Loudoun County

• County in Virginia
• Loudoun County is located in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2019, the population was estimated at 413,538, making it Virginia's third-most populous county. Loudoun County's seat is Leesburg. Wikipedia
• Area: 522 mi²
• Founded: 1757
• Population: 413,538 (2019)

History Loudoun County was established in 1757 from Fairfax County. The county is named for John Campbell, Fourth Earl of Loudoun and governor general of Virginia from 1756 to 1759.[2] Western settlement began in the 1720s and 1730s with Quakers, Scots-Irish, Germans and others moving south from Pennsylvania and Maryland, and also by English and enslaved Africans moving upriver from Tidewater.[citation needed]

William and Sarah Nettle House, Waterford, Loudoun County By the time of the American Revolution, it was Virginia's most populous county. It was also rich in agriculture, and the county's contributions of grain to George Washington's Continental Army earned it the nickname "Breadbasket of the Revolution."[8]

During the War of 1812, important Federal documents and government archives were evacuated from Washington and stored at Leesburg.[9] Local tradition holds that these documents were stored at Rokeby House.[10]

U.S. president James Monroe treated Oak Hill Plantation as a primary residence from 1823 until his death on July 4, 1831.[11] The Loudoun County coat of arms and flag, granted by the English College of Arms, memorialize the special relationship between Britain and the United States that developed through his Monroe Doctrine.[citation needed]

Early in the American Civil War, the Battle of Balls Bluff took place near Leesburg on October 21, 1861. Future jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. was critically wounded in that battle along the Potomac River. During the Gettysburg Campaign in June 1863, Confederate major general J.E.B. Stuart and Union cavalry clashed in the battles of Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville. Confederate partisan John S. Mosby based his operations in Loudoun and adjoining Fauquier County (for a more in-depth account of the history of Loudoun County during the Civil War, see Loudoun County in the American Civil War).[citation needed]

During World War I, Loudoun County was a major Breadbasket for supplying provisions to soldiers in Europe. Loudoun farmers implemented new agricultural innovations such as vaccination of livestock, seed inoculations and ensilage. The county experienced a boom in agricultural output, outputting an annual wheat output of 1.04 million bushels in 1917, the largest of any county in Virginia that year. 1.2 million units of home produce were produced at home, much of which went to training sites across the state such as Camp Lee. The Smith–Lever Act of 1914 established increased agricultural education in Virginia counties, increasing agricultural yields. After the war, a plaque was dedicated to the "30 glorious dead" from the county who died in the Great War. Five of the thirty died on the front, while the other twenty five died while in training or in other locations inside the United States.[12]

In 1962, Washington Dulles International Airport was built in southeastern Loudoun County in Sterling. Since then, Loudoun County has experienced a high-tech boom and rapid growth. Accordingly, many have moved to eastern Loudoun and become residents of planned communities such as Sterling Park, Sugarland Run, Cascades, Ashburn Village, and Ashburn Farm, making that section a veritable part of the Washington suburbs. Others have moved to the county seat or to the small towns and rural communities of the Loudoun Valley.[8]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Loudoun County has a total area of 521 square miles (1,350 km2), of which 516 square miles (1,340 km2) is land and 6 square miles (16 km2) (1.1%) is water.[24] It is bounded on the north by the Potomac River; across the river are Frederick, Washington and Montgomery counties in Maryland; it is bounded on the south by Prince William and Fauquier counties, on the west by watershed of the Blue Ridge Mountain across which are Jefferson County, West Virginia and Clarke County, and on the east by Fairfax County. The Bull Run Mountains and Catoctin Mountain bisect the county. To the west of the range is the Loudoun Valley. Bisecting the Loudoun Valley from Hillsboro to the Potomac River is Short Hill Mountain.

Demographics

From 1890 to 1940, the county had a decline in population as people moved to cities for more opportunities.[citation needed] The decline was likely highest among African Americans, who had worked in an agricultural economy that was becoming increasingly mechanized.[citation needed] During the first half of the 20th century, African Americans moved out of rural areas to cities in the Great Migration.[citation needed] As of the early 21st century, African Americans now have a much smaller population compared to their historical population in Loudoun County, however, they still make up a significant minority.

