the railroad station for that town, population 20;
Leithton, 8 miles from Purcellville and Round
Hill, population 25; Lenah, 3 miles west of
Arcola, population 25; Levy, on Bull Run, 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; Paeonian 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 Luckets, population 20; Taylorstown,
3 miles southwest of Point of Rocks, Md., population
50; Trapp, 5 miles from Bluemont, population
36; Unison, 6 miles from Bluemont and 9 miles
from Purcellville, population 100, 3 merchants and
mechanics; Watson, 9 miles from Leesburg, population
10; Waxpool, 2-1/2 miles north of Royville and
8 miles from Leesburg, population 25; Welbourne,
about 5 miles northeast of Upperville, in Fauquier
county; Wheatland, 5 miles from both Hamilton
and Purcellville, population 25; Willard, 5
miles southwest of Herndon, in Fairfax county, and
Woodburn, 3 miles from Leesburg, population
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