Loudoun County | |
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 Loudoun County Courthouse and aWorld War II monument (right) inLeesburg, February 2021 | |
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| Motto: "I Byde My Time"[1] | |
 Location within the U.S. state ofVirginia | |
 Virginia's location within theU.S. | |
| Coordinates:39°05′N77°38′W / 39.09°N 77.64°W /39.09; -77.64 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Virginia |
| Founded | 1757 |
| Named after | John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun[2] |
| Seat | Leesburg |
| Largest town | Leesburg |
| Area | |
• Total | 521.33 sq mi (1,350.2 km2) |
| • Land | 515.74 sq mi (1,335.8 km2) |
| • Water | 5.6 sq mi (15 km2) 1.1% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 420,959 |
| • Density | 810/sq mi (310/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Congressional district | 10th |
| Website | loudoun.gov |
Loudoun County (/ˈlaʊdən/) is in the northern part of theCommonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census returned a population of 420,959,[3] making it Virginia's third-most populous county. Thecounty seat isLeesburg.[4] Loudoun County is part of theWashington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As of 2023, Loudoun County had amedian household income of $156,821,[5]the highest of any county or county equivalent in the nation.[6]
Loudoun County was established in 1757 fromFairfax County. The county is named forJohn Campbell, FourthEarl of Loudoun andgovernor general of Virginia from 1756 to 1759.[2] Western settlement began in the 1720s and 1730s withQuakers,Scots-Irish,Germans and others moving south fromPennsylvania andMaryland, and also byEnglish andenslaved Africans moving upriver fromTidewater.[7]
By the time of theAmerican Revolution, Loudoun County was Virginia's most populous county. It was also rich in agriculture, and the county's contributions of grain toGeorge Washington'sContinental Army earned it the nickname "Breadbasket of the Revolution."[8]
During theWar of 1812, important federal documents and government archives were evacuated fromWashington and stored atLeesburg.[9] Local tradition holds that these documents were stored atRokeby House.[10]
U.S. presidentJames Monroe treatedOak Hill Plantation as a primary residence from 1823 until his death on July 4, 1831.[11] The Loudoun County coat of arms and flag, granted by the EnglishCollege of Arms, memorialize the special relationship betweenBritain and the United States that developed through hisMonroe Doctrine.[12]
Early in theAmerican Civil War, theBattle of Ball's Bluff took place nearLeesburg on October 21, 1861. Future juristOliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was critically wounded in that battle along thePotomac River. During theGettysburg Campaign in June 1863,Confederatemajor generalJ.E.B. Stuart andUnioncavalry clashed in the battles ofAldie,Middleburg, andUpperville. ConfederatepartisanJohn S. Mosby based his operations in Loudoun and adjoiningFauquier County (for a more in-depth account of the history of Loudoun County during the Civil War, seeLoudoun County in the American Civil War).[13]
DuringWorld War I, Loudoun County was a major breadbasket for supplying provisions to soldiers in Europe. Loudoun farmers implemented new agricultural innovations such asvaccination oflivestock, seed inoculations andensilage. The county experienced a boom in agricultural output, outputting an annualwheat output of 1.04 millionbushels 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 asCamp Lee. TheSmith–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.[14]
In 1962,Washington Dulles International Airport was built in southeastern Loudoun County inSterling. 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.[8]
Between 1952 and 2008, Loudoun was aRepublican-leaning county. However, this has changed in recent years withDemocrats winning Loudoun in all statewidecampaigns after Republicans narrowly carried it in2014. As of the 2023 elections, Democrats hold a 7 to 2 majority on theBoard 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 statebellwether, having voted for every statewide presidential election winner since 1932.
The county's official motto,I Byde My Time, is borrowed from thecoat of arms of theEarl of Loudoun.[1][15] 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 ofBarack Obama, county voters had not supported a Democratic president sinceLyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
In recent years, the county's rapid suburban growth in its eastern portion, settled by educated professionals working in or nearWashington, D.C., has changed the demographics of the county, and the Democratic Party has become increasingly competitive. After giving SenatorBarack Obama nearly 54% of its presidential vote in 2008, the county supported RepublicanBob McDonnell in 2009, who received 61% of thegubernatorial 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 challengerMitt Romney garnering 47%.[16] Democrats have won the county in every presidential election since 2008.
