Brucetown, Virginia

Brucetown
Unincorporated community
Brucetown Location within the Commonwealth of Virginia
Coordinates: 39°15′16″N 78°4′0″W / 39.25444°N 78.06667°W / 39.25444; -78.06667Coordinates: 39°15′16″N 78°4′0″W / 39.25444°N 78.06667°W / 39.25444; -78.06667
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Frederick
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	1495313[1]

Brucetown is an unincorporated community in northern Frederick County, Virginia, USA. Brucetown lies at the intersection of Brucetown and Sir John Roads. A post office was established in the community in 1819. Brucetown also had its own school in operation from 1871 to 1941.

History

Brucetown was named for the Bruce family, some of the earliest Europeans that settled there. John Bruce came to the area between 1731 and 1737, and built a grist and sawmill that established the village. His son George Bruce continued the operation of the mill and also operated a tavern. This became known as Bruce's Mills and later, Brucetown.

Freemason Trilumniar Lodge No. 117 was first located in Brucetown, Virginia

References

Municipalities and communities of Frederick County, Virginia, United States County seat: Winchester Towns Middletown Stephens City CDPs Lake Holiday Shawneeland Unincorporated communities Albin Armel Bartonsville Brucetown Burnt Factory Canterburg Cedar Grove Cedar Hill Clear Brook Cross Junction De Haven Gainesboro Gore Gravel Springs Green Spring Grimes Hayfield Indian Hollow Jordan Springs Kernstown Klines Mill Leetown Marlboro McQuire Meadow Mills Mount Pleasant Mount Williams Mountain Falls Mountain Falls Park Nain Opequon Parkins Mills Rest Reynolds Store Ridings Mill Rock Enon Springs Round Hill Shockeysville Siler Star Tannery Stephenson Vaucluse Welltown Whitacre White Hall Wilde Acres