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About Leesburg

Leesburg is a town in and the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. Its is part of both the Northern Virginia region of the state and the Washington metropolitan area, including Washington, D.C., the nation's capital.Settlement in the area began around 1740, which is named for the Lee family, early 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, DC, and in the Civil War, it changed hands several times. Leesburg is 33 miles (53 km) west-northwest of Washington, D.C., along the base of Catoctin Mountain and close to the Potomac River. The town is the northwestern terminus of the Dulles Greenway, a private toll road that connects to the Dulles Toll Road at Washington Dulles International Airport.