 Residents overwhelmingly voted to formally change the name to "The Town of Poolesville" in the November 2010 general election.In 1760, brothers John Poole, Sr. and Joseph Poole, Sr. purchased acres in the area that is now Poolesville.Thirty-three years later, John Poole, Jr. used a tract that he inherited from his father to build a log store and subdivided the tract, selling portions to a number of other merchants.