In 2020,Joe Biden won 61.5% to Trump's 36.5%, the best result in the county's history since 1964.[17] A year later, in the2021 Virginia gubernatorial election, Democratic nominee and former GovernorTerry McAuliffe won the county with 55.3% to now Republican GovernorGlenn Youngkin's 44.2%.[18] Loudoun was one of ten counties that was won by McAuliffe, though it was his smallest margin of victory in Northern Virginia.[19]
| Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party(ies) | |||
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| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| 2024 | 92,107 | 40.10% | 129,280 | 56.28% | 8,305 | 3.62% |
| 2020 | 82,088 | 36.51% | 138,372 | 61.54% | 4,402 | 1.96% |
| 2016 | 69,949 | 38.21% | 100,795 | 55.06% | 12,306 | 6.72% |
| 2012 | 75,292 | 47.04% | 82,479 | 51.53% | 2,289 | 1.43% |
| 2008 | 63,336 | 45.42% | 74,845 | 53.67% | 1,278 | 0.92% |
| 2004 | 60,382 | 55.69% | 47,271 | 43.60% | 777 | 0.72% |
| 2000 | 42,453 | 56.12% | 30,938 | 40.89% | 2,262 | 2.99% |
| 1996 | 25,715 | 52.13% | 19,942 | 40.43% | 3,673 | 7.45% |
| 1992 | 19,290 | 46.40% | 14,462 | 34.79% | 7,822 | 18.81% |
| 1988 | 20,448 | 66.26% | 10,101 | 32.73% | 313 | 1.01% |
| 1984 | 17,765 | 67.99% | 8,227 | 31.49% | 136 | 0.52% |
| 1980 | 12,076 | 58.93% | 6,694 | 32.67% | 1,722 | 8.40% |
| 1976 | 9,192 | 51.79% | 7,995 | 45.05% | 561 | 3.16% |
| 1972 | 9,417 | 69.46% | 3,941 | 29.07% | 199 | 1.47% |
| 1968 | 4,577 | 45.91% | 3,262 | 32.72% | 2,131 | 21.37% |
| 1964 | 2,594 | 37.72% | 4,278 | 62.21% | 5 | 0.07% |
| 1960 | 2,526 | 50.99% | 2,399 | 48.43% | 29 | 0.59% |
| 1956 | 2,489 | 53.41% | 1,960 | 42.06% | 211 | 4.53% |
| 1952 | 2,540 | 54.86% | 2,075 | 44.82% | 15 | 0.32% |
| 1948 | 1,430 | 44.07% | 1,545 | 47.61% | 270 | 8.32% |
| 1944 | 1,485 | 45.08% | 1,802 | 54.71% | 7 | 0.21% |
| 1940 | 1,061 | 32.84% | 2,156 | 66.73% | 14 | 0.43% |
| 1936 | 867 | 27.42% | 2,287 | 72.33% | 8 | 0.25% |
| 1932 | 600 | 19.54% | 2,440 | 79.45% | 31 | 1.01% |
| 1928 | 1,325 | 40.84% | 1,915 | 59.03% | 4 | 0.12% |
| 1924 | 152 | 7.48% | 1,794 | 88.33% | 85 | 4.19% |
| 1920 | 757 | 30.21% | 1,720 | 68.64% | 29 | 1.16% |
| 1916 | 404 | 21.02% | 1,490 | 77.52% | 28 | 1.46% |
| 1912 | 256 | 14.48% | 1,386 | 78.39% | 126 | 7.13% |
| 1908 | 447 | 21.37% | 1,570 | 75.05% | 75 | 3.59% |
| 1904 | 442 | 21.33% | 1,558 | 75.19% | 72 | 3.47% |
| 1900 | 1,684 | 37.43% | 2,690 | 59.79% | 125 | 2.78% |
| 1896 | 1,991 | 41.16% | 2,741 | 56.67% | 105 | 2.17% |
| 1892 | 1,738 | 37.32% | 2,719 | 58.39% | 200 | 4.29% |
| 1888 | 2,190 | 43.03% | 2,842 | 55.83% | 58 | 1.14% |
| 1884 | 1,978 | 41.22% | 2,795 | 58.24% | 26 | 0.54% |
| 1880 | 1,792 | 39.20% | 2,780 | 60.80% | 0 | 0.00% |
Like many counties in Virginia, Loudoun is locally governed by aboard of supervisors, theLoudoun County Board of Supervisors. The chairman of the board is elected by county votersat-large while the remaining supervisors are elected from eightsingle-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.[21] 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.[22]
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 amarketing analyst for aUnited States government andmilitarysubcontractor, after an AFP photo of herflipping off themotorcade ofDonald Trump went viral on social media in 2017.[23]
