Upperville, Virginia
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Upperville is an unincorporated village in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, along U.S. Route 50 fifty miles from downtown Washington, D.C., near the Loudoun County line. Founded in the 1790s along Pantherskin Creek, it was originally named Carrstown by first settler Josephus Carr. Through an 1819 Act passed by the Virginia General Assembly, the name was changed to Upperville.
John Updike wrote of Upperville in his sardonic 1961 poem Upon Learning That a Town Exists Called Upperville.[1]
History
Upperville has been designated as the Upperville Historic District and is a Virginia Historic Landmark that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Also listed are Blue Ridge Farm, Oakley, and Rose Hill Farm.[2]
Situated eight miles to the west of
Over the years, others who came to live in the area included heiress
Notable people
- Sandy Lerner, co-founder of Cisco Systems, lives in Upperville, owning and operating a farm there.
- Jill Holtzman Vogel, Virginia State Senator who with her husband owns a mansion in Upperville.[5]
- Rachel "Bunny" (née Lambert) Mellon, horticulturist who designed the White House Rose Garden and established a botanical library at Oak Spring Farms.
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