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This map shows the incorporated and unincorporated areas in Lake County, Florida, highlighting Leesburg in red. It was created with a custom script with US Census Bureau data and modified with Inkscape.
Leesburg is located 44.5 miles NNW of Orlando, 270 miles N of Miami, and 221 miles SW of Tallahassee, the state capital. Several major highways pass through Leesburg, including U.S. Highway 27, U.S. Highway 441 and S.R. 44. Florida's Turnpike passes just to the south and west of Leesburg. Leesburg was on the western leg of the Dixie Highway.
It runs from U.S. Route 441 near Leesburg in the west to State Road 44 near Mount Dora in the east. The western terminus County Road 44 is at an intersection with the concurrency of U.S. Route 441, State Road 44, and State Road 500 at the eastern edge of Leesburg, near Leesburg Regional Airport. [8]
In the 20th century, Leesburg was the home of World War II General George C. Marshall, architect of the famous Marshall Plan that helped re-build Europe after the war, and radio personality Arthur Godfrey, who donated land for the town's first airport. Leesburg continued to serve as the center of government and commerce for Loudoun County.
In February 2014, the Loudoun Times-Mirror moved its operations from downtown Leesburg to Village at Leesburg. [3] In October 2014, the Leesburg Town Council unanimously approved a Village at Leesburg's rezoning application, removing the 28,000-square-foot limitation on restaurant uses in the developments Land Bay A. [ 4 ]
Beacon College is an urban campus located in downtown Leesburg, Florida. The campus covers 20 acres and consists of a series of owned and leased historic buildings and new developments. [5] Campus buildings include five residential complexes, a library, a dining hall, a student center, a fitness center, an art gallery, and two pocket parks. [6]
River Creek is a planned community in Loudoun County, Virginia, located 40 miles (64 km) west of Washington, D.C., and 4 miles (6 km) east of Leesburg at the confluence of the Potomac River and Goose Creek. It was the first gated country club community in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
Segra Field is a soccer-specific stadium in Leesburg, Virginia, and the home of Loudoun United FC of the USL Championship and previously Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The stadium is located within Phillip A. Bolen Park, and adjacent to Loudoun Soccer Park.