This move led to the control of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, thus allowing the Union army to transport supplies deep into southern Virginia.

Bealeton lost importance with the decline of railroad travel and became a bedroom community of Warrenton and Northern Virginia primarily.

Bealeton retains many large farms and provides a unique blend of agriculture, commercial, and residential development.

Since 1970, Bealeton has been home to one of the last barnstorming air shows in America, simply called the "Flying Circus".

[3] Open every Sunday, May through October, activities include All-American barnstorming, wing walking, parachuting, aerobatic performances and open-cockpit biplane rides.

[5] The Bealeton wedding venue Great Marsh Estate was featured in season 7 of Neflix's Love is Blind.