St. Louis Village Plan | Loudoun County, VA - Official Website
The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has approved a work plan initiating the St. Louis Village Plan, designed to help St. Louis maintain its unique character, support the community’s goals and address a range of issues related to land use, development and quality of life.
Saint Louis, Virginia - Wikipedia
Saint Louis is an unincorporated community in southwestern Loudoun County, Virginia. Saint Louis is located near the intersection of Saint Louis Road (Virginia State Route 611) and Snake Hill Road (Virginia State Route 744), six miles west of Middleburg.
St. Louis Virginia | Loudoun Historic Village Alliance
The village is one of the first African American townships in the county. Land was purchased by freed slaves following the Civil War. The earliest public building was the St. Louis School, built before 1877 and is still standing.
Jan 8, 2024 · The St. Louis Village Plan aligns with Loudoun County's Equity Resolution, which is rooted in a commitment to building a prosperous, inclusive, equitable, and sustainable community where all residents have the freedom to
Residents Take a Deeper Dive into St. Louis Village Plan
Nov 19, 2024 · St. Louis residents gathered with members of the Loudoun County Design Cabinet on Monday night to further refine the long-term vision for the rural community. The village has been the focus of a two-year planning effort to recognize, protect and invest in one of the county’s first Black communities in the face of increasing development pressures.
History of St. Louis - The Historical Marker Database
Feb 3, 2008 · The village of Saint Louis is one of the first African American townships in Loudoun County. Land was purchased by freed slaves following the Civil War. (A historical marker located near Middleburg in Loudoun County, Virginia.)
Standing with St. Louis…And Now Aldie
Dec 14, 2020 · In October 2020, following some two-and-a-half years of work and outcry by Friends of St. Louis, individual residents, PEC and others, Loudoun County’s Board of Supervisors took the unprecedented step of negotiating behind the scenes to buy the property at three times its assessed value.
St. Louis, the largest African American village in Loudoun County, traditionally is thought to have originated in 1881 when Thomas Glascock began selling twenty-dollar, one-acre lots to his former enslaved individuals and to the former enslaved of the Carters, Dulanys, and Gochnauers.
Loudoun County supervisors order preservation plan for St. Louis
Jan 26, 2022 · The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors directed staff recently to establish a preservation plan for the Village of St. Louis — one of the first villages in Virginia established by African...
African American History Sites and Monuments in Loudoun County, Virginia
On Route 611 just north of Middleburg, Saint Louis is the largest historically African-American village in Loudoun. It was established in 1881 after former slaveholder Thomas Glasscock subdivided land he owned and sold one-acre plots for $20 apiece. Many of the buyers of the plots were emancipated enslaved.