Dover (Virginia)
Dover is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia. Dover is located east of Middleburg at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 with the Champe Ford Road (Virginia State Route 629 South ) and the Cobb House Road (Route 629 North ). The Little River, a tributary of Goose Creek, rises here along U.S. Route 50
Geography
The county town of Leesburg is 23 km from the capital, Washington, DC is located approximately 64 kilometers east of Dover. Dover is located just 2 kilometers from the historical meaningful Aldie.
Dover's geographical importance is overestimated, since only a few houses are in the village on U.S. Route 50, but Dover has as a named area has a long history and appears on maps of Virginia or even the entire United States. The reason for this is probably that the Little River Turnpike, America's first toll road, and Aldie - Ashby 's Gap Turnpike ended about here.
History
Dovers two immutable characteristics are Stoke, a salient property that Teddy Roosevelt could have as a frequent guest, and Champe Ford Memorial, an obelisk dedicated to John Champe.
The Dover Mill, built in 1810 by the Hixson family and was destroyed in 1923 ( the stones were for the construction of Middleburg Bank reused), was the original mainstay. She was a profitable business before the Civil War, but could never achieve the previous status they had lost during the war at the front again. The Dover Mill was also a renowned landmark for people who wanted to travel Landmark along today Champe Ford Road in the village no longer exists.
The Dover Academy was a school for girls in the middle of the 19th century. The house was later purchased by the McCormick and is currently owned by a descendant, Jamie McCormick.
Pheseant 's Eye was built by the Hixsons as a principal residence in the 1820s.
Current state
There are at Dover a few more old property, as well as a kindergarten and a new farmhouse on the " crossroads ". ( At the intersection of Route 50 with Route 629, there is not even a stop light, but there is also no need for it. )
Dover once occurred on the CBS reality television series The Amazing Race ( Season 9 ), we saw the candidates run along the Route 629 on the way to Washington Dulles International Airport. This is probably the only time that Dover occurred on national television.
Personalities
Following people live in Dover or were born in Dover:
- Michael Dell owns an estate south of Dover at the Landmark School Road
- Virginia Warner, the daughter of Senator John Warner
- Jacqueline Mars, granddaughter of the founder of Mars Incorporated, owns a property at the Landmark School Road. It is 2007 on the list of billionaires Forbes magazine ranked 58th