Danville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

Morgan County, Alabama Morgan County is a county in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, its population was 123,421. The county seat is Decatur. On June 14, 1821, it was renamed in honor of American Revolutionary War General ...

, United States.

Demographics

Danville appeared on the 1880 U.S. Census with a population of 117. This was the only time it appeared on census rolls. It is included in the Decatur metropolitan area and the larger Huntsville-Decatur combined statistical area.

Notable people

* Dave Albritton, a track and field athlete, won a silver medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics. Albritton was the first African American to hold the world high jump record, at 6'9 3/4". * Nathaniel Barrett, physician and politician

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Alabama Decatur metropolitan area, Alabama Huntsville-Decatur, AL Combined Statistical Area {{MorganCountyAL-geo-stub