Danville (Kentucky)

Danville is a small city in Boyle County in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky.

Understand
Danville was part of the settlement area around Harrod's Fort (now Harrodsburg) which was the first English permanent settlement in Kentucky. Walker Daniel, Kentucky's first District Attorney, bought land on the Wilderness Road and had it surveyed for a town in 1783-1784. The Virginia legislature established Danville on December 4, 1787.

Get in
Visitors can access Danville by automobile. US 127 is the main north-south highway, and US 150 provides access from the east and west. KY-52 passes through some scenic landscape and can be used if travelling from Richmond to the east.

Go next

 * Bardstown - Home of several bourbon distilleries and is part of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
 * Harrodsburg - The oldest city in Kentucky.
 * Lexington - Kentucky's second largest city.
 * Richmond - Home of Eastern Kentucky University.