| Position | Name | Party | First Elected | District | |
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| Chair | Phyllis Randall | Democratic | 2015 | At-Large | |
| Vice Chair | Mike Turner | Democratic | 2019 | Ashburn | |
| Supervisor | Juli Briskman | Democratic | 2019 | Algonkian | |
| Supervisor | Sylvia Glass | Democratic | 2019 | Broad Run | |
| Supervisor | Caleb Kershner | Republican | 2019 | Catoctin | |
| Supervisor | Matt Letourneau | Republican | 2011 | Dulles | |
| Supervisor | Kristen Umstattd | Democratic | 2015 | Leesburg | |
| Supervisor | Laura TeKrony | Democratic | 2023 | Little River | |
| Supervisor | Koran Saines | Democratic | 2015 | Sterling | |
| Position | Name | Party | First Election | |
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| Clerk of the Circuit Court | Gary M. Clemens | Republican | 1999 | |
| Commissioner of the Revenue | Robert S. Wertz Jr. | Republican | 2003 | |
| Commonwealth's Attorney | Robert D. Anderson | Republican | 2023 | |
| Sheriff | Michael L. Chapman | Republican | 2011 | |
| Treasurer | Henry C. Eickelberg | Republican | 2023 | |
| Position | Name | Party | First Elected | District | |
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| Chair | Melinda Mansfield | Nonpartisan | 2023 | Dulles | |
| Vice Chair | Anne Donohue | Nonpartisan | 2023 | At-Large | |
| Member | April Chandler | Nonpartisan | 2023 | Algonkian | |
| Member | Deana Griffiths | Nonpartisan | 2023 | Ashburn | |
| Member | Linda Deans | Nonpartisan | 2023 | Broad Run | |
| Member | Kari LaBell | Nonpartisan | 2023 | Catoctin | |
| Member | Lauren Shernoff | Nonpartisan | 2023 | Leesburg | |
| Member | Sumera Rashid | Nonpartisan | 2023 | Little River | |
| Member | Arben Istrefi | Nonpartisan | 2023 | Sterling | |
| Position | Name | Party | First Elected | District | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Russet Perry | Democratic | 2023 | 31 | |
| Senator | Kannan Srinivasan | Democratic | 2025 (Special) | 32 | |
| Position | Name | Party | First Elected | District | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delegate | JJ Singh | Democratic | 2025 (Special) | 26 | |
| Delegate | Atoosa Reaser | Democratic | 2023 | 27 | |
| Delegate | David Reid | Democratic | 2017 | 28 | |
| Delegate | Marty Martinez | Democratic | 2023 | 29 | |
| Delegate | Geary Higgins | Republican | 2023 | 30 | |
According to theU.S. Census Bureau, Loudoun County has a total area of 521 square miles (1,350 km2), of which 516 square miles (1,340 km2) is land and 6 square miles (16 km2) (1.1%) is water.[28] It is bounded on the north by thePotomac River; across the river areFrederick,Washington andMontgomery counties in Maryland; it is bounded on the south byPrince William andFauquier counties, on the west by the watershed of theBlue Ridge Mountain across which areJefferson County,West Virginia andClarke County, and on the east byFairfax County. TheBull Run Mountains andCatoctin Mountain bisect the county. To the west of the range is theLoudoun Valley. Bisecting the Loudoun Valley fromHillsboro to thePotomac River isShort Hill Mountain.
