This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GWB.2ACE/1332.1 Message Board Post: Danville, Ohio In the eastern portion of Knox County, Danville is 15 miles from Mount Vernon. The village of 1,001 was established in 1923 when the villages of Danville and Buckeye City voted to merge and form the present community. Danville was named for a veteran of the War of 1812. . Home of the second oldest Catholic parish in Ohio, St. Luke Catholic Church, Danville's roots run deep. The original Danville was laid out by George Sapp, Sr. and Robert Waddell in 1813 and was named for Daniel Sapp, a soldier in the War of 1812.