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52-446: Benjamin Logan was born in then-vast Augusta County, Virginia , the eldest son of Scottish immigrants David and Jane (McKinley) Logan. He had seven siblings by the time his father died, when Benjamin Logan was 15. By primogeniture, Benjamin inherited the family's 860 acre (3.5 km) farm, but would sell it when he reached legal age, then split the proceeds with his siblings and move across

104-470: A humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), with warm summers and moderately cold winters. Precipitation is abundant and well-spread, with an average of 47.85 inches (1,220 mm). As of the census of 2010, there were 16,218 people, 6,405 households, and 3,903 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,020.0/sq mi (393.8/km ). There were 7,180 housing units at an average density of 451.6/sq mi (174.4/km ). The racial makeup of

156-573: A fire devastated the city, destroying 64 buildings and causing more than $ 300,000 in damages. Boyle County's courthouse was destroyed; its replacement was completed in 1862. After the Union Army won the Battle of Perryville in the Civil War on October 8, 1862, it appropriated many Danville buildings, including the courthouse, for use as hospitals. On October 11, a Union force drove Confederate forces from

208-409: A household in the county was $ 43,045, and the median income for a family was $ 48,579. Males had a median income of $ 31,577 versus $ 24,233 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 19,744. About 4.20% of families and 5.80% of the population were below the poverty line , including 6.40% of those under age 18 and 6.60% of those age 65 or over. According to the 2010 US Census data, below are

260-695: A lending library, the Boyle County Public Library. On March 2, 2010, Danville voted to go "wet" (to permit sale of packaged alcohol and sale of alcohol by the drink without restriction by size of premises). Five venues for theatrical productions live in Danville. The Advocate-Messenger , a twice-weekly (Tuesday and Friday) newspaper, serves Danville and surrounding counties. Local radio stations include three AM stations: WDFB-AM (1170), WHBN (1420), WHIR (1230), and three FM stations: WDFB-FM (88.1), WLAI (107.1), and WRNZ (105.1). WDKY-TV

312-511: A part of the county, despite Staunton's status as the county seat. Most county administrative offices, however, are located in Verona, rather than in Staunton. 38°12′N 79°7′W  /  38.200°N 79.117°W  / 38.200; -79.117 Danville, Kentucky Danville is a home rule-class city and county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky , United States. The population

364-557: A resident of another county, he may have been overlooked or away conducting a military expedition. Benjamin Logan advocated for Kentucky statehood at the Danville Convention and was a delegate when it wrote the first Kentucky constitution in 1791 and 1792. Following statehood, he served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1792 to 1795. He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1796 and 1800. In 1802, Benjamin Logan died of

416-527: A stroke at age 60, at his home 6 miles southwest of Shelbyville, Kentucky . He was buried in the family cemetery. Both Logan County, Kentucky and Logan County, Ohio were named for him, as is the Benjamin Logan Local School District in Ohio. He was the uncle of U.S. Supreme Court associate justice John McKinley . Augusta County, Virginia Augusta County is a county in

468-758: Is located in eastern Boyle County. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 15.9 square miles (41.2 km ), of which 15.8 square miles (41.0 km ) is land and 0.077 square miles (0.2 km ), or 0.58%, is water. Blue Grass Community Action Partnership provides DanTran bus service inside Danville. BGCAP also connects Danville with Lexington , Stanford , Junction City , and Lancaster . Stuart Powell Field (DVK), 3 miles (5 km) from downtown, serves as Danville's general aviation airport. Blue Grass Airport (LEX) in Lexington, 35 miles (56 km) away, provides

520-619: Is serviced by Augusta County Public Schools . As of the Census of 2000, there were 65,615 people, 24,818 households, and 18,911 families residing in the county. The population density was 68 people per square mile (26 people/km ). There were 26,738 housing units at an average density of 28 units per square mile (11 units/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 95.02% White , 3.60% Black or African American , 0.15% Native American , 0.28% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.32% from other races , and 0.61% from two or more races. 0.94% of

572-611: The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Sam voted in the 1870 election . Their daughter, Frances Harriet Williams , organized for the NAACP , the YMCA , and served as a presidential advisor. Danville has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International : Danville Sister Cities won the 2019 Innovation Award for Arts and Culture from Sister Cities International. The following are highly noted people from Danville. For

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624-511: The Lexington and Danville Railroad . Money ran out when the railroad reached Nicholasville . John A. Roebling had already built towers for a railroad suspension bridge over the Kentucky River . (Roebling lived in Danville during the construction.) Despite the railroad not being completed to Danville, the county still owed the company $ 150,000. It completed payment on time in 1884. In 1860,

