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Loudoun County, Virginia

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Loudoun County (Template:IPAc-en) is in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census returned a population of 420,959,<ref name="USCensusEst2019">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> making it Virginia's third-most populous county. The county seat is Leesburg.<ref name="GR6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Loudoun County is part of the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.

As of 2023, Loudoun County had a median household income of $156,821,<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the highest of any county or county equivalent in the nation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

HistoryEdit

18th centuryEdit

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William and Sarah Nettle House in Waterford

Loudoun County was established in 1757 from Fairfax County. The county is named for John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun and governor general of Virginia from 1756 to 1759.<ref name="Loudoun_History"/> Western settlement began in the 1720s and 1730s with Quakers, Scots-Irish, Germans and others moving south from Pennsylvania and Maryland, and also by English and enslaved Africans moving upriver from Tidewater.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

By the time of the American Revolution, Loudoun County was Virginia's most populous county. It was also rich in agriculture, and the county's contributions of grain to George Washington's Continental Army earned it the nickname "Breadbasket of the Revolution."<ref name="Loudoun Museum">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

19th centuryEdit

During the War of 1812, important federal documents and government archives were evacuated from Washington and stored at Leesburg.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Local tradition holds that these documents were stored at Rokeby House.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

U.S. president James Monroe treated Oak Hill Plantation as a primary residence from 1823 until his death on July 4, 1831.<ref>An Account of James Monroe's Land Holdings, by Christopher Fennell. Chapter V. Oak Hill Plantation, Loudoun County. Accessed November 18, 2016.</ref> The Loudoun County coat of arms and flag, granted by the English College of Arms, memorialize the special relationship between Britain and the United States that developed through his Monroe Doctrine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The American Civil War divided the county, which also saw fighting because of its strategic location (for a more in-depth account of the history of Loudoun County during the Civil War, see Loudoun County in the American Civil War). Both of Loudoun County's representatives to the Virginia Secession Convention in April 1861 favored continued Union. Moreover, fellow delegates elected John Janney, a former Quaker and slave owner, to preside over that assembly, which ultimately voted to secede, as would Loudoun voters. In addition to Confederate cavalry and infantry units formed within the county, other Loudoun residents traveled to Maryland to join federal-oriented cavalry and border guard units. The Battle of Ball's Bluff took place near Leesburg on October 21, 1861. Future jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was critically wounded in that battle along the Potomac River. Leesburg was occupied by Union troops in the spring of 1862 and months later recaptured by Confederates after the federals withdrew. Confederate partisan John S. Mosby based his operations in Loudoun and adjoining Fauquier County.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During the Gettysburg Campaign in June 1863, Confederate major general J.E.B. Stuart and Union cavalry clashed in the battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville. By December 1863, Loudoun was held by Union forces, and was among the nine counties which elected delegates to the Virginia General Assembly at Alexandria. Loudoun voters elected and re-elected John J. Henshaw and J. Madison Downey<ref>https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.asp?b=Downey_James_Madison</ref> as their representatives to that body, and fellow delegates elected Downey as their Speaker. Loudoun voters elected and re-elected William F. Mercer to the upper body of that version of the Virginia General Assembly, and elected him to the Virginia Senate in the 1865-1867 session. They elected former delegates R.M. Bentley and William Hill Gray as their (part-time) delegates in the lower house in that session.<ref>Cynthia Miller Leonard, The Virginia General Assembly 1619-1978 (Richmond: Virginia State Library 1978) pp. 495-497, 501, 503</ref>

20th centuryEdit

During World War I, Loudoun County was a major breadbasket for supplying provisions to soldiers in Europe. Loudoun farmers implemented new agricultural innovations such as vaccination of livestock, seed inoculations and ensilage. The county experienced a boom in agricultural output, outputting an annual wheat output of 1.04 million bushels in 1917, the largest of any county in Virginia that year. 1.2 million units of home produce were produced at home, much of which went to training sites across the state such as Camp Lee. The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 established increased agricultural education in Virginia counties, increasing agricultural yields. After the war, a plaque was dedicated to the "30 glorious dead" from the county who died in the Great War. Five of the thirty died on the front, while the other twenty five died while in training or in other locations inside the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1962, Washington Dulles International Airport was built in southeastern Loudoun County in Sterling. Since then, Loudoun County has experienced a high-tech boom and rapid growth. Accordingly, many have moved to eastern Loudoun and become residents of planned communities such as Sterling Park, Sugarland Run, Cascades, Ashburn Village, and Ashburn Farm, making that section a veritable part of the Washington suburbs. Others have moved to the county seat or to the small towns and rural communities of the Loudoun Valley, which makes up the majority of the county’s area.<ref name="Loudoun Museum"/>

