The hamlet is named after
John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun and was originally a 19th-century summer resort for some of Albany's wealthiest residents.[7] Loudon Road, known as Old Plank Road in the early 19th century,[8] is lined with several historic Jeffersonian mansions.[9] Loudonville started as a hamlet on Loudon Road (originally a
plank road), at the intersection of Crumitie Road.[10] Ireland's Corners was a separate hamlet to the north at the intersection of Loudon Road and Menand/Osborne Road, with a post office.[10][11] Ireland's Corners is named for Elias H. Ireland who in 1832 bought the heavily wooded area from the
Patroon,
Stephen Van Rensselaer.[12] In 1871 the post office at Ireland's Corners was renamed Loudonville.[12]
Geography
The community is located directly north of
Albany and south of
Newtonville. The hamlet is centered on the original Ireland's Corners, the intersection of
U.S. Route 9 with Osborne Road (
County Route 154)/Menand Road (
NY Route 378) (west bound name/east bound names respectively), with the northwestern corner bisected by Old Niskayuna Road (
County Route 152). Though as a hamlet, it has poorly defined borders, the census designated place of Loudonville had concrete borders.
Schuyler Meadows Club: The Club was founded in 1926 by residents of Loudonville who did not wish to travel to the Albany Country Club, which at the time was located at the current site of the uptown campus of the
University at Albany, SUNY. The clubhouse, built in 1927, is modeled on the central portion of
George Washington's
Mount Vernon home.[14]