New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lovettsville (Lovittsville), Loudoun County, Virginia, USA
New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lovettsville (Lovittsville), Loudoun County, Virginia, USA is a church and its address is 12942 Lutheran Church Road, Lovettsville, Virginia USA 20180-2007, located at latitude 39.272750, longitude -77.639911. New Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church
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12942 Lutheran Church Road Lovettsville, VA 20180-2007
Following the 1722 Treaty of St. Albans (which established the Blue Ridge Mountains as the buffer between Native Americans and white settlers, German immigrants began arriving in the northern Loudoun Valley to farm the rich topsoil. They established several villages, many constructed of log and wooden buildings, and began to expand their land holdings. Lovettsville was then called The German Settlement.
In 1820 David Lovett subdivided his property into quarter-acre "city lots." As a result of the ensuing construction boom, the town was called Newtown. In 1828, the town was again renamed Lovettsville. In 1836 the Virginia General Assembly established Lovettsville as a town, but the town was not fully incorporated until 1876.
