Mountville is an unincorporated community in the Loudoun Valley of Loudoun County, Virginia. The village is situated on

Snickersville Turnpike The Snicker's Gap Turnpike was a turnpike road in the northern part of the U.S. state of Virginia. Part of it is now maintained as State Route 7, a primary state highway, but the road between Aldie and Bluemont (formerly Snickerville) in Loudo ...

halfway between Aldie and

Philomont Philomont is an unincorporated community in western Loudoun County, Virginia. The name is derived from the Greek word ''philo'' meaning "beloved" and the French word ''mont'' or "mountain"; Philomont means "beloved mountain." History The vill ...

at the intersection of Mountville Road. Mountville is located on a

promontory A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the so ...

between the main branch of the Goose Creek and its tributary, Beaverdam Creek, at the western base of

Catoctin Mountain Catoctin Mountain, along with the geologically associated Bull Run Mountains, forms the easternmost mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are in turn a part of the Appalachian Mountains range. The ridge runs northeast–southwest for ...

. Despite its geographic location, Mountville is named not for its elevation but rather for Ezekiel Mount, who first settled the area in 1797, after moving to Loudoun from

Mountville, Pennsylvania Mountville is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,022 at the 2020 census, up from 2,802 at the 2010 census. The original Charles Chips potato chip factory was located here. Geography Mountville is lo ...

. The village was officially christened Mountville in 1817 with the establishment of a post office in the village bearing that name. Mountville was the scene of early skirmishing during the American Civil War's

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 ...

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Unincorporated communities in Loudoun County, Virginia Washington metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{LoudounCountyVA-geo-stub