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Britain is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA lying along Milltown Creek. It is located on the eastern flanks of Short Hill Mountain along Mountain Road (VA 690) at its junction with Britain Road. In United States law, a region of land is unincorporated if it is not a part of any municipality. ...
Loudoun County (pronounced LOUD-un; IPA: ) is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States, and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. ...
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Short Hill Mountain is a mountain ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains. ...
Originally known as Guinea, the village of Britain became the place of settlement for a free African American community in the mid 19th century. Mount Sinai Free Baptist Church was built here in 1880 and served as a school for the community until 1915. Unlike most of the black settlements in Loudoun County, Britain had a post office in operation. Its African American residents began to move elsewhere in the early 20th century with the last black families leaving Britain in the 1920s. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ...
1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ...
Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...
The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...
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Loudoun County (pronounced LOUD-un; IPA: ) is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States, and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. ...
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A county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county, primarily used in the United States. ...
Leesburg is an historic town in and the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America. ...
Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
Hamilton is a town located in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Hillsboro is a town located in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Leesburg is an historic town in and the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States of America. ...
Lovettsville is a town located in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Motto: Semel Et Semper Coordinates: State Virginia County Loudon Mayor Betsy Davis Area - City 1. ...
Purcellville is a town located in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Round Hill is a town in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. ...
| | Unincorporated communities | Airmont | Aldie | Arcola | Ashburn | Belmont | Bloomfield | Bluemont | Brambleton | Britain | Broadlands Conklin | Dover | Dulles | Elvan | Eubanks | Gleedsville | Georges Mill | Gilberts Corner | Howardsville | Lansdowne Leithtown | Lenah | Lincoln | Loudoun Heights | Lucketts | Morrisonville | Mount Gilead | Neersville | Oak Grove | Oatlands Paeonian Springs | Paxson | Philomont | Potomac Falls | Potomac Green | Randolph Corner | River Creek | Ryan Saint Louis | Scattersville | Silcott Spring | South Riding | Sterling | Sterling Park | Stewartown | Stone Ridge | Stumptown Sycolin | Taylorstown | Telegraph Spring | Trapp | Unison | Virts Corner | Waterford | Watson | Waxpool | Wheatland Willard | Willisville | Woodburn In United States law, a region of land is unincorporated if it is not a part of any municipality. ...
Airmont is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Aldie is an unincorporated village located on the John Mosby Highway (U.S. Route 50) between Gilberts Corner and Middleburg in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Arcola is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Leesburg is situated 14 miles northwest of Arcola, the capital Washington, D.C. lies 33 miles to the east. ...
Ashburn, Virginia is an unincorporated area located in Loudoun County, Virginia, 30 miles west of Washington, D.C., and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. ...
Belmont is an unincorporated community on Goose Creek in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Bloomfield is an unincorporated hamlet in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Bluemont is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. It is located near the incorporated town of Round Hill. ...
Brambleton is an unincorporated planned community in Ashburn, Virginia of Loudoun County, off of the Dulles Toll Road. ...
Broadlands is an unincorporated planned community in Ashburn, Virginia near the Dulles Greenway in Loudoun County. ...
Conklin is a small unincorporated village south of Washington Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Dover is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Dover is located east of Middleburg at the intersection of U.S. Highway 50, Champe Ford Road (629 South), and Cobb House Road (629 North). ...
Dulles is an unincorporated area in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Elvan is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Originally known as Jumbo, Elvan is located on Elvan Road off of Mountain Road (VA 690) in northern Loudoun County. ...
Eubanks is an unincorporated community in northern Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Eubanks is located on Woodgrove Road (VA 719) north of Round Hill and south of the South Fork Catoctin Creek. ...
Gleedsville is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Georges Mill is an unincorporated village in northern Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Gilberts Corner is an unincorporated area at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and U.S. Route 15 in Loudoun County, Virginia to the east of Aldie. ...
Howardsville is an unincorporated community in southwestern Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Lansdowne is an unincorporated planned community located near Leesburg, Virginia. ...
Leithtown or Pot House is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Lenah is an unincorporated village on U.S. Route 50 in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Lincoln is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Loudoun Heights is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. ...
Lucketts is an unincorporated historic hamlet in Loudoun County, Virginia along US 15 north of Leesburg. ...
Morrisonville is an unincorporated community in northern Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. It is located on Morrisonville Road (Virginia Secondary Route 693). ...
Mount Gilead is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Mount Gilead lies the east of the North Fork Catoctin Creek. ...
Neersville is an unincorporated community in northwestern Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. It is located in the Between the Hills area of the Loudoun Valley on Harpers Ferry Road (Virginia Secondary Route 671) at the foot of Short Hill Mountain. ...
