; this results in many different railroad crossings throughout the city:
1850s. 1851 – Vermilion County is divided into eight townships: Danville, Georgetown, Elwood, Carroll, Ross, Middlefork, Newell (first called Richland), and Pilot. 1851 – B. E. Conkey founds Conkeytown. 1856 – Blount Township is created. 1857 – Mann's Chapel is constructed south of the future site of Rossville. 1858 – Catlin Township ...
Fithian House. / 40.12750°N 87.63611°W / 40.12750; -87.63611. The Fithian House is a historic house located at 116 N. Gilbert St. in Danville, Vermilion County Illinois. The Italianate house was built in 1855 for William Fithian. Fithian was a physician and a politician who served in the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois ...
1850 March 27, 1991 N/A Vermilion County Museum (Fithian House) 116 N. Gilbert St. 1855 March 27, 1991 May 1, 1975 DACC Buildings 5,6,7,8,9,10 & 17 2000 E. Main St. 1898 April 29, 1991 Old Germantown Fire Station 901 N. Bowman Ave. 1905 May 6, 1991 N/A Pearson/Frisch Home 408 Elizabeth St. 1880 June 17, 1991 N/A Old Fire Station #2
Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Kickapoo State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 2,842 acres (1,150 ha) in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Located between Oakwood, Illinois and Danville, Illinois, this park is easily accessible through route I-74. It is 28 miles (45 km) away from the University of Illinois at ...
Added to NRHP. September 13, 2018. The First National Bank Building, known locally as the Bresee Tower, is a historic bank building at 2-4 N. Vermilion Street in Danville, Illinois. The building was constructed in 1918 for the First National Bank, which was established in 1857 and had operated in another building at the same site since 1867.
17-183-18576. Danville Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 32,113 and it contained 13,913 housing units. [2] Danville Area Community College and the Illinois Department Of Corrections Danville Correctional Facility are in this township.