History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by James William Head
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3 miles south of Aldie; _Lincoln_, 2-1/2 miles southeast of
Purcellville, in the heart of the "Quaker Settlement," population 200, 3 merchants and mechanics; _Lovettsville_, 2-1/2 or 3 miles south of Brunswick, Md., and 7 miles from both Waterford and Harpers Ferry, W. Va., in an industrious and progressive German neighborhood, population 97, 16 merchants and mechanics; _Luckets_, 5 miles from Point of Rocks, Maryland, and 7 miles from Leesburg, population 50, 8 merchants and mechanics; _Lunette_, 4 miles south of Arcola, population 10; _Mahala_, 2 miles from Ashburn, population 15; _Mechanicsville_; _Mountain Gap_, 4-1/2 miles by stage from Leesburg, population 25; _Mount Gilead_, a centrally and charmingly situated village on Catoctin Mountain about 8 miles respectively from the towns of Leesburg, Middleburg and Aldie, population 50; _Mountville_, a small settlement in a neighborhood abounding with best quality lime and other minerals, 2-1/2 miles southeast of Philomont and about 1-1/2 miles from both the waters of Goose Creek and Beaver Dam, population 25; _Morrisonville_, 6 miles by stage from Brunswick, Maryland, and 4 miles from Lovettsville, population 20; _Neersville_, 5 miles by stage from Harpers Ferry, W. Va., population 25; _North Fork_, 6 miles from Purcellville, population 26; _Oatlands_, bordering on Catoctin Mountain 7 miles southwest of Leesburg and 5 miles north of Aldie, population 20; _Pæonian Springs_, 1 mile northwest of Clarke's Gap, population 112, 6 merchants and mechanics; _Paxson_, an exceptionally healthy community 2 miles east of Bluemont, population 15; _Philomont_, a Quaker settlement lying 3 miles southeast of Silcott Springs in a fertile and wealthy wheat-growing neighborhood, population 161; _Royville_, 2 miles north of Arcola; _Ryan_, 2 miles south of Ashburn, population 50; _Silcott Springs_, a one-time noted resort 3-1/2 miles southwest of Purcellville, population 25; Sycoline, between 4 and 5 miles south of Leesburg; _Stumptown_, 2 miles from |
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