DANVILLE, a city in the "blue grass" region of Kentucky, U.S.A., 7om. S.E. of Louisville; the county seat of Boyle county. It is served by the Southern railway system. The population was 5,099 in 192o (27% negroes) and was 6,729 in 1930 (not including contiguous suburbs) by the Federal census. Danville is an impor tant market for horses, cattle, hogs and sheep, hemp, tobacco; is the trading centre for a large area; and has large railroad shoDs. It is the seat of the Kentucky school for the deaf (founded 1823), the first State institution of the kind in America; Centre college for men (Presbyterian; chartered 1819) ; and Kentucky (formerly Caldwell) college for women (Presbyterian; 186o). There are many fine old mansions in and near the city, and beau tiful landscapes and river scenery in every direction. Herrington lake, created by the hydro-electric development on the Dix river, has 75m. of shore line. The battlefield of Perryville is iim. west. At Pleasant Hill, 13m. north, are the massive stone buildings of an abandoned Shaker community. Danville was on the Wilderness road, and was one of the first settlements (1781) in Kentucky. It was the home of Dr. Ephraim McDowell (1771-183o), who in 1809 performed the first entirely successful operation for ovarian tumour; and was the birthplace of Justice John M. Harlan. From 1786 to 1790 an influential "political club" held long winter evening debates in th Gill Tavern, and here met the nine conven tions which discussed the terms of separation from Virginia and framed the first State constitution.