Dulles Town Center is a

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(CDP) in

Loudoun County Loudoun County () is in the northern part of the Virginia, Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census returned a population of 420,959, making it Virginia's third-most populous county. The county seat is Leesburg, Virgi ...

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, United States. It is located about north of

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. The CDP is the location of the Dulles Town Center shopping mall, for which it is named. The

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considers Dulles Town Center to be a subsection of Dulles, which is itself a subsection of Sterling; none of these locations is an incorporated municipality. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 4,601.

History

In December 1987, Loudoun County officials approved the jurisdiction's first regional shopping mall. The mall was originally planned to be named the "Windmill Regional Shopping Center" but was later renamed to "Dulles Town Center" in 1988. The original expected opening was set for 1993. Dulles Town Center's developer was

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. The mall was put on hold until 1994 due to the downturn in the local economy. In March of that year the mall announced it would start construction that spring with plans to be open 1996. With further delays, it wasn't until the summer of 1996 that Dulles Town Center broke ground. The mall opened its first two anchor stores (

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and

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) on November 18, 1998. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for Dulles Town Center took place on August 12, 1999.

2023 Shooting

On April 2, 2023, Youtuber, Tanner Cook, was shot after harassing and following a stranger while filming a prank video. The victim, Alan Colie, was arrested immediately but was ultimately found to have acted in justifiable self-defense after a jury trial. The gun used was a handgun, but the specific type of handgun hasn't been publicly disclosed.

Geography

The Dulles Town Center CDP is in eastern Loudoun County. It is bordered to the north by

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(Leesburg Pike) and to the west by Virginia State Route 28. Neighboring communities are Sterling to the south and east, Ashburn and Kincora to the west, and

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and Cascades to the north. Dulles Town Center is southeast of Leesburg, the Loudoun

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, and northwest of downtown

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According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.94%, are water. The community drains westward to Broad Run, a north-flowing tributary of the

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Demographics

Dulles Town Center was first listed as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census.

Government

Loudoun County Board of Supervisors

Dulles Town Center is part of the Sterling District of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors, represented by Koran Saines.

Virginia General Assembly

Dulles Town Center is part of

Virginia's 28th House of Delegates district Virginia's 28th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 28 contains parts of Loudoun County Loudoun County () is in the northern ...

, represented by Democrat David Reid, first elected in 2017, who resides in Ashburn. The CDP is also a part of Virginia's 32nd Senate district, represented by Democrat Suhas Subramanyam, first elected in 2023, who resides in Ashburn.

U.S. Congress

Dulles Town Center