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Traditionally arural county, Loudoun's population has grown dramatically since the 1980s. Having undergone heavy suburbanization since 1990, Loudoun has a full-fledgedservice economy. It is home to world headquarters for several Internet-related andhigh tech companies, includingVerizon Business,Telos Corporation, andOrbital Sciences Corporation. Like Fairfax County'sDulles Corridor, Loudoun County has economically benefited fromWashington Dulles International Airport, the majority of which is in the county along its border with Fairfax.[29][30][citation needed]
Loudoun County retains a strong rural economy. Theequine industry has an estimated revenue of $78 million. It is home to theMorven Park International Equestrian Center which hosts nationalhorse trials. In addition, a growing wine industry has produced several internationally recognized wines. Loudoun County now has 40wineries[31] and over 25 active farms. Loudoun has rich soil and was in the mid-19th century a topwheat-producing county in the fourth largest wheat-producing state.[32]
MCI, Inc. (formerly WorldCom), asubsidiary ofVerizon Communications, is headquartered inAshburn, Loudoun County. It announced it would move its headquarters to Ashburn in 2003.[33][34]AOL had its headquarters at 22000 AOL Way inDulles in unincorporated Loudoun County.[35] In 2007 AOL announced it would move its headquarters from Loudoun County toNew York City; it would continue to operate its Virginia offices.[36]Orbital Sciences Corporation has its headquarters in Dulles.[37]
Loudoun County houses over 60 massivedata centers, many of which correspond toAmazon Web Services’s (AWS) us-east-1 region.[38][39] These data centers are estimated to carry 70 percent of global web traffic.[40]
Before its dissolution,Independence Air (originallyAtlantic Coast Airlines) was headquartered in Dulles.[41][42] At one time Atlantic Coast Airlines had its headquarters inSterling.[43] Before its dissolution,MAXjet Airways was headquartered on the grounds ofWashington-Dulles International Airport.[44]
According to the county'scomprehensive annual financial reports, the top employers in the county are:[45]
| # | Employer | # of employees (2020)[46] | 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 (formerlyMCI Worldcom) | 2,500-5,000 | 2.17 |
| 5 | Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerlyOrbital 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 |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1790 | 18,962 | — | |
| 1800 | 20,523 | 8.2% | |
| 1810 | 21,338 | 4.0% | |
| 1820 | 22,702 | 6.4% | |
| 1830 | 21,939 | −3.4% | |
| 1840 | 20,431 | −6.9% | |
| 1850 | 22,079 | 8.1% | |
| 1860 | 21,774 | −1.4% | |
| 1870 | 20,929 | −3.9% | |
| 1880 | 23,634 | 12.9% | |
| 1890 | 23,274 | −1.5% | |
| 1900 | 21,948 | −5.7% | |
| 1910 | 21,167 | −3.6% | |
| 1920 | 20,577 | −2.8% | |
| 1930 | 19,852 | −3.5% | |
| 1940 | 20,291 | 2.2% | |
| 1950 | 21,147 | 4.2% | |
| 1960 | 24,549 | 16.1% | |
| 1970 | 37,150 | 51.3% | |
| 1980 | 57,427 | 54.6% | |
| 1990 | 86,129 | 50.0% | |
| 2000 | 169,599 | 96.9% | |
| 2010 | 312,311 | 84.1% | |
| 2020 | 420,959 | 34.8% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[47] 1790-1960[48] 1900-1990[49] 1990-2000[50] 2010[51] 2020[52] | |||
From 1890 to 1940, the county had a decline in population as people moved to cities for more opportunities.[citation needed] The decline was likely highest amongAfrican Americans, who had worked in anagricultural economy that was becoming increasingly mechanized.[citation needed] During the first half of the 20th century, African Americans moved out of rural areas to cities in theGreat Migration.[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 theHispanic and Asian populations of the county outnumber them significantly.
| Race / Ethnicity(NH = Non-Hispanic) | Pop 1980[53] | Pop 1990[54] | Pop 2000[55] | Pop 2010[51] | Pop 2020[52] | % 1980 | % 1990 | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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| White alone (NH) | 50,876 | 75,557 | 134,972 | 194,845 | 216,865 | 88.59% | 87.73% | 79.58% | 62.39% | 51.52% |
| Black or African American alone (NH) | 4,964 | 6,126 | 11,517 | 21,934 | 29,725 | 8.64% | 7.11% | 6.79% | 7.02% | 7.06% |
| Native American orAlaska Native alone (NH) | 94[a] | 167 | 297 | 520 | 536 | 0.16% | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.17% | 0.13% |
| Asian alone (NH) | 424[b] | 2,053 | 9,025 | 45,795 | 89,372 | 0.74% | 2.38% | 5.32% | 14.66% | 21.23% |
| Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 6[c] | N/A | 93 | 143 | 227 | 0.01% | N/A | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| Some Other Race alone (NH) | 210 | 70 | 367 | 808 | 2,425 | 0.37% | 0.08% | 0.22% | 0.26% | 0.58% |
| Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH) | N/A | N/A | 3,239 | 9,690 | 22,065 | N/A | N/A | 1.91% | 3.10% | 5.24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 853 | 2,156 | 10,089 | 38,576 | 59,744 | 1.49% | 2.50% | 5.95% | 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% |
As of thecensus of 2010,[56] there were 312,311 people, 104,583 households, and 80,494 families residing in the county. The population density was 606 inhabitants per square mile (234/km2). There were 109,442 housing units at an average density of 212 per square mile (82/km2). The racial makeup of the county was:
According to the2010 census, 10.5% of residents reported being ofGerman ancestry, while 9.1% reportedIrish, 7.7%English, 5.4%Italian and 5.2%American ancestry.
