Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Danville, PA

Danville is a borough on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River that was settled in 1792 and incorporated in February 1849; it is named for Daniel Montgomery, whose father William founded the townsite, first known as Montgomery's Landing.

Danville is the county seat of Montour County, the smallest county in Pennsylvania by land area at just 132 square miles.

Before Montour County existed, Danville served as the county seat of Columbia County from 1813 until the seat moved to Bloomsburg in 1845, then became Montour's seat when that county was formed in 1850.

The 2020 census counted 4,239 residents in Danville, living in 2,109 households - far below the borough's peak of 8,042 people in 1900, when its iron mills were booming.

A local marker claims the first T-rail rolled in the United States was produced in Danville on October 8, 1845, at the Montour Iron Company, though the same honor is also claimed for Mount Savage, Maryland.

Enormous iron mills dominated Danville through the 19th century and rolled rails for the nation's expanding railroad network; the industry faded as steel replaced iron, but the main street is still called Mill Street and the borough celebrates an annual Iron Heritage Festival each July.

The Danville State Hospital was built in 1869 as a state institution for the care of the mentally ill and still operates on the edge of town.

Danville's modern identity is medical: Abigail Geisinger used her late husband George's iron fortune to build a hospital and clinic modeled on the Mayo Clinic, completed in 1915, and today's Geisinger Medical Center is the most important tertiary referral center in northern Pennsylvania, employing more than 10,000 people.

The Thomas Beaver Free Library, the Danville Historic District, and the General William Montgomery House are all listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Danville is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick micropolitan area and covers only about 1.6 square miles.