Government and politicsEdit

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Many Loudoun County historical structures pre-date the American Civil War

Between 1952 and 2008, Loudoun was a Republican-leaning county. However, this has changed in recent years with Democrats winning Loudoun in all statewide campaigns after Republicans narrowly carried it in 2014. As of the 2023 elections, Democrats hold a 7 to 2 majority on the Board of Supervisors and a 6 to 3 majority on the School Board, but Republicans hold all five countywide elected constitutional offices (Clerk of the Circuit Court, Commissioner of the Revenue, Commonwealth's Attorney, Sheriff, and Treasurer). This makes Loudoun County a reliable state bellwether, having voted for every statewide presidential election winner since 1932.

The county's official motto, I Byde My Time, is borrowed from the coat of arms of the Earl of Loudoun.<ref name="PastFuture" /><ref>Coat of Arms, Loudoun County.</ref> In the mid to late 20th century, as northerners gradually migrated to Southern suburbs, Loudoun County increasingly shifted to the Republican Party in supporting presidential candidates, and more local ones. Before the 2008 election of Barack Obama, county voters had not supported a Democratic president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

In recent years, the county's rapid suburban growth in its eastern portion, settled by educated professionals working in or near Washington, D.C., has changed the demographics of the county, and the Democratic Party has become increasingly competitive. After giving Senator Barack Obama nearly 54% of its presidential vote in 2008, the county supported Republican Bob McDonnell in 2009, who received 61% of the gubernatorial vote. Voters also replaced two incumbent Democratic delegates, making Loudoun's state House delegation all Republican. In 2012 county voters again supported Obama, who took 51.5% of the vote, with Republican challenger Mitt Romney garnering 47%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Democrats have won the county in every presidential election since 2008.

In 2020, Joe Biden won 61.5% to Donald Trump's 36.5%, the best result in the county's history since 1964.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> A year later, in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election, Democratic nominee and former Governor Terry McAuliffe won the county with 55.3% to now Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin's 44.2%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Loudoun was one of ten counties that was won by McAuliffe, though it was his smallest margin of victory in Northern Virginia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2024, Kamala Harris won 56% to Donald Trump's 40%.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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County Board of SupervisorsEdit

Like many counties in Virginia, Loudoun is locally governed by a board of supervisors, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. The chairman of the board is elected by county voters at-large while the remaining supervisors are elected from eight single-member districts roughly equal in population. All nine members serve concurrent terms of four years. The board handles policy and land use issues and sets the budget; it appoints a county administrator to handle the county government's day-to-day operations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As of the 2023 elections, the chairman of the board and six district supervisors are Democrats; the remaining two supervisors are Republicans.

The Board's current Chair, Phyllis Randall, became the first person of color in Virginia's history to be an elected chair of a county board when she was elected Chair-at-Large in 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In November 2019, Democrats took over the Board of Supervisors. Voters elected Juli E. Briskman (D) in Algonkian District, with 6,763 votes (54.09%) replacing incumbent Suzanne M. Volpe (R) who polled 5,719 votes (45.74%). Juli Briskman had been fired from her job as a marketing analyst for a United States government and military subcontractor, after an AFP photo of her flipping off the motorcade of Donald Trump went viral on social media in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Loudoun County Board of Supervisors (January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2027)
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Position Name Party First Elected District
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Chair Phyllis Randall Democratic 2015 At-Large
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Vice Chair Mike Turner Democratic 2019 Ashburn
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Supervisor Juli Briskman Democratic 2019 Algonkian
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Supervisor Sylvia Glass Democratic 2019 Broad Run
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Supervisor Caleb Kershner Republican 2019 Catoctin
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Supervisor Matt Letourneau Republican 2011 Dulles
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Supervisor Kristen Umstattd Democratic 2015 Leesburg
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Supervisor Laura TeKrony Democratic 2023 Little River
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Supervisor Koran Saines Democratic 2015 Sterling
Constitutional Officers (January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2027)
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Position Name Party First Election
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Clerk of the Circuit Court Gary M. Clemens Republican 1999
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Commissioner of the Revenue Robert S. Wertz Jr. Republican 2003
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Commonwealth's Attorney Robert D. Anderson Republican 2023
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Sheriff Michael L. Chapman Republican 2011
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Treasurer Henry C. Eickelberg Republican 2023
Loudoun County School Board (January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2025)
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Position Name Party First Elected District
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Chair Melinda Mansfield Nonpartisan 2023 Dulles
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Vice Chair Anne Donohue Nonpartisan 2023 At-Large
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Member April Chandler Nonpartisan 2023 Algonkian
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Member Deana Griffiths Nonpartisan 2023 Ashburn
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Member Linda Deans Nonpartisan 2023 Broad Run
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Member Kari LaBell Nonpartisan 2023 Catoctin
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Member Lauren Shernoff Nonpartisan 2023 Leesburg
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Member Sumera Rashid Nonpartisan 2023 Little River
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |  Member Arben Istrefi Nonpartisan 2023 Sterling
Virginia General Assembly Senators
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Position Name Party First Elected District
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Senator Russet Perry Democratic 2023 31
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Senator Kannan Srinivasan Democratic 2025 (Special) 32
Virginia General Assembly Delegates
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Position Name Party First Elected District
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Delegate JJ Singh Democratic 2025 (Special) 26
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Delegate Atoosa Reaser Democratic 2023 27
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Delegate David Reid Democratic 2017 28
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Delegate Marty Martinez Democratic 2023 29
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | Delegate Geary Higgins Republican 2023 30

