Click here for an excellent history of the county.

Click here to read the awful truth about the man for whom the county is named.

Click here for the official web site for Loudoun County.

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Some quick facts about Loudoun County:

* Loudoun has 16,000 horses.   More than any other county in the state.
  About one horse for every 11 people.

* There were large buffalo herds here before white settlers came.

* Loudoun was created in 1757.   Originally it was part of Fairfax County.

* Leesburg, named for Lighthorse Harry Lee, was earlier called George Town.

* Fox hunting began here around 1748.
  Today there are 10 active hunts in the area.

* Loudoun was the northernmost county in the Confederacy.

* In 1790, Loudoun was Virginia's most populous county.

* The Earl of Loudoun, for whom the county was named,
  never set foot in Virginia.

* The Constitution & Declaration of Independence were hidden here
  when the British burned Washington in the War of 1812.

Sources: 54.   55.