Leesburg, VA

Leesburg, Virginia
Town
Town of Leesburg
N. King Street in the historic district of Leesburg
Location of Leesburg, Virginia
Coordinates: 39°7′N 77°33′W / 39.117°N 77.550°W / 39.117; -77.550Coordinates: 39°7′N 77°33′W / 39.117°N 77.550°W / 39.117; -77.550
Country	United States of America
State	Virginia
County	Loudoun
Government
• Type	Town Council-Manager
• Mayor	David S. Butler
Area
• Total	12.5 sq mi (32.3 km2)
• Land	12.4 sq mi (32.1 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.19 km2)
Elevation	341 ft (104 m)
Population (2013)
• Total	47,673
• Density	3,419.2/sq mi (1,320.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	20175-20178
Area code(s)	703, 571
FIPS code	51-44984
GNIS feature ID	1498505
Website	LeesburgVA.gov

Leesburg is a historic town within and the county seat of Loudoun County, Virginia. Leesburg is located 33 miles (53 km) west-northwest of Washington, D.C. along the base of and adjacent to the Potomac River. Its population according to the 2010 Census is 42,616. The town is also the northwestern terminus of the Dulles Greenway, a private toll road that connects to the Dulles Toll Road at Washington Dulles International Airport.

Leesburg, like the rest of Loudoun, has undergone considerable growth and development over the last 30 years, transforming from a small, rural, piedmont town to a suburban bedroom community for commuters to the national capital. Current growth in the town and its immediate area to the east (Lansdowne/Ashburn) concentrates along the Dulles Greenway and State Route 7, which roughly parallels the Potomac River between Winchester to the west and Alexandria to the east.

The Federal Aviation Administration's Washington Air Route Traffic Control Center is located in Leesburg.

Leesburg was named 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, nor as is sometimes thought, Robert E. Lee (his great-grandnephew).