Bloomfield, Virginia

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Bloomfield is an unincorporated hamlet 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 January 13, 1816. The town was named for fields of wildflowers along the Blue Ridge near the town. A year after its founding Bloomfield got a post office. By 1830 the town was flourishing with its population at 59 persons. Durring the Civil War Col. Mosby and his Raiders visited the town to divide up $173,000 they had robbed from a Union payroll drain in West Virginia.

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	Loudoun County, Virginia
County Seat	Leesburg
Towns	Hamilton \| Hillsboro \| Leesburg \| Lovettsville \| Middleburg \| Purcellville \| Round Hill
Unincorporated communities	Airmont \| Aldie \| Arcola \| Ashburn \| Belmont \| Bloomfield \| Bluemont \| Brambleton \| Britain \| Broadlands Conklin \| Dover \| Dulles \| Elvan \| Eubanks \| Gleedsville \| Georges Mill \| Gilberts Corner \| Howardsville \| Lansdowne Leithtown \| Lenah \| Lincoln \| Loudoun Heights \| Lucketts \| Morrisonville \| Mount Gilead \| Neersville \| Oak Grove \| Oatlands Paeonian Springs \| Paxson \| Philomont \| Potomac Falls \| Potomac Green \| Randolph Corner \| River Creek \| Ryan Saint Louis \| Scattersville \| Silcott Spring \| South Riding \| Sterling \| Sterling Park \| Stewartown \| Stone Ridge \| Stumptown Sycolin \| Taylorstown \| Telegraph Spring \| Trapp \| Unison \| Virts Corner \| Waterford \| Watson \| Waxpool \| Wheatland Willard \| Willisville \| Woodburn
Geography	Between the Hills \| Bull Run \| Bull Run Mountains \| Catoctin Creek \| Catoctin Mountain \| Goose Creek \| Hogback Mountain \| Little River \| Loudoun Valley \| Potomac River \| Short Hill Mountain