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From a 2964-foot peak along the crest of Broad Run Mountain, the elevation dips to 1240 feet at Rolands Run Branch on the northwest. [ 5 ] Silurian-aged sandstone underlays about 75 percent of the area, with the remaining area underlain by Braillier and Martinsburg shale.
The Broad Run–Little Georgetown Rural Historic District encompasses a large rural landscape in northeastern Fauquier County, Virginia, and a small portion of neighboring Prince William County, Virginia. The district covers about 9,500 acres (3,800 ha) of rolling hills, that has an agricultural history dating to the 18th century.
Broad Run has its own ZIP Code of 20137, and its post office serves a population of 1,510. The town of Broad Run was a thriving community in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The decline of the railroads spelled the demise of the town, and all that is left of the town proper is less than five homes from that period, and a few stone ...
Broad Run may refer to a place in the United States: Streams. Broad Run (Little Muncy Creek), in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; Broad Run (Loudoun County, Virginia), a tributary of the Potomac River; Broad Run (Maryland), a tributary of the Potomac River; Broad Run (Occoquan River), a tributary of the Occoquan River in Virginia
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Broad Run is a tributary of the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia. The creek, located between Goose Creek and Sugarland Run, principally drains portions of eastern Loudoun County, as well as a small portion of western Fairfax County. [1] The headwaters of the creek are located about 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Aldie.
Beverley Mill, also known as Chapman Mill, is a historic grist mill located north of Interstate 66 and Virginia State Route 55 in Thoroughfare Gap near Broad Run, Virginia, straddling the county line between Prince William and Fauquier Counties. It was built about 1759, and is a five-story, four bay by three bay, rubble stone structure.
Broad Run is a 38.0-mile-long (61.2 km) [1] tributary of the Occoquan River in the U.S. state of Virginia.It rises in Fauquier County and passes through Thoroughfare Gap.A gazetteer from the mid-nineteenth century described it as a small stream, a valuable mill stream.