Purcellville

Purcellville is a town in the Loudoun Valley of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population was 7,727 as of the 2010 census. Purcellville is the major population center for western Loudoun and the Loudoun Valley. Today, many of the older structures remaining in Purcellville reflect the Victorian architecture popular during the turn-of-the-century. Although the first land grant in the area was issued by Lord Fairfax in 1740 it was not until 1764 that Purcellville's first known settler, James Dillon from Buck's County, Pennsylvania, arrived.1 As might be expected, it would take a... road to make a town; the early ox cart track which wound westward from Leesburg, known later as the "Great Road," served the purpose. The first recorded business, an ordinary , was established by Abraham Vickers in 1799. This was followed by a second ordinary, established by Stacey Taylor in 1804, and later by "Purcel's Store" and Post Office, Established by Valentine Vernon Purcell . A blacksmith's shop, established around 1848, was also among the Town's earliest businesses. The Town's first public school was built in 1883.
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