Loudoun Heights, Virginia

Loudoun Heights, Virginia
Unincorporated village
Loudoun Heights, Virginia Location within the state of Virginia
Coordinates: 39°18′47″N 77°43′4″W / 39.31306°N 77.71778°W / 39.31306; -77.71778Coordinates: 39°18′47″N 77°43′4″W / 39.31306°N 77.71778°W / 39.31306; -77.71778
Country	United States of America
State	Virginia
County	Loudoun
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)

Loudoun Heights is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is located in the Between the Hills region of the county along Harpers Ferry Road (VA 671) and is bounded to its northwest and northeast by the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park on the Potomac River. The Blue Ridge and Short Hill Mountain bound it to the west and east.

History

This high ground was occupied by Confederate general John George Walker during the Battle of Harpers Ferry, September 12-September 15, 1862. Loudoun Heights was also the site of a night attack made on January 10, 1864, by Col. John S. Mosby's Rangers against Major Henry A. Cole's 1st Potomac Home Brigade Maryland Volunteer Cavalry. Mosby's attack failed and ended a long run of engagements between Mosby's Rangers and Cole's Cavalry.

Municipalities and communities of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States

County seat: Leesburg

Towns	Hamilton Hillsboro Leesburg Lovettsville Middleburg Purcellville Round Hill

CDPs	Arcola Ashburn Belmont Brambleton Broadlands Cascades Countryside Dulles Town Center Lansdowne Loudoun Valley Estates Lowes Island Moorefield Station Oak Grove South Riding Sterling Stone Ridge Sugarland Run University Center

Unincorporated communities	Airmont Aldie Bloomfield Bluemont Britain Conklin Dover Dulles Elvan Eubanks Gleedsville Georges Mill Gilberts Corner Howardsville Leithtown Lenah Lincoln Loudoun Heights Lucketts Mechanicsville Milltown Morrisonville Mount Gilead Mountville Neersville Oatlands Paeonian Springs Paxson Philomont Potomac Green Randolph Corner River Creek Ryan Saint Louis Scattersville Silcott Spring Sterling Park Stewartown Stumptown Sycolin Taylorstown Telegraph Spring Trapp Unison Virts Corner Waterford Watson Waxpool Wheatland Willard Willisville Woodburn

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