Danville, Alabama
Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
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Danville is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Alabama, 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
- Jesse Owens, 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
