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Can you double-check the date of the Battle at Ashby's Gap. You have it as July 19; all my other sources are saying July 12. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Devanosky (talk • contribs) 04:23, 8 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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For those wishing to contribute to this article, please be aware that Ashby Gap has nothing to do with Loudoun County, Virginia, and does not lie within Loudoun County. Ashby Gap is strictly and purley on the border between Clarke County and Fauquier County. Granted, Ashby Gap is VERY close to the Loudoun County line with Fauquier, but it is NOT inside Loudoun County. Grayghost01 (talk) 19:47, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I respectfully disagree. From James Head's History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County in the section concerning her borders (p.17):

"The Bull Run then forms the boundary between Loudoun and Prince William to its highest spring head in the Bull Run mountain, just below the Cool Spring Gap. The line then extends to the summit of the mountain, where the counties of Fauquier and Prince William corner. From the summit of this mountain, a direct line to a point [4] on the Blue Ridge, at Ashby's Gap, marks the boundary between Loudoun and Fauquier counties."

"[4] Designated in an old record as a "double-bodied poplar tree standing in or near the middle of the thoroughfare of Ashby's Gap on the top of the Blue Ridge." It succumbed to the ravages of time and fire while this work was in course of preparation."

Furthermore, http://www.zipcodesandmore.com/county-map.aspx?county=51107 shows the boundaries of Loudoun overlayed on a road map. The southwest corner of Loudoun clearly extends to the old pre-route 50 roadway just to the north of route 50 at Ashby's Gap. If you have any information to dispute this please let me know, otherwise I will update the page to reflect this information. Arbogastlw (talk) 20:53, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Arbogastlw - Fantastic. I'm good with that, and be sure to add the reference and notation. When I checked the USGS maps, the Loudoun border was clearly to the north of the (current) road. And then, when I drive through this daily, there is no Loudoun County signage, but there is a sign for Fauquier and Clarke in each direction. It'd be worth mentioning the change in alignment in the article. Have at it, good sir.Grayghost01 (talk) 16:26, 15 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]