Editing Hybla Valley, Virginia (section)

==History==
The Mason family's [[Hollin Hall (Virginia)|Hollin Hall]] plantation, just south of Alexandria, had become the property of several owners, including Edward Curtis Gibbs and the Wilson family. Thomson Dairy had been founded on the land in the late 19th century, and lasted until Merle Thorpe purchased it in the early 20th century.{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} The various dairy farms, such as Sherwood Farm, Hybla Valley Farm, and Popkins Farm were converted into suburban neighborhoods, while plans for the construction of the [[George Washington Air Junction]] and the [[Hybla Valley Airport]] began. The civilian airport was proposed to be the largest in the world, yet the land, which had once been dairy farm, was abandoned and is currently Huntley Meadows Park. During [[World War II]], the famous Hollin Hills subdivision, to the east of [[U.S. Route 1]] towards the [[Potomac River]], was completed by designers [[Charles Goodman]] and [[Robert C. Davenport|Robert Davenport]]. Also during the war, the princess of [[Norway]] sought refuge from the conflict in Europe and wished to purchase the property of Hollin Hall; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] personally inspected the land for her, yet his assistant, Thorpe, became its new owner in the end. The land surrounding it became a turkey farm, and was eventually bought by the Mount Vernon Unitarian Church.  In 1978, the [[Mount Vernon Unitarian Church]] donated land within Hollin Hills to create the wealthy Mason Hill subdivision. The west side of Hybla Valley has developed over the years, including construction of Mount Vernon Plaza in 2002.

In 1833, [[Gum Springs, Virginia|Gum Springs]] was founded by [[West Ford (slave)|West Ford]], a freed slave, skilled carpenter, and manager on [[George Washington]]'s plantation, Mount Vernon.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/03/14/did-george-washington-have-an-enslaved-son|title=Did George Washington Have an Enslaved Son?|date=March 4, 2022|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> Ford was able to develop this 214-acre farming community in Fairfax County from the sale of land he inherited from Hanna Washington, the sister-in-law of George Washington. By 1866, Ford was the second richest free black farmer in Fairfax County, Virginia. Gum Springs Farm became the nucleus of an African-American community throughout the 1800s. Gum Springs was established along what is now [[U.S. Route 1 in Virginia|Route 1]] (Richmond Highway) and in 1991 a historical marker was erected from the Department of Historic Resource (Marker Number E-04).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Historical Marker Database|title=E-94 Gum Springs Historical Marker|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=952|access-date=September 29, 2020|website=The Historical Marker Database}}</ref>

Since the early 2000s, the Hybla Valley area has experienced a significant growth of its Hispanic population. As of the 2010 census, the Hispanic population exceeded the African American population in Hybla Valley.