Other towns, post villages and settlements in the County are: _Airmont_, 2-1/2 miles from Bluemont, population 25; _Aldie_, on Little River, 5 miles from both Middleburg and Oatlands and 12 miles from Leesburg, the County seat, population 155, 7 merchants and mechanics; _Arcola_, 6 miles from Sterling and 12 miles from Leesburg, population 100, 4 merchants and mechanics; _Belmont Park_, a small railway station on the east bank of Goose Creek about 4 miles east of Leesburg, formerly a picturesque resort and popular excursion point managed by the old Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, attracting, during the few years of its operation, many thousands of visitors; _Bloomfield_, 7 miles from Round Hill, population 50; _Britain_, 8 miles from Purcellville, population 15; _Clarkes Gap_, one of the highest and healthiest points in the County and an important shipping point, draining a large extent of fertile country, 4 miles west of Leesburg, population 25; _Conklin_, 10 miles from Sterling, population 10; _Daysville_, 2 miles from Sterling, population 20; _Elvan_, 1 mile from Lovettsville, population 18; _Evergreen Mills_, 7 miles from Leesburg, population 10; _Georges Mill_, in the extreme northwestern part of the County; _Hillsboro_, 5 miles by stage from Purcellville, population 131, 9 merchants and mechanics; _Hughesville_, 7 miles from Leesburg, population 12; _Irene_, on the Southern Railway one mile from Hamilton and 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; _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 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 15. [Blank Page]