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Lowes Island, Virginia

FieldValue
nameLowes Island, Virginia
settlement_typeCensus-designated place
pushpin_mapUSA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA
pushpin_labelLowes Island
pushpin_label_positiontop
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Virginia
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Flag of Loudoun County, Virginia.svg Loudoun
unit_prefImperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km28.19
area_land_km27.81
area_water_km20.37
population_as_of2010
population_footnotes
population_total10756
population_density_km21376.4
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset−5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST−4
elevation_ft300
coordinates
postal_code_typeZIP code
postal_code20165 (Sterling)
blank_nameFIPS code
blank_info51-47296
blank1_nameGNIS feature ID
blank1_info2584870

Lowes Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States census was 10,756. Along with nearby Countryside and Cascades, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community (ZIP code 20165).

The community takes its name from an island on the south shore of the Potomac River.

Geography

Lowes Island is in the eastern corner of Loudoun County and is bordered to the east by Fairfax County, and to the north, across the Potomac, by Montgomery County, Maryland. Neighboring communities are Great Falls to the east, Sugarland Run to the south, Cascades to the west, and Darnestown, Maryland, to the northeast.

Lowes Island is 26 mi northwest of downtown Washington, D.C., and 15 mi east of Leesburg, the Loudoun county seat.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Lowes Island CDP has a total area of 8.2 sqkm, of which 7.8 sqkm are land and 0.4 sqkm, or 4.56%, are water. Sugarland Run forms the western border of the CDP, flowing north to the Potomac River at the physical Lowes Island.

The community's name comes from an island on the south shore of the Potomac River, now home to the Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C., owned by Donald Trump. The club was formerly the Lowes Island Club; Trump purchased it in 2009.

Demographics

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2010 2020

Lowes Island was first listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.

References

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files –Virginia". United States Census Bureau.
  2. "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Lowes Island CDP, Virginia". U.S. Census Bureau.
  3. Roberts, Roxanne. (February 14, 2009). "Donald Trump Buys Lowes Island Club in Sterling". The Washington Post.
  4. "Decennial Census by Decade".
  5. "2010 Census of Population - Population and Housing Unit Counts - Virginia".
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