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unusual facts about Loudoun


Loudoun

Notably, claims that Greenholm, Priestland and the town of Galston itself lie within Loudoun are erroneous, as all three lie south of the River Irvine, in the parish of Galston.


80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot

The men Loudoun would have had lead those companies were sent to Robert Rogers.

Airmont

Airmont, Virginia, unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA

Brian Donohoe

Born in Kilmarnock and educated at the Patna and Loudoun Montgomery Primary Schools, and the Irvine Royal Academy, Donohoe later attended the Kilmarnock Technical College, where he received a national certificate in Engineering in 1972.

Britain's Real Monarch

The eldest son of Michael Abney-Hastings, Simon Abney-Hastings, now holds the Title of Earl of Loudoun.

Chuck Caputo

He represented the 67th district, made up of parts of Fairfax and Loudoun Counties.

Ebenezer Baptist Church

Ebenezer Baptist Churches, Bloomfield, Virginia, NRHP-listed in Loudoun County

Edelman Financial Field

The stadium is named after Ric Edelman’s Fairfax-based Edelman Financial Services which bought the naming rights to the site and will also hold an office at One Loudoun.

Flora Mure-Campbell, Marchioness of Hastings

Flora Mure-Campbell, Marchioness of Hastings and 6th Countess of Loudoun (1780 – 8 January 1840) was a British peeress, second daughter of James Mure-Campbell, 5th Earl of Loudoun and Lady Flora Macleod.

Greenback, Tennessee

At one point, Wagner was shouted down by legendary Monroe County judge Sue K. Hicks, who as president of the Fort Loudoun Association feared the destruction of the historic fort's site by the proposed dam's reservoir.

John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun

However, Loudoun accompanied the army when it invaded England during the Second Bishops' War and once again played a leading role in the treaty negotiations at Ripon and London.

Little Washington

Little Washington, Virginia, a now mostly uninhabited African American village in Loudoun County, Virginia

Loudoun Kirk

The establishment of Loudoun Kirk marks the earliest known Christian worship in the surrounding area.

Amongst those interred are John Campbell (1st Earl of Loudoun), John Campbell (4th Earl of Loudoun), Lady Flora Hastings, Janet Little (Scots' poet, known as The Scottish Milkmaid) and Thomas Fleming (Covenanter, killed at the Battle of Drumclog).

Mountville, Virginia

Despite its geographic location, Mountville is named, not for its elevation, but rather for Ezekial Mount, who first settled the area in 1797, after moving to Loudoun from Mountville, Pennsylvania.

Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand

The fourth of Stewart's four brothers was C. B. Loudoun-Shand who resided Delta, Pussellawa for a while.

Virginia State Route 28

It is still known as Sully Road through this stretch, although within Loudoun County it is co-designated as Darrell Green Boulevard, after the former Washington Redskins player.


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