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Created on May 3, 1850 from part of Columbia County and named for Madame Montour, a woman of Indian and French descent who was prominent in the Indian affairs. Danville, the county seat, was laid out in 1792 and incorporated as a borough on February 27, 1849. It had been the county seat of Columbia County from 1813 to 1846.
The Mahoning Creek area was settled beginning in 1769. Danville is named for Daniel Montgomery, son of early settler General William Montgomery. It had been Columbia County’s seat until 1845, but when Bloomsburg usurped Columbia County Danville wanted a new county so it could once more be a county seat. Newspaper activist Valentine Best went to the legislature and pushed the creation through. Danville became a highway, canal, and then rail link on the North Branch route from Sunbury to Wilkes-Barre. Danville’s Big Mill, eventually owned by Bethlehem Steel, made iron and steel from 1838 to 1938, Rails were a specialty—the first T-rails made in the United States were made here. In 1873 a national financial panic eclipsed the mill’s future, it lost out in competition with Bessemer process and Lake Superior ore, and in 1896 it experienced a major explosion. But iron and steel specialties production continued until the end of World War II. Silk and shirt-making factories were productive from the early 1900s. Half of the county’s area is farmed.
Montour County is one of 67 counties in Pennsylvania. It has 130.8 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 135.4 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population grew by 10.5%. On the 2000 census form, 99.4% of the population reported only one race, with 1.0% of these reporting African-American. The population of this county is 0.9% Hispanic (of any race). The average household size is 2.43 persons compared to an average family size of 2.98 persons.
In 2008 retail trade was the largest of 20 major sectors. It had an average wage per job of $24,112. Per capita income grew by 23.7% between 1998 and 2008 (adjusted for inflation).
People & Income Overview
(By Place of Residence)
Value
Industry Overview (2008)
(By Place of Work)
Value
Population (2009)
17,715
Covered Employment
14,622
Growth (%) since 1990
-0.1%
Average wage per job
$49,681
Households (2000)
7,085
Manufacturing – % all jobs in County
2.9%
Labor Force (persons) (2009)
9,378
Average wage per job
$40,198
Unemployment Rate (2009)
6.6
Transportation & Warehousing – % all jobs in County
1.7%
Per Capita Personal Income (2008)
$39,308
Average wage per job
$26,493
Median Household Income (2008)
$46,982
Health Care, Social Assist. – % all jobs in County
0.6%
Poverty Rate (2008)
10.5
Average wage per job
$36,413
H.S. Diploma or More – % of Adults 25+ (2000)
82.3
Finance and Insurance – % all jobs in County
2.6%
Bachelor’s Deg. or More – % of Adults 25+ (2000)
22.1
Average wage per job
$42,769
1. DANVILLE AREA MS
Address: Northumberland Road, Danville, PA 17821
Phone: (570) 271-3268
County: Montour County
Enrollment: 512
Grades: 6-8
2. DANVILLE AREA SHS
Address: 600 Walnut St, Danville, PA 17821
Phone: (570) 271-3268
County: Montour County
Enrollment: 776
Grades: 9-12
4. DANVILLE EL SCHOOL
Address: 401 E Front St, Danville, PA 17821
Phone: (570) 271-3268
County: Montour County
Enrollment: 244
Grades: KG-5
5. LIBERTY-VALLEY EL SCHOOL
Address: 175 Liberty Valley Rd, Danville, PA 17821
Phone: (570) 271-3268
County: Montour County
Enrollment: 441
Grades: KG-5
6. MAHONING-COOPER EL SCHOOL
Address: 1605 Bloom Rd, Danville, PA 17821
Phone: (570) 271-3268
County: Montour County
Enrollment: 204
Grades: KG-5
7. NORTH CENTRAL SECURE TRMNT UNT
Address: 210 Clinic Rd, Danville, PA 17821
Phone: (570) 271-4710
County: Montour County
Enrollment: 102
Grades: 9-12
8. OAKLYN SCHOOL
Address: 115 Oak Street, Sunbury, PA 17801
Phone: (570) 286-3731
County: Montour County
Enrollment: 386
Grades: KG-5