Oak Grove is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Oak Grove is located on the Fairfax County border between the communities of Sterling Park and Herndon. ...
Oatlands is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Oatlands is located on the James Monroe Highway (U.S. Highway 15) along Goose Creek. ...
Paeonian Springs is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. It is located on the Charles Town Pike (Virginia State Route 9) near its intersection with the Harry Byrd Highway (Virginia State Route 7). ...
Paxson is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Paxson lies south of Round Hill at the crossroads of Snickersville Turnpike (Virginia Secondary Route 734) and Yellow Schoolhouse Road. ...
Philomont is a small rural village in western Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Sterling, Virginia is a Washington, D.C. suburb, northwest of Herndon and Reston, Virginia, close to Dulles International Airport. ...
Potomac Green is a 300-acre unincorporated planned community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Potomac Green is located near Ashburn and is a Del Webb community. ...
Randolph Corner is an unincorporated community on Willisville Road (VA 623) in southwestern Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Maps and aerial photos Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia Topographic map from TopoZone Aerial image or topographic...
River Creek is a planned community in Loudoun County, Virginia, located 30 miles west of Washington, D.C. and north of Leesburg on the Potomac River. ...
Ryan is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Maps and aerial photos Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia Topographic map from TopoZone Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA Categories: | | ...
Saint Louis is an unincorporated community in southern Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Saint Louis lies on Saint Louis Road (Virginia Secondary Route 611). ...
Scattersville is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Scattersville is located to the northwest of Lucketts along the eastern flanks of Catoctin Mountain. ...
Silcott Spring is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Silcott Spring lies to the south of the North Fork Catoctin Creek at the crossroads of Paxson (VA 725) and Silcott Spring (VA 690) Roads. ...
South Riding is one of Northern Virginias most popular planned communities. ...
Sterling, Virginia is an unincorporated Washington, D.C. suburb, northwest of Herndon, east of Ashburn, and west of Reston, close to Dulles International Airport in Loudoun County. ...
Sterling Park, Virginia is an early planned community that opened in 1963 on former farmland near the new Dulles Airport. ...
Stewartown is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Stewartown is nestled within Buchannon Gap in the Bull Run Mountains. ...
Stone Ridge is an award-winning master-planned, mixed-use community currently under development by Van Metre Companies. ...
Stumptown is an unincorporated community on the eastern flanks of Catoctin Mountain in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Maps and aerial photos Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia Topographic map from TopoZone Aerial image or topographic...
Sycolin is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Sycolin is located south of Leesburg on Sycolin Road near the Dulles Toll Road. ...
Taylorstown is a small community in Loudoun County, Virginia built on the banks of Catoctin Creek and the surrounding hillside, about two miles south of the Potomac River. ...
Telegraph Spring is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Trapp is an unincorporated community on the eastern flanks of the Blue Ridge Mountains in western Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Maps and aerial photos Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia Topographic map from TopoZone Aerial...
Unison is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Virts Corner is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Waterford is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia located along Catoctin Creek. ...
Watson is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. Maps and aerial photos Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia Topographic map from TopoZone Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA Categories: | | ...
Waxpool is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Wheatland is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County,Virginia located north of Purcellville and south of Lovettsville on Berlin Turnpike (VA 287). ...
Modified 1915 map of Willard area The former unincorporated community of Willard (also known as Willard Crossroads) was located in what is now a part of Washington Dulles International Airport in the U.S. state of Virginia. ...
Willisville is an unincorporated community in southwestern Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Woodburn is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
| | Geography | Between the Hills | Bull Run | Bull Run Mountains | Catoctin Creek | Catoctin Mountain | Goose Creek |Furnace Mountain| Hogback Mountain | Little River | Loudoun Valley | Potomac River | Short Hill Mountain| Between the Hills is a region of the Loudoun Valley in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Bull Run is a free-flowing tributary stream of the Potomac River that originates from a spring in the Bull Run Mountains in Loudoun County, Virginia and flows south to the Occoquan River. ...
The Bull Run Mountains are the easternmost mountain chain in the U.S. state of Virginia, stretching approximately sixteen miles in Loudoun, Prince William and Fauquier counties from Broad Run to Aldie. ...
Catoctin Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River located in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA. The Catoctin Creeks watershed occupies 59,000 acres. ...
Catoctin Mountain is the easternmost spur of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are in turn a part of the Appalachian Mountain Range. ...
Goose Creek is a meandering watercourse in Northern Virginia. ...
Hogback Mountain is part of Catoctin Mountain, located just southwest of Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia. ...
Little River is a tributary stream of Goose Creek in Northern Virginia. ...
The Loudoun Valley is a small, but historically significant valley located in northwestern Virginia in the United States. ...
The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States (USA). ...
Short Hill Mountain is a mountain ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains. ...
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