DANSVILLE

dansville, a village of livingston county, new york, u.s.a., 49 m. s. of rochester, on the canaseraga creek. pop. (1890) 3758; (1900) 3633, of whom 417 were foreign-born; (1905) 3908; (1910) 3938. the village is served by the delaware, lackawanna & western, and the dansville & mount morris railways. at dansville is the jackson health resort, a large sanatorium, with which a nurses' training school is connected. there is a public library. the village has large nurseries and vineyards, flour and paper mills, a large printing establishment, a foundry, and a shoe factory. dansville, named in honour of daniel p. faulkner, was settled about 1800, and was incorporated in 1845.