676-635: The Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary . The Caldwell Institute for Young Ladies was founded in 1860. It became Caldwell Female College in 1876, Caldwell College in 1904, Kentucky College for Women in 1913, and merged into Centre College in 1926. In November 1806, Meriwether Lewis , co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition , visited Danville while traveling the Wilderness Road to Washington, D.C. , to report on

728-543: The Ohio River , serving under George Rogers Clark . However, Logan and Clark frequently disagreed over strategy. After American independence, Logan became active in the campaign to establish Kentucky as a separate state. He served as Kentucky's representative in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1781 until 1787 when he began arguing for statehood. In October 1786, Logan led a force of Kentucky mounted militiamen against

780-576: The Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The second-largest county of Virginia by total area, it completely surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro . Its county seat is Staunton, but most of the administrative services have offices in neighboring Verona . The county was created in 1738 from part of Orange County and

832-538: The Wilderness Road from Crow in 1783. The city was named for Daniel. The Virginia legislature officially established Danville on December 4, 1787. Between 1784 and 1792, ten conventions were held in Danville to petition for better governance and ultimately to secure independence from Virginia. In 1786 the Danville Political Club was organized. It met each Saturday night at Grayson's Tavern to discuss

884-562: The 1970s to provide for the expansion of Constitution Square Park. On October 5, 2000, Dick Cheney and Senator Joe Lieberman , candidates for Vice President of the United States , debated at Centre College during the 2000 presidential election . On October 11, 2012, Centre College again hosted the Vice-Presidential debate, this time between Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan . Danville

936-722: The Appalachian Mountains to the Holston River , where he purchased land and began to farm. He married Ann Montgomery in 1772; they had eight children. Logan served in the Virginia militia during Henry Bouquet 's 1764 campaign against the Shawnee . A decade later, he served as a lieutenant in Lord Dunmore's War against the same Indian nation. In 1775, Logan joined a party of settlers led by Daniel Boone who traveled to Kentucky , then

988-723: The Civil War, Augusta County served as an important agricultural center as part of the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy." The Virginia Central Railroad ran through the county, linking the Shenandoah Valley to the Confederate capital at Richmond. One of the bloodiest engagements fought in the Shenandoah Valley took place on June 5, 1864, at the Battle of Piedmont , a Union victory that allowed the Union Army to occupy Staunton and destroy many of

1040-641: The Deaf provides education to Kentucky's deaf and hard-of-hearing children from elementary through high school. A portion of Danville is in the Boyle County Schools district. Two private schools operate in Danville: Centre College , a nationally recognized liberal arts college, is located in Danville. Six other colleges and universities have (or had) campuses in Danville: Danville has

1092-673: The Shawnee towns in the Ohio Country along the Little Miami River and Mad River ( Logan's Raid ). These were lightly defended since most warriors had left to defend the villages of Chief Little Turtle from a separate force moving up the Wabash River under the command of General George Rogers Clark. Logan seized and burned thirteen villages, taking prisoner women and children, destroying the food supplies and killing or capturing many, including

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1144-572: The U.S. House of Representatives. The Augusta County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency in Augusta County. The ACSO was created in 1745 when James Patton was elected as the first sheriff. The ACSO was accredited by the Virginia Law Enforcement Accreditation Coalition. The agency is currently headed by Sheriff Donald Smith. The ACSO currently has 72 sworn deputies and 6 dispatchers. In 2021,

1196-557: The Virginia House of Delegates in 1781, and also served in the 1785, 1786, and 1787 sessions. Meanwhile, Virginia conducted a tax census, which listed both John and Benjamin as non-residents of Lincoln County, but taxed each for slaves and livestock in the county, John for three enslaved adults and two younger slaves, as well as seven horses, a stud horse, and 30 cattle, and Benjamin for three adult slaves, five younger slaves, eight horses and 70 cattle. Since Benjamin Logan does not appear as

1248-649: The aged Chief Moluntha who surrendered under a U.S. flag outside his wegiwa while displaying the Shawnee copy of the Treaty of Fort Finney (1785). Despite the protection of Logan's men, Captain Hugh McGary slipped through the guard and murdered the Shawnee chief. The chief's death infuriated the Shawnee, who retaliated by redoubling their attacks against the whites, and escalating the Northwest Indian War . Logan served as one of Lincoln County's initial representatives to

