Mahoning

Mahoning Creek runs through the hills to the North Branch of the Susquehanna, where a Delaware village once stood near its mouth. Its name is an Indigenous word meaning “at the lick”. The narrow valley between the river and Montour Ridge later became home to mills and a town named for Daniel Montgomery.

Robert Curry settled along the creek in 1772. After the American Revolution, William Montgomery moved to the valley and established saw, grist and woollen mills there in a community known as Montgomery's Landing. His son Daniel opened a store and founded Danville in 1792, laying out the town on a grid along the riverfront. A bridge across the Susquehanna followed in 1828, and the North Branch Canal reached the town in 1834.