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Population
TABLE 3. Population of Loudoun County by Decades
from 1790 to 1920.
|
| Year |
White |
Negro |
Total
Population |
Percentage
Increase |
Percentage
Decrease |
| 1790 |
14,749 |
4,213 |
18,962 |
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| 1800 |
15,200 |
5,323 |
20,523 |
8.2 |
|
| 1810 |
15,577 |
5,761 |
21,338 |
3.9 |
|
| 1820 |
16,144 |
6,558 |
22,702 |
6.3 |
|
| 1830 |
15,497 |
5,442 |
21,939 |
|
3.4 |
| 1840 |
13,840 |
6,591 |
20,431 |
|
6.9 |
| 1850 |
15,081 |
6,998 |
22,079 |
8.0 |
|
| 1860 |
15,021 |
6,753 |
21,774 |
|
1.4 |
| 1870 |
15,238 |
5,691 |
20,929 |
|
4.0 |
| 1880 |
16,391 |
7,243 |
23,634 |
12.9 |
|
| 1890 |
16,696 |
6,578 |
23,274 |
|
1.5 |
| 1900 |
16,080 |
5,868 |
21,948 |
|
6.0 |
| 1910 |
15,946 |
5,221 |
21,167 |
|
3.6 |
| 1920 |
15,767 |
4,810 |
20,577 |
|
2.8 |
Source: United States Census Statistics printed in
An Economic and Social Survey of Loudoun
by Deck and Heaton, pages 62-64. |
TABLE 4. Population of Loudoun's Incorporated Towns
from 1900 to 1920 |
| Town |
1920 |
1910 |
1900 |
| Leesburg |
1,545 |
1,597 |
1,513 |
| Purcellville |
549 |
388 |
-- |
| Round Hill |
359 |
379 |
318 |
| Hamilton |
287 |
315 |
364 |
| Middleburg |
283 |
263 |
296 |
| Waterford |
266 |
331 |
383 |
| Lovettsville |
167 |
192 |
97 |
| Hillsboro |
131 |
138 |
131 |
Source: United States Census Statistics in Loudoun County Geography Supplement
by Sanders, Lunceford, and Fenton. p. 26. |
Towns and Villages that were Centers of
Loudoun's Bicorporal Communities in 1835.a
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Date Key
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Town
or Village
|
Towns
Founded by Va Assembly
|
Pop.
|
Dwelling
Houses
|
Mercantile
Stores
|
Mill
|
Churches
|
Schoolsl
|
Post
Office
|
Taverns
or Hotels
|
Physicians
|
Dentists
|
Lawyers
|
Mechanic
&
Artisans
|
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Aldie
|
1810
|
ca.
100
|
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|
1
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|
1
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Arcola
(Gum Spring)
|
|
20
|
8
|
2
|
|
1
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|
1
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ca.5
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Bloomfield
(Frog Town)
|
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40
|
12
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2
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1
|
1
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ca.4
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Griggsville
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1
fam.
|
1
|
1
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1
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Hillsborough
(Hillsboro)
|
1802
|
172
|
30
|
3
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2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
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10
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Hoysville
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2
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1
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ca.6
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Leesburg
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1758
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1,700
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500
|
22
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3
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11
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1
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4
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5
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2
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7
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ca.28
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Lovettsville
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14
|
4
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2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
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6
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Middleburg
|
1787
|
430
|
70
|
7
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ca.
2
|
2
|
4
|
1
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4
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2
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20
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Mount Gilead
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62
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10
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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5
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Mountsville
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71
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1
|
1
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1
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2
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ca. 5
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Oatlands Mills
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1
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1
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Philomont
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|
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6
|
1
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1
|
1
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2
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Snickersville
(Bluemont)
|
1824
|
98
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16
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2
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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1
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8
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Union
(Unison)
|
1813
|
135
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25
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2
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3
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1
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1
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1
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3
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1
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ca. 6
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Waterford
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1801
|
400
|
70
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6
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1
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2
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2
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1
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4
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3
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12
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a. This is not a complete
list of all the villages in Loudoun, nor does this chart list all
the places with post offices.
Most of the above information was taken from A New Comprehevsive
Gazetteer of Virginia (1835),
edited by Joseph Martin, pp.210-16. See also Harrison, Landmarks,pp.663-69,
and Hening, Statutes, XII,605-06. |
| b. Included as mechanics
and artisans are tanners, saddlers, tailors, house carpenters, cabinetmakers,
tin plate workers, coppersmiths, locksmiths, wagon makers, milliners,
and coach makers. |
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