Arcola

Kenneth F. Taylor, 37, was traveling north on Evergreen Mills Road near Fleetwood Road around 1:45 p.m. when his 2005 Nissan Murano was struck head-on by an oncoming 1997 Ford Expedition, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office.

Known as Royville, the center of the hamlet was the store owned by John C. C. “Chaney” Hough and his wife Ella. The rest of the village consisted of small number of homes, a school, and the large farms surrounding it. Members of the Spence, Sowers, Nickens and Overhall families–and later the Schultz, Stickman and Creighton families–lived in the immediate area.

Most people in eastern Loudoun are familiar with Ryan Road, which connects Evergreen Mills Road with the Loudoun County Parkway, and older residents remember the village of Ryan, now long-gone, where five roads meet near the intersection with Ashburn Road.

But who was the “Ryan” from which the village, and later the road, took their name?

Founded 15 years ago by Mary Ann Boyd and Tim Beckworth, by 2009 the original Montessori-based Boyd School had grown to six Northern Virginia locations, including two in Loudoun: Broadlands/Ashburn on Waxpool Road, and Cascades/Potomac View, known as “Lola’s Place” on Fernbank Court. In Fairfax County, The Boyd School serves Fairfax Station, Westfields/Chantilly, Reston/Great Falls and Herndon/Oak Hill. 

Inova Health System and Inova Loudoun Hospital have filed an application with state health officials for a Certificate of Public Need (COPN) to build an 80-bed hospital on U.S. 50 in Loudoun County.

After being closed for several months, the former Pangle’s Store at the corner of Gum Spring Road and Evergreen Mill Road has reopened as the Evergreen Store–with new management and a commitment to the Arcola community.