Aldie, Virginia
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Aldie is an unincorporated village located on the John Mosby Highway (U.S. Route 50) between Gilbert's Corner and Middleburg in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Aldie was laid out in 1810 by Charles Fenton Mercer, who named his property for Castle Aldie, his Scottish clan's ancestral home. Aldie is home to several historic shops, homes, and the Aldie Mill, which survives today as Virginia's only known gristmill powered by twin overshot water wheels. Aldie has an annual Harvest Festival in October.
Aldie sites on the National Register of Historic Places include the Aldie Mill (1807) and the Aldie Mill Historic District on US 50, the Loudoun Agricultural and Mechanical Institute on Route 650, and the Mount Zion Old School Baptist Church (1851) on US 50.
Aldie was the birthplace of Julia Beckwith Neale, who became Confederate General Stonewall Jackson's mother.
During the American Civil War, the village itself and lands immediately to the west and northwest were the site of the Battle of Aldie.
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- Aldie Mill Historic District
- Mount Zion Church Preservation Association
- Village of Aldie
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