Arcola, Virginia
| Arcola, Virginia | |
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| Census-designated place | |
 Arcola, Virginia
Arcola, Virginia
Arcola, Virginia
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| Coordinates: 38°57′6″N 77°32′3″W / 38.95167°N 77.53417°WCoordinates: 38°57′6″N 77°32′3″W / 38.95167°N 77.53417°W | |
| Country |  United States of America |
| State |
 Virginia
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| County |
 Loudoun
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| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Arcola is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 233.
Leesburg is situated 14 miles (23 km) northwest of Arcola; the national capital, Washington, D.C., lies 33 miles (53 km) to the east.
The genesis of Arcola was a small spring next to a gum tree that fed into the south fork of Broad Run, suitably called Gum Springs. During the colonial era a distillery, kiln and small church were established at the spring.
When Cameron Parish was established from the Truro Parish its glebe was established just northwest of the spring. The glebelands were sold off in 1802 when the Virginia General Assembly divested all Anglican glebes.
In 1801 the United States Post Office established a branch at the village, naming it Springfield. The branch closed in 1819. Thirteen years later the Post Office once again saw fit to locate a branch in the vicinity, but the success of the Little River Turnpike (present day U.S. Route 50) dictated that it would be located on that road south of the village and known on local maps as simply "Arcola P.O." (situated near the present day intersection of U.S. Route 50 and Hwy 616/Fleetwood Rd). The branch was named Arcola in honor of the Arcola Farm on which it was built. That branch stayed open until 1868 when the office was located back within the confines of the village. The village itself, however, remained identified on local maps as "Gum Spring" during most of the 19th century.
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