Nestled in western Loudoun County, the Philomont Historic District is a rural village located at the crossroad intersection of Snickersville Turnpike and JEB Stuart Road. The general store, community center, and fire station anchor the village. The earliest house in Philomont house was built in the late 18th century. Philomont and its sister communities, Airmont and Mountville, drew economic vitality from developments along the Snickersville Turnpike. The completion of the Turnpike and Hibbs Bridge fueled Philomont’s building boom of the 1830s and 1840s, two decades that saw the peak of the village’s growth. While early dwellings also functioned as retail outlets, services, or workshops, purpose-made commercial establishments became more common in the village in the 1840s and 1850s. Philomont’s second building boom occurred during the decades of 1870 and 1880, coinciding with repairs made to the Turnpike after the end of the Civil War. Despite the increasing impact of modern intrusions such nearby Dulles Airport on Loudoun County’s agrarian character, the Philomont Historic District continues to retain much of its pristine and rural setting today.