History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia

by James William Head

Native born.				Native White—Foreign Parents.
Male	10,634			Male	114
Female	11,213			Female	121
Foreign born.				Foreign White.
Male	59			Male	58
Female	42			Female	42
Native White—Native Parents.				Total Colored
Male	7,583			Male	2,938
Female	8,161			Female	2,931

In 1860, one year before the outbreak of the Civil War, the County held within its boundaries 21,774 souls: 15,021 white, 5,501 slave, and 1,252 free colored. In number of slaves at this period Loudoun ranked thirty-sixth in the list of Virginia counties which then also included the counties now in West Virginia. This number was distributed amongst 670 slave-holders in the following proportions:

1 slave				124
2 slaves				84
3 slaves				61
4 slaves				83
5 slaves				46
6 slaves				39
7 slaves				35
8 slaves				27
9 slaves				22
10 and under 15 slaves				80
15 and under 20 slaves				36
20 and under 30 slaves				23
30 and under 40 slaves				4
40 and under 50 slaves				4
50 and under 70 slaves				1
100 and under 200 slaves				1

The following table gives the population of Loudoun County decennially, from and including the first official census of 1790:

1900				21,948
1890				23,274
1880				23,634
1870				20,929
1860				21,774
1850				22,079
1840				20,431
1830				21,939
1820				22,702
1810				21,338
1800				20,523
1790				18,952

The reports of population by magisterial districts given below, with a single exception, show an appreciable decrease between the years 1890 and 1900:

	1900.	1890.
Broad Run district	3,309	3,463
Jefferson district	3,106	3,307
Leesburg district	4,299	4,246
Lovettsville district	3,104	3,210
Mercer district	4,010	4,570
Mt. Gilead district	4,120	4,478

The following incorporated towns for the same period are charged with a corresponding decrease in the number of their inhabitants: