The home of William Peevy in Monrovia, a few miles north of Danville, was used as a temporary county seat in the interim.

The city was named after the steamboat Danville, which plied the Petit Jean River in the 1840s.

The number of creeks in the area led to the construction of numerous water power mills around Danville.

The airport includes amenities such as 24/7 self-fuel service, private hangars, and a pilot's lounge.

[6] The small town is also the hometown of Chambers Bank that has locations all across western Arkansas.

[7] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 2,028 people, 657 households, and 501 families residing in the city.

The ethnic and racial composition of the population was 52.6% Hispanic or Latino, 42.1% non-Hispanic white, 2.1% African-American, 0.6% Native American, 1.5% Asian (all not from the generally delineated sub-groups) and 3.1% reporting two or more races.