1300-442: The city limits. It operates Mary G. Hogsett Primary School, Edna L. Toliver Intermediate School, John W. Bate Middle School, and Danville High School for the city of Danville. Boyle County Schools operates Woodlawn Elementary School, Junction City Elementary School, Perryville Elementary School, Boyle County Middle School, and Boyle County High School for portions of Danville and the remainder of Boyle County. Kentucky School for

1352-520: The city was 83.2% White , 10.9% African American , 0.2% Native American , 1.0% Asian , 1.8% from other races , and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 3.9% of the population. Of the 6,405 households, 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.1% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.8% were non-families. 33.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.8% had someone living alone who

1404-438: The closest commercial service. More extensive commercial service is available from Louisville International Airport (SDF), 82 miles (132 km) away, and Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), 127 miles (204 km) away. Norfolk Southern Railway operates a freight rail yard in Danville. Its Louisville-Chattanooga line intersects with its Cincinnati-Chattanooga line just north of Danville. Danville has

1456-432: The community could donate to, but they shortly rescinded that decision over a desire to avoid contributions to the fund by the protesting group. According to the county's 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the county are: The independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro (incorporated as such in 1902 and 1948 respectively) are located within the boundaries of Augusta County, but are not

1508-571: The county and a justice of the peace . During the American Revolution, he was the second ranking officer in the Virginia militia for Kentucky County, taking part in the defense of the settlements against attacks made by British-led Indians. In July 1779, under Co. Bowman, Logan as second-in-command led 300 men in an expedition across the Ohio River to the native settlement at Chillicothe . He also joined in campaigns against hostile Indians north of

1560-645: The county fairgrounds through Danville. In May 1864, the group of 250 – mostly enslaved males but including some freedmen – marched from Danville to nearby Camp Nelson in Jessamine County , where Colonel Andrew Clark allowed them to enlist In the Union Army after some initial hesitation. Arriving with wounds inflicted upon them in route, this group was the first to enlist at this site, where 10,000 United States Colored Troops trained. In 1775, Archibald McNeill planted Kentucky's first recorded hemp crop at Clark's Run Creek near Danville. By 1889 Boyle County

1612-499: The county government was not organized until 1745. It was named for Augusta of Saxe-Gotha , Princess of Wales and mother of the future King George III of the United Kingdom . Originally, Augusta County was a vast territory with an indefinite western boundary. Most of what is now West Virginia as well as the whole of Kentucky were within its early bounds. Additionally, the territory north and west of those areas, theoretically all

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1664-419: The county has a total area of 971 square miles (2,510 km ), of which 967 square miles (2,500 km ) is land and 3.9 square miles (10 km ) (0.4%) is water. It is the third-largest county in Virginia by land area and second-largest by total area. The county is divided into seven magisterial districts: Beverley Manor, Middle River, North River, Pastures, Riverheads, South River, and Wayne. The county

1716-467: The expedition, which had returned from the Pacific Coast. In December 1806, William Clark visited his nephews in school in Danville before following Lewis to Washington. The first school in Danville for African-American children was founded around 1840 by Willis Russell, an emancipated slave of Robert Craddock, a Revolutionary War veteran. Craddock deeded a log house in Danville to Russell. He moved to

1768-410: The facilities that supported the Confederate war effort. Augusta County suffered again during General Philip H. Sheridan's "Burning," which destroyed many farms and killed virtually all of the farm animals. Staunton, the county seat for many years, was incorporated as a city in 1871 and separated from Augusta County in 1902. However, it remained the county seat. According to the U.S. Census Bureau ,

1820-452: The fort was besieged by a hundred native warriors. When the garrison's provisions and ammunition ran low, Logan and two companions left during the night and traveled 150 miles to the Holston settlement. Logan returned as fast as he could with powder and lead; his companions followed with a relief party under Col. John Bowman, which caused the besiegers to scatter. Logan was appointed sheriff of

1872-441: The median income for a family was $ 40,528. Males had a median income of $ 35,327 versus $ 24,542 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,906. About 9.4% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 17.6% of those under age 18 and 10.5% of those age 65 or over. FBI crime statistics for 2009 list the crime rate (per 100,000 population) for Danville as follows: Danville Schools includes most of

1924-456: The northeastern part of what was remained became Rockingham County , and the southwestern part was combined with part of Botetourt County to form Rockbridge County . In 1788 the northern part of the county was combined with part of Hardy County to become Pendleton County . Augusta County assumed its present dimensions in 1790, when its western part was combined with parts of Botetourt County and Greenbrier County to form Bath County . During

