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Danville, NH
Community Contact Danville Board of Selectmen
Doreen Moore, Town Clerk
PO Box 11
Danville, NH 03819

Telephone (603) 382-8253
Fax (603) 382-3363
E-mail selectadmin@townofdanville.org
Web Site www.townofdanville.org

Municipal Office Hours Selectmen's Clerk: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; Town Clerk: Monday and Tuesday, 8 am - 1 pm, Wednesday, 8 am - 2:30 pm, Thursday, 8 am - 1 pm and 3 pm - 8 pm

County Rockingham
Labor Market Area Haverhill MA-NH NECTA Division, NH Portion
Tourism Region Seacoast
Planning Commission Rockingham
Regional Development Rockingham Economic Development Corp.

Election Districts  
US Congress
District 1
Executive Council
District 3
State Senate
District 17
State Representative
Rockingham County District 7
Incorporated: 1760

Origin: Danville was one of several parishes of Kingston, which was first settled in 1694. It was chartered in 1760 as Hawke, in honor of Admiral Sir Edward Hawke. Never a popular name, the town was renamed and incorporated as Danville in 1836. According to the Danville Heritage Commission, the Hawke Meeting House is the oldest original construction meeting house still standing in New Hampshire. Construction of the meeting house began in 1754, and it was used for religious services until 1832 and for town meetings through 1887. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Villages and Place Names: North Danville, South Danville

Population, Year of the First Census Taken: 420 residents in 1790

Population Trends: Population change for Danville totaled 3,538 over 50 years, from 508 in 1950 to 4,046 in 2000. Danville had the 12th highest 50-year percent increase, with largest decennial percent change an 88 percent increase between 1980 and 1990. The 2007 Census estimate for Danville was 4,337 residents, which ranked 87th among New Hampshire's incorporated cities and towns.

Population Density, 2007: 380.8 persons per square mile of land area. Danville contains 11.6 square miles of land area and 0.2 square miles of inland water area.
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