GeographyEdit

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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Loudoun County has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (1.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is bounded on the north by the Potomac River; across the river are Frederick, Washington and Montgomery counties in Maryland; it is bounded on the south by Prince William and Fauquier counties, on the west by the watershed of the Blue Ridge Mountain across which are Jefferson County, West Virginia and Clarke County, and on the east by Fairfax County. The Bull Run Mountains and Catoctin Mountain bisect the county. To the west of the range is the Loudoun Valley. Bisecting the Loudoun Valley from Hillsboro to the Potomac River is Short Hill Mountain.

Adjacent countiesEdit

National protected areaEdit

EconomyEdit

Traditionally a rural county, Loudoun's population has grown dramatically since the 1980s. Having undergone heavy suburbanization since 1990, Loudoun has a full-fledged service economy. It is home to world headquarters for several Internet-related and high tech companies, including Verizon Business, Telos Corporation, and Orbital Sciences Corporation. Like Fairfax County's Dulles Corridor, Loudoun County has economically benefited from Washington Dulles International Airport, the majority of which is in the county along its border with Fairfax.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Citation needed

Loudoun County retains a strong rural economy. The equine industry has an estimated revenue of $78 million. It is home to the Morven Park International Equestrian Center which hosts national horse trials. In addition, a growing wine industry has produced several internationally recognized wines. Loudoun County now has 40 wineries<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and over 25 active farms. Loudoun has rich soil and was in the mid-19th century a top wheat-producing county in the fourth largest wheat-producing state.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

MCI, Inc. (formerly WorldCom), a subsidiary of Verizon Communications, is headquartered in Ashburn, Loudoun County. It announced it would move its headquarters to Ashburn in 2003.<ref name="HQInfo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> AOL had its headquarters at 22000 AOL Way in Dulles in unincorporated Loudoun County.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2007 AOL announced it would move its headquarters from Loudoun County to New York City; it would continue to operate its Virginia offices.<ref name="GoldfarbHQMove">Template:Cite news</ref> Orbital Sciences Corporation has its headquarters in Dulles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Loudoun County houses over 60 massive data centers, many of which correspond to Amazon Web Services’s (AWS) us-east-1 region.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> These data centers are estimated to carry 70 percent of global web traffic.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Loudoun County's "Data Center Ally" is the world's largest concentration of data centers with over 25 million square feet of data centers.</ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Before its dissolution, Independence Air (originally Atlantic Coast Airlines) was headquartered in Dulles.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> At one time Atlantic Coast Airlines had its headquarters in Sterling.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> Before its dissolution, MAXjet Airways was headquartered on the grounds of Washington-Dulles International Airport.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Top employersEdit

According to the county's comprehensive annual financial reports, the top employers in the county are:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

# Employer # of employees (2020)<ref>Loudon County, Virginia: Comprehensive Annual Fiscal Report, Year Ended June 30, 2020, p. 217 (table N).</ref> Percentage of Total County Employment
1 Loudoun County Public Schools 12,804 7.11
2 County of Loudoun 4,453 2.58
3 U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2,500-5,000 2.17
4 Verizon Business (formerly MCI Worldcom) 2,500-5,000 2.17
5 Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerly Orbital ATK) 1,000-2,500 1.01
6 United Airlines 1,000-2,500 1.01
7 Inova Health System (Loudoun Hospital Center) 1,000-2,500 1.01
8 Raytheon Technologies 1,000-2,500 1.01
9 Dynalectric DC 1,000-2,500 1.01
10 Amazon 1,000-2,500 1.01

DemographicsEdit

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From 1890 to 1940, the county had a decline in population as people moved to cities for more opportunities.Template:Citation needed The decline was likely highest among African Americans, who had worked in an agricultural economy that was becoming increasingly mechanized.Template:Citation needed During the first half of the 20th century, African Americans moved out of rural areas to cities in the Great Migration.Template:Citation needed In the 21st century, African Americans now form a proportionally much smaller portion of the county’s population than they once did, and the Hispanic and Asian populations of the county outnumber them significantly.