1976-428: The political, economic, and social concerns of the day. After a state constitution was adopted and separation was confirmed in 1792, the town ceased to be of statewide importance. Its leading citizens moved elsewhere. Transylvania University was founded in Danville in 1783. It moved to Lexington in 1789. Centre College was founded in 1819. Danville Theological Seminary was founded in 1853; in 1901 it became part of

2028-437: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 24,818 households, of which 33.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.70% were married couples living together, 8.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.80% were non-families. 20.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

2080-640: The populations of the two towns and select unincorporated communities within Augusta County: The majority of Grottoes is located in Rockingham County . Only seven of the town's 2,668 residents reside in Augusta County. Augusta County is represented by Republican Emmett W. Hanger in the Virginia Senate, Republican John Avoili, Republican Ronnie R. Campbell , and Republican Chris Runion in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Republican Ben Cline in

2132-466: The sheriff's department arrested eight individuals for protesting outside the Sheriff's Office. In response to the shooting of two men by deputies earlier that year, the protestors wanted deputies to use body cameras . Most of the charges were thrown out by a judge in 2022. Body cameras were not included in the 2022 budget: initially the county board of supervisors instead created a fund for body cameras that

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2184-558: The town after Craddock's death and started a school for children. The house on Walnut Street no longer stands, though what was once believed to be his house is now the Willis Russell Memorial Cabin. Russell's house stood across the street, opposite St. James African American Methodist Church. In 1842, Boyle County was formed from southern Mercer County and northern Lincoln County . Danville became its county seat. In 1850, Danville and Boyle County backed construction of

2236-541: The way to the Pacific Ocean, were as well. Reductions in its extent began in 1770, when its southern part became Botetourt County . In 1776 part of western Augusta County, an area also known as the District of West Augusta, became Monongalia County , Ohio County , and Yohogania County (abolished in 1786). In 1778 the portion of Augusta County north and west of the Ohio River became Illinois County (abolished in 1784);

2288-479: The westernmost portion of Virginia . He left the group in what would become Lincoln County . With the help of his brother John and others, he built a stockade known as Logan's Fort which eventually would grow into the town of St. Asaph's near Stanford . In 1776, Logan brought his family from Virginia to join him, but initially settled them at Harrod's Fort, as less exposed to Native raids, but in 1777 they joined him at Logan's Fort. However, beginning on May 20, 1777,

2340-651: Was 17,236 at the 2020 Census. Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area , which includes all of the Boyle and Lincoln counties. In 2001, Danville received a Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation . In 2011, Money magazine placed Danville as the fourth-best place to retire in the United States. Centre College in Danville

2392-401: Was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.94. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.70% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 26.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 101.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.80 males. The median income for

2444-403: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.83. 20.8% of the population was under the age of 18, 61.8% from 18 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.4 years. Females made up 54.4% and males made up 45.6% of the population aged 18 or older. As of 2000, the median income for a household was US $ 32,938, and

2496-526: Was born enslaved in 1808. Nancy's daughter, Susan Davis, organized the Danville Domestic Economy Club for black women which encouraged voter participation and education. Susan and her husband, Sam, were both born enslaved. Fighting in the Civil War for the Union , Sam became emancipated upon his 1864 enlistment in the 114th United States Colored Troops at nearby Camp Nelson . After the passage of

2548-553: Was licensed to Danville but its facilities are located in Lexington. Danville and Boyle County Black history is the subject of a 2022 book published by Arcadia Press, as "African Americans in Boyle County." Martha S. Jones opens her book Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All, with her family story of three generations who resided in Danville. Great-great-great-grandmother Nancy Belle Graves

2600-542: Was named after Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha . It was originally a huge area, but many of its parts were carved out to form other counties and several states until the current borders were finalized in 1790. As of the 2020 census , the county's population was 77,487. Along with Staunton and Waynesboro, it forms the Staunton–Waynesboro, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area . Augusta County was formed in 1738 from Orange County , although, because few people lived there,

2652-521: Was one of the ten Kentucky counties which together produced more than 90% of the US yield. It was the state's largest cash crop until 1915, when it lost its market to imported jute . From the turn of the 20th century through the 1960s, Danville was home to a thriving African-American business sector located on and around 2nd Street on the western edge of what is now Constitution Square Historic Site . The city demolished this business sector under urban renewal in

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2704-578: Was selected to host U.S. vice-presidential debates in 2000 and 2012. Within Kentucky, Danville is called the "City of Firsts": Danville was part of the Great Settlement Area around Fort Harrod (present-day Harrodsburg ), which was first settled in 1774. The site was originally known as Crow's Station for settler John Crow, but the town was surveyed and platted by Walker Daniel, Kentucky's first district attorney, who bought 76 acres (31 ha) near

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