Aldie Mill

Aldie Mill (HMAJ)

Location: Aldie, VA 20105 Loudoun County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 58.518', W 77° 38.492'

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In the 1800s and early 1900s Aldie Mill reverberated with the rhythmic sounds of waterwheels, millstones, and farmers chatting with the miller about the weather and their crops. Charles Fenton Mercer located the grist mill here to capitalize on nearby sources of grain, the waters of Little River, and a network of roads. The Little River Turnpike (U.S. 50), connecting Aldie with the port of Alexandria, was nearly finished. And less than a mile to the west the highway would hook up with turnpikes through Ashby's Gap and the Snicker's Gap in the Blue Ridge. Ideally located, Aldie Mill turned Loudoun County's bountiful wheat harvest into flour for markets along the east coast and overseas.
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HM NumberHMAJ
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Placed ByVirginia Outdoors Foundation
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Date Added Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 at 6:55am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 271168 N 4317354
Decimal Degrees38.97530000, -77.64153333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 58.518', W 77° 38.492'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 58' 31.08" N, 77° 38' 29.52" W
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Area Code(s)703
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 39401 John Mosby Hwy, Aldie VA 20105, US
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