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Lansdowne, in brief

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Lansdowne is a census-designated place and planned community located near Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lansdowne had a population of 12,427. It is north of State Route 7 and south of the Potomac River. Before the Revolutionary War, the Lee family established Coton Manor here. A section of the Potomac Heritage Trail runs through Lansdowne. It is the home of Inova Loudoun Hospital, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, Lansdowne Resort, Prison Fellowship, and Lansdowne Woods of Virginia, a gated, age-restricted community. Lansdowne is part of the Washington metropolitan area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 11,253 to 12,427 (+10%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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1987
Janelia
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#243
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Janelia
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