Georgetown Park

Georgetown Park. . Half-acre Georgetown Park, in the heart of Downtown Leesburg, is named to honor the original name of this very town. The Town of Leesburg is steeped in history. The Iroquois tribe abandoned all lands east of the Blue Ridge Mountains following the 1722 Treaty of Albany to the colony of Virginia. Colonists and new immigrants began settling the area that would become Loudoun County. A small settlement emerged at the intersection of present-day U.S. Highway 15 and Virginia Highway 7 as planters moved to the area to establish large farms and plantations. Among those to settle in the area were some of the first families of Virginia, including the Carters, Lees, and Masons., In the early 1750's, Nicholas Minor acquired the land near the intersection of Old Carolina Road (present day Highway 15) and Potomac Ridge Road (present day Route 7) and established a tavern there. Minor hired John Hough to plat his 60 acres into 70 lots to form a settlement, named "George Town" in honor of the reigning monarch of Great Britain, King George II. In 1757, the Assembly of Virginia selected this settlement for the location of the Loudoun County Courthouse. The Assembly of Virginia changed the name to Leesburg in honor of the Lee family and formerly established the Town of Leesburg in September 1758, although the town was not incorporated until 1813. , Formerly called South Street Park, the Leesburg Town Council officially changed the name to Georgetown Park in the Spring of 1990 to honor the area's rich history., Park cared for by the Town of Leesburg