Danby is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,284 at the 2020 census. According to the Vermont Encyclopedia, Danby was most likely named for Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby and Duke of Leeds. However, Henry Gannett in 1905 attributed the town's name to Danby, North Yorkshire, in England. Historian Willar…
Danby is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,284 at the 2020 census. According to the Vermont Encyclopedia, Danby was most likely named for Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby and Duke of Leeds. However, Henry Gannett in 1905 attributed the town's name to Danby, North Yorkshire, in England. Historian Willard Sterne Randall, in his biography of Ethan Allen, gives yet another name origin: that Allen named Danby "after the French Naval commander whose fleet invaded New England's waters in the French and Indian War."
Elevation: 1,430 ft (436 m)
Country: United States
State: Vermont
County: Rutland
Communities: Danby · Danby Four Corners · Scottsville
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