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Hillsboro Gap, also known as the Gap in the Short Hill is a
water gap A water gap is a gap that flowing water has carved through a mountain range or mountain ridge and that still carries water today. Such gaps that no longer carry water currents are called wind gaps. Water gaps and wind gaps often offer a pract ...
in the
Short Hill Mountain Short Hill Mountain is a mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Loudoun County, Virginia, Loudoun County, Virginia. Geography Short Hill rises sharply from the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont countryside of the Loudoun Vall ...
formed by the North Fork of the Catoctin Creek in
Loudoun County, Virginia Loudoun County () is in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census returned a population of 420,959, making it Virginia's third-most populous county. The county seat is Leesburg. Loudoun County ...
. The gap derives its name from the town of Hillsboro, which is nestled in the gap. Virginia State Route 9 passes through the gap in the town. In colonial times the main road between
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and
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, Vestal's Gap Road, passed through the gap. That road eventually became the Charles Town Pike and modern day Route 9. The gap poses a barrier to any widening of Route 9 as the historic town completely fills the gap.


References

*Scheel, Eugene. ''Loudoun Discovered: Communities, Corners and Crossroads.'' Vol. 5, 2002, pp. 28–30. {{Gaps of the Appalachian Mountains Water gaps of Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Landforms of Loudoun County, Virginia