Willard was at the intersection of Willard Road (now Stonecroft Boulevard) and Sterling Road (now Horsepen Road), surrounded by extensive farmland, housing, schools, places of worship, the Willard store (until 1907), and Blue Ridge Airfield (1938–1951). Willard stood west of Floris, north of Pleasant Valley, and south of Farmwell (now Ashburn). Willard was regarded as a crossroads and a distinctive community until construction of Washington Dulles International Airport began in 1958.
Approximately 26 square miles (67 square kilometers) of Virginia land from Willard, Chantilly, Pleasant Valley, Sterling, and Ashburn was bought for construction. By the airport's completion, all remains of civilization before 1958 on this land had virtually disappeared, except a stretch of Willard Rd (used as a service road), and three storage outbuildings between Runways 1C/19C and 1R/19L.
External links
Scheel, Eugene (November 17, 2002). "Dulles Airport Has Its Roots in Rural Black Community of Willard". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
Freeman, Paul (December 12, 2008). "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Virginia: Loudoun County: Blue Ridge Airport, Chantilly, VA". Paul Freeman. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
willard, virginia, willard, also, known, willard, crossroads, unincorporated, community, located, what, part, washington, dulles, international, airport, state, virginia, unincorporated, areawillard, surrounding, area, circa, 1940, with, overlay, current, dull. Willard also known as Willard Crossroads was an unincorporated community located in what is now a part of Washington Dulles International Airport in the U S state of Virginia Willard VirginiaUnincorporated areaWillard amp surrounding area circa 1940 with an overlay of the current Dulles runwaysWillard VirginiaLocation within the Commonwealth of VirginiaShow map of Northern VirginiaWillard VirginiaWillard Virginia Virginia Show map of VirginiaWillard VirginiaWillard Virginia the United States Show map of the United StatesCoordinates 38 56 25 N 77 27 2 W 38 94028 N 77 45056 W 38 94028 77 45056 Coordinates 38 56 25 N 77 27 2 W 38 94028 N 77 45056 W 38 94028 77 45056Country United States of AmericaState VirginiaCountyLoudounTime zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT The village was named after Joseph Edward Willard a delegate to the Virginia General Assembly from 1893 to 1901 then Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Although Willard lived in Loudoun County he represented Fairfax County because the village was only 1 500 feet 460 meters from the county border Willard owned a 50 acre 20 hectare estate in Fairfax His father was Joseph Clapp Willard the owner of the famed Willard Hotel in Washington D C Willard was at the intersection of Willard Road now Stonecroft Boulevard and Sterling Road now Horsepen Road surrounded by extensive farmland housing schools places of worship the Willard store until 1907 and Blue Ridge Airfield 1938 1951 Willard stood west of Floris north of Pleasant Valley and south of Farmwell now Ashburn Willard was regarded as a crossroads and a distinctive community until construction of Washington Dulles International Airport began in 1958 Approximately 26 square miles 67 square kilometers of Virginia land from Willard Chantilly Pleasant Valley Sterling and Ashburn was bought for construction By the airport s completion all remains of civilization before 1958 on this land had virtually disappeared except a stretch of Willard Rd used as a service road and three storage outbuildings between Runways 1C 19C and 1R 19L External links EditScheel Eugene November 17 2002 Dulles Airport Has Its Roots in Rural Black Community of Willard The Washington Post Retrieved 2010 08 25 Freeman Paul December 12 2008 Abandoned amp Little Known Airfields Virginia Loudoun County Blue Ridge Airport Chantilly VA Paul Freeman Retrieved 2008 12 29 Parvez Gibran August 10 2009 Dulles Online Willard Gibran Parvez Retrieved 2020 07 11 This Loudoun County Virginia state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Willard Virginia amp oldid 1094490660, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
