Bloomfield is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia. It is situated at the intersection of Airmont (VA 719) and Bloomfield (VA 626) Roads. The town of Bloomfield was founded by the Virginia General Assembly on January 13, 1816. The town was named for fields of wildflowers along the Blue Ridge near the town. During the Civil War, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen J.E.B. Stuart biouvacked in Bloomfield during the

Battle of Unison The Battle of Unison or Battle of Union refers to a series of American Civil War cavalry skirmishes in Loudoun County, Virginia, between October 31 – November 2, 1862, between the Confederate forces of J.E.B. Stuart and various units of the ...

. Later in the war Col. Mosby and his

Rangers A Ranger is typically someone in a military/paramilitary or law enforcement role specializing in patrolling a given territory, called “ranging”. The term most often refers to: * Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...

visited the town to divide up $173,000 they had robbed from a Union payroll train in West Virginia during the Greenback Raid. The

Ebenezer Baptist Churches The Ebenezer Baptist Churches are two Baptists, Baptist churches in Loudoun County, Virginia, the "Old Ebenezer Church," built before 1769, and the "New Ebenezer Church," built about 1855. The churches are associated with corresponding old and ...

were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

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Unincorporated communities in Loudoun County, Virginia Washington metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Virginia Populated places established in 1816 1816 establishments in Virginia {{LoudounCountyVA-geo-stub