2020 censusEdit

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White alone (NH) 50,876 75,557 134,972 194,845 216,865 Template:Percentage 87.73% Template:Percentage 62.39% 51.52%
Black or African American alone (NH) 4,964 6,126 11,517 21,934 29,725 Template:Percentage 7.11% Template:Percentage 7.02% 7.06%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 94Template:Efn 167 297 520 536 Template:Percentage 0.19% Template:Percentage 0.17% 0.13%
Asian alone (NH) 424Template:Efn 2,053 9,025 45,795 89,372 Template:Percentage 2.38% Template:Percentage 14.66% 21.23%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 6Template:Efn N/A 93 143 227 Template:Percentage N/A Template:Percentage 0.05% 0.05%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 210 70 367 808 2,425 0.37% 0.08% Template:Percentage 0.26% 0.58%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) N/A N/A 3,239 9,690 22,065 N/A N/A Template:Percentage 3.10% 5.24%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 853 2,156 10,089 38,576 59,744 Template:Percentage 2.50% Template:Percentage 12.35% 14.19%
Total 57,427 86,129 169,599 312,311 420,959 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%

2000 to 2019Edit

As of the census of 2010,<ref name="GR8">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> there were 312,311 people, 104,583 households, and 80,494 families residing in the county. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 109,442 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the county was:

According to the 2010 census, 10.5% of residents reported being of German ancestry, while 9.1% reported Irish, 7.7% English, 5.4% Italian and 5.2% American ancestry.

The most spoken languages other than English in Loudoun County as of 2018 were Spanish, spoken by 10.8% of the population, and Telugu, spoken by 2.8% of the population.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Citation needed Almost 25% of Loudoun County residents were born outside of the United States, with the largest number of foreign-born residents being from El Salvador, India, and Mexico.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As of 2000, there were 59,900 households, out of which 43.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.30% were married couples living together, 7.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.80% were non-families. 18.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82, and the average family size was 3.24.

In the county, 29.80% of the population was under the age of 18, 5.70% was from 18 to 24, 38.90% from 25 to 44, 20.00% from 45 to 64, and 5.60% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.50 males.

In 2011, census survey data concluded that Loudoun County had the highest median income in the country at $119,134.<ref name=acs2011>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

From 1980 to 2014, deaths from cancer in Loudoun County decreased by 46 percent, the largest such decrease of any county in the United States.<ref>Barry-Jester, Anna Maria. "How Americans Die May Depend On Where They Live". FiveThirtyEight. December 13, 2016.</ref>

From 2017 to 2018, Loudoun County saw an increase of 18.5% of households experiencing homelessness, a 21% increase for single adults, and a 36% increase for families. Homelessness for veterans in the county decreased by 16% from 2017 to 2018.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Government and infrastructureEdit

The National Transportation Safety Board operates the Ashburn Aviation Field Office in Ashburn, an unincorporated area of Loudoun County.<ref>"Regional Offices: Aviation." National Transportation Safety Board. Retrieved on May 15, 2010.</ref> The Federal Aviation Administration's Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center, the second-busiest facility of its kind in the nation, is located in Leesburg.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Emergency services are provided by the Loudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System with the Office of Emergency Management. LC-CFRS is a combination system that utilizes some 500 volunteers and over 600 career firefighters, EMT/paramedics, dispatchers, and support staff. LCFR is one of the largest fire and rescue systems in Virginia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Law enforcement in Loudoun County is provided by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office, which is Virginia's largest sheriff's office, as well as three town police departments: Leesburg Police, Purcellville Police, and Middleburg Police. The county's highways are also patrolled by Virginia State Police troopers. Dulles Airport and the Dulles Toll Road are patrolled by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Loudoun County Public Library System has eleven<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> branches in the county. The library's Outreach Department of the Loudoun County Public Library is a resource for those who cannot easily access branch services. The public library system has won several awards, including 10th place for libraries serving a comparably sized population in 2006<ref>Hennen's American Public Library Ratings (HAPLR).</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Loudoun County is one of the counties in Virginia that elects to cover their employees in the Virginia Mortgage Assistance Program (VMAP). The program is designed to make housing more affordable for civil service workers in Virginia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

TransportationEdit

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AirportsEdit

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Ariel view of Dulles International Airport in Dulles in August 2024

Loudoun County has two airports: Washington Dulles International and Leesburg Executive.