Notable people

James Monroe constructed and resided at Oak Hill near Aldie after his presidency. American Civil War Brigadier General Robert H. Chilton (Chief of Staff under Robert E. Lee) was a native of Loudoun County. World War II general George C. Marshall resided at Dodona Manor in Leesburg. Essayist and journalist Russell Baker grew up in Morrisonville, Virginia and his book Growing Up highlights his childhood in rural Virginia. Entertainer Arthur Godfrey lived near historic Waterford, Virginia. Loudoun County is also the birthplace of Julia Neale Jackson, mother of Stonewall Jackson,[61] and Susan Catherine Koerner Wright, mother of the Wright Brothers.[62]

• Madeleine Albright (1937–) – U.S. Secretary of State in Clinton Administration
• William H. Ash (1859–1908) – Former slave who was one of the first African-American politician to be elected to the Virginia House of Delegates
• Russell Baker (1925–2019) – Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Growing Up (1983, Autobiography)[63]
• Geraldine Brooks (1955–) – Pulitzer Prize–winning author
• John Champe – Revolutionary War soldier and double agent.
• Roger Preston Chew, (1843-1921) Horse artillery commander in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, prominent West Virginia businessman, railroad executive and West Virginia legislator[64]
• John L. Dagg (1794–1884) – Baptist theologian, pastor, educator, and president of Mercer University, GA (1844–54)[65][66]
• Westmoreland Davis (1859–1942) – Governor of Virginia
• Richard Henry Dulany (1820–1906) – Colonel of the 7th Virginia Cavalry during the Civil War
• Michael Farris (born 1951) – Founder of Home School Legal Defense Association and Patrick Henry College in Purcellville; unsuccessful Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 1993
• Joe Gibbs (1940–) – Lived just west of Leesburg while coaching the Washington Redskins
• Arthur Godfrey (1903–1983) – Popular national radio and television personality
• Darrell Green (1960–) – Former Washington Redskin and inductee to the NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Pamela Harriman (1920–1997) – Daughter-in-law of Sir Winston Churchill and U.S. Ambassador to France
• Gina Haspel (1956-) - Director of the CIA, first female ever appointed to the position
• Annia Hatch (1978-) - Cuban American 2x Olympic silver medalist in gymnastics, currently lives in Ashburn
• Fred Hetzel (1942–) – Former professional basketball player
• Barbara Holland (1933–2010) – author
• Tony Horwitz (1958–2019) – Pulitzer Prize–winning author
• John Janney (1798–1872) – Member of the Virginia General Assembly and officer of the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861
• Sheila Johnson (1949–) – Entertainment and sports entrepreneur and philanthropist.
• Wilton Lackaye (1862-1932) – American stage and film actor, the original Broadway stage Svengali, 1895
• Lyndon LaRouche (1921–2019) – Controversial American politician, activist, and founder of the LaRouche movement
• Marc Leepson (1945-) - Journalist, historian, author
• Sandra Lerner (c. 1953–) – Entrepreneur and philanthropist
• Mark Levin (1957–) – Author and conservative talk radio host
• George Marshall (1880–1959) – General of the Army (5-star), U.S. Secretary of State and author of the "Marshall Plan"
• Stevens T. Mason (1811–1843) – First governor of Michigan (Democrat, 1837–40)[67]
• Charles F. Mercer (1788–1858) – Founded village of Aldie; U.S. Congressman from Virginia
• Billy Mitchell (1879–1936) – Controversial Army officer and military aviation pioneer
• James Monroe (1758–1831) – 5th President of the United States
• Oliver North (1943–) – Former USMC Officer and figure in the Iran–Contra scandal; commentator and host on the Fox network
• Patton Oswalt (1969–) – American stand-up comedian, writer and actor
• Wilson Pickett (1941–2006) – R&B and soul singer and songwriter
• Isaiah L. Potts (1784?-after 1843) – tavern keeper of the notorious Potts Tavern who, allegedly, ran a gang of highwaymen and murderers on the Illinois frontier
• Rachel Renee Russell (1959–) – #1 New York Times best-selling author of the children's book series, Dork Diaries
• Henry S. Taylor (1942–) – Pulitzer Prize–winning poet
• Joshua White (1812–1890) – businessman and Illinois state legislator
• Lucien Whiting Powell (1846–1930) – Renowned landscape artist
• William Wilson (1794–1857) – Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court[68]

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