In 1699, the Algonquian Piscataway moved to an island in the Potomac in the environs of Leesburg Virginia, and were there when the first known Europeans visited what is Loudoun County.
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19 Facts About Leesburg Virginia
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European settlement near Leesburg Virginia began in the late 1730s as Tidewater planters moved into the area from the south and east, establishing large farms and plantations.
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Many of the First Families of Leesburg Virginia were among those to settle in the area, including the Carters, Lees and Masons.
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The genesis of Leesburg Virginia occurred sometime before 1755 when Nicholas Minor acquired land around the intersection of the Old Carolina Road and the Potomac Ridge Road and established a tavern there.
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Leesburg Virginia was renamed to honor the influential Thomas Lee and not, as is popular belief, his son Francis Lightfoot Lee who lived in Loudoun and brought up the bill to establish Leesburg Virginia.
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Some websites have claimed that this resulted in Leesburg Virginia temporarily becoming the capital of the United States.
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Early in the American Civil War Leesburg Virginia was the site of the Battle of Ball's Bluff, a small but significant Confederate victory.
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Some people consider the local courthouse among the few courthouses in Leesburg Virginia not burned during the Civil War ; the present one was built in 1894.
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Today Leesburg Virginia continues to serve as the center of government and commerce for Loudoun County.
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Leesburg Virginia has served as the Loudoun county seat continuously since the county's formation in 1757.
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Leesburg Virginia area contains 21 entries on the National Register of Historic Places, including:.
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Leesburg Virginia has four public high schools operated by the Loudoun County Public School system: Loudoun County High School, Heritage High School, Tuscarora High School, and Riverside High School.
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Leesburg Virginia is served by several private schools, including Providence Academy, a K–8 non-denominational Christian school; Leesburg Virginia Christian School, a K–12 non-denominational Christian school; and pre-K-8 Loudoun Country Day School.
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Primary highways serving Leesburg include U S Route 15, Virginia State Route 7 and Virginia State Route 267.
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SR 267 functions as a high speed bypass of SR 7 southeast of Leesburg Virginia, but is a toll road.
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Leesburg Virginia operates the Leesburg Virginia Executive Airport at Godfrey Field, which serves Loudoun County with private and corporate aircraft operations.
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Godfrey, who, by the early 1950s, had purchased the Beacon Hill Estate west of Leesburg Virginia, used a DC-3 to commute from his farm to studios in New York City every Sunday night during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Leesburg Virginia's DC-3 was so powerful and noisy that Godfrey built a new airport, funding it through the sale of the old field.
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Also located near Leesburg Virginia is the National Conference Center, which the Xerox Corporation built in the 1970s.
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