The most spoken languages other than English in Loudoun County as of 2018 wereSpanish, spoken by 10.8% of the population, andTelugu, spoken by 2.8% of the population.[57][citation needed] Almost 25% of Loudoun County residents were born outside of the United States, with the largest number of foreign-born residents being fromEl Salvador,India, andMexico.[58]
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% weremarried 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.[59]
From 1980 to 2014, deaths fromcancer in Loudoun County decreased by 46 percent, the largest such decrease of any county in the United States.[60]
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.[61]
TheNational Transportation Safety Board operates the Ashburn Aviation Field Office inAshburn, anunincorporated area of Loudoun County.[62] TheFederal Aviation Administration'sWashington Air Route Traffic Control Center, the second-busiest facility of its kind in the nation, is located in Leesburg.[63]
Emergency services are provided by theLoudoun County Combined Fire and Rescue System with theOffice 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.[64]
Law enforcement in Loudoun County is provided by theLoudoun County Sheriff's Office, which is Virginia's largest sheriff's office, as well as three town police departments:Leesburg Police,Purcellville Police, andMiddleburg Police. The county'shighways are also patrolled byVirginia State Police troopers.Dulles Airport and theDulles Toll Road are patrolled by theMetropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police Department.[65][66][67][68]
TheLoudoun County Public Library System has eleven[69] 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[70][71]
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 forcivil service workers in Virginia.[72]
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Loudoun County has two airports:Washington Dulles International andLeesburg Executive.
Loudoun County operates its own bus public transit system, known asLoudoun County Transit.
TheSilver Line of theWashington Metro provides service at theDulles Airport,Loudoun Gateway, andAshburn stations.
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The county is served byLoudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). LCPS serves over 70,000 students fromkindergarten through12th grade and is Virginia's fifth largest school system.[73][74] Loudoun County schools recently ranked 11th in the United States in terms of educational achievement versus funds spent.[75] Loudoun County also sends students to itsLoudoun Academy of Science, formerly housed withinDominion High School now within theAcademies of Loudoun,[76] and is eligible to send students toThomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, aSTEMmagnet school inAlexandria, Virginia.[77]
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 inMiddleburg; theFoxcroft School, a boarding school for girls located in Middleburg;Dominion Academy, aNon-denominational Christian school, K–8 in Leesburg; Loudoun Classical School, a Protestant classical 7th-12th grade school in Purcellville;[78] Leesburg Christian School, a K–12 school in Leesburg; 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;[citation needed] and Loudoun School for Advanced Studies (formerly the Ideal Schools High School,) an independent non-denominational school in Ashburn.[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); andStrayer University (satellite campus).[79] Loudoun is also home to a satellite campus of theVirginia–Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine and theJanelia Farm Research Campus of theHoward Hughes Medical Institute.[citation needed]
The population ranking of the following table is based on 2018 estimates by the United States Census Bureau.[80]
†county seat
| Rank | City/Town/etc. | Municipal type | Population (2018 est.) |
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| 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 |
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James Monroe constructed and resided at Oak Hill nearAldie after his presidency.American Civil WarBrigadier GeneralRobert H. Chilton (Chief of Staff underRobert E. Lee) was a native of Loudoun County.World War II generalGeorge C. Marshall resided atDodona Manor in Leesburg. Essayist and journalistRussell Baker grew up inMorrisonville, Virginia and his bookGrowing Up highlights his childhood in rural Virginia. EntertainerArthur Godfrey lived near historicWaterford, Virginia. Loudoun County is also the birthplace of Julia Neale Jackson, mother ofStonewall Jackson,[81] andSusan Catherine Koerner Wright, mother of theWright Brothers.[82]
Loudoun County has eightSister City/County relationships, and one Friendship City Partnership. Most are also suburbs of their respective capitals.[90]
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Since its settlement in the mid-1700s, Loudoun County has been acclaimed for its fertile soil. In the 1850s and 1860s, Virginia was the fourth largest wheat producing state, and Loudoun was one of the state's top-producing counties.
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She was born 28 February 1798 near Aldie, Loudoun Co., VA.
Susan Catherine Koerner was born in tiny Hillsboro, Va.
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