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Leesburg
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historic town within and the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Loudoun
- Founded
- October 12, 1758
- Named after
- Lee family
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- Kelly Burk (D)
- Vice mayor
- Neil Steinberg (D)
- Total
- 12.47 sq mi (32.29 km )
- Land
- 12.40 sq mi (32.11 km )
- Water
- 0.069 sq mi (0.18 km )
- Elevation
- 341 ft (104 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 48,908
- Density
- 4,333.2/sq mi (1,673.07/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 20175-20178
- Area codes
- 703 , 571
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Leesburg
- Population
- 48250
- Area
- 32.280582
- Elevation
- 104
- Official website
- www.leesburgva.gov
- Image
- Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg,Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 18093
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- postal code
- 20176
- Commons category
- Leesburg, Virginia
- inception
- 1758-10-12
- water as percent of area
- 0.5877
- per capita income
- 48559
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Leesburg is a town in and the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. It is part of both the Northern Virginia region of the state and the Washington metropolitan area, including Washington, D.C., the nation's capital.
European settlement in the area began around 1740, when it was named for the Lee family, early colonial leaders of the town. Located in the far northeast of the state, in the War of 1812 it was a refuge for important federal documents evacuated from Washington, D.C., and in the Civil War, it changed hands several times.
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