BusEdit

Loudoun County operates its own bus public transit system, known as Loudoun County Transit.

RailEdit

The Silver Line of the Washington Metro provides service at the Dulles Airport, Loudoun Gateway, and Ashburn stations.

Major highwaysEdit

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US 15 and VA State Route 7 on the Leesburg Bypass in September 2019

EducationEdit

The county is served by Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). LCPS serves over 70,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade and is Virginia's fifth largest school system.<ref>About Loudoun County Public Schools Template:Webarchive, Loudoun County Public Schools</ref><ref>2005 Triennial school census Template:Webarchive, Virginia Department of Education</ref> Loudoun County schools recently ranked 11th in the United States in terms of educational achievement versus funds spent.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Loudoun County also sends students to its Loudoun Academy of Science, formerly housed within Dominion High School now within the Academies of Loudoun,<ref name="Academy of Science">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and is eligible to send students to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, a STEM magnet school in Alexandria, Virginia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Loudoun County is home to ten private schools: Loudoun Country Day School, a Pre-K–8 independent school in Leesburg; Notre Dame Academy, an independent non-denominational day high school in Middleburg; Evergreen Christian School, a private high school near Leesburg; the Foxcroft School, a boarding school for girls located in Middleburg; Dominion Academy, a Non-denominational Christian school, K–8 in Leesburg; Loudoun Classical School, a Protestant classical 7th-12th grade school in Purcellville;<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> St. Theresa School, a K–8 Roman Catholic school in Ashburn; Village Montessori School at Bluemont, an accredited Pre-K through Elementary Montessori school in Bluemont; Christian Faith & Fellowship School, a PreK–12 non-denominational Christian school and Loudoun County's only private school accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International;Template:Citation needed and Loudoun School for Advanced Studies (formerly the Ideal Schools High School,) an independent non-denominational school in Ashburn.Template:Citation needed

In terms of post-secondary education, Loudoun County is home to a variety of colleges and universities, including: Patrick Henry College, a private Christian college; Northern Virginia Community College in Sterling (branch campus); George Washington University (satellite campus); George Mason University (satellite campus); Marymount University (satellite campus); Shenandoah University (satellite campus); and Strayer University (satellite campus).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Loudoun is also home to a satellite campus of the Virginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and the Janelia Farm Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.Template:Citation needed

CommunitiesEdit

TownsEdit

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Population rankingEdit

The population ranking of the following table is based on 2018 estimates by the United States Census Bureau.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Rank City/Town/etc. Municipal type Population (2018 est.)
1 † Leesburg Town 52,125
2 Ashburn CDP 50,290
3 South Riding CDP 31,071
4 Sterling CDP 30,403
5 Brambleton CDP 20,081
6 Broadlands CDP 13,704
7 Stone Ridge CDP 12,990
8 Lansdowne CDP 12,696
9 Sugarland Run CDP 12,576
10 Cascades CDP 11,670
11 Lowes Island CDP 11,111
12 Countryside CDP 10,042
13 Purcellville Town 9,709
14 Belmont CDP 6,629
15 Dulles Town Center CDP 5,023
16 University Center CDP 4,060
16 Lovettsville Town 2,544
17 Oak Grove CDP 2,468
18 Moorefield Station CDP 1,369
19 Arcola CDP 963
20 Round Hill Town 693
21 Middleburg Town 620
22 Hamilton Town 537
23 Hillsboro Town 175

Notable peopleEdit

Template:More citations needed James Monroe constructed and resided at Oak Hill near Aldie after his presidency. American Civil War Brigadier General Robert H. Chilton (Chief of Staff under Robert E. Lee) was a native of Loudoun County. World War II general George C. Marshall resided at Dodona Manor in Leesburg. Essayist and journalist Russell Baker grew up in Morrisonville, Virginia and his book Growing Up highlights his childhood in rural Virginia. Entertainer Arthur Godfrey lived near historic Waterford, Virginia. Loudoun County is also the birthplace of Julia Neale Jackson, mother of Stonewall Jackson,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Susan Catherine Koerner Wright, mother of the Wright Brothers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Sister citiesEdit

Loudoun County has eight Sister City/County relationships, and one Friendship City Partnership. Most are also suburbs of their respective capitals.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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See alsoEdit

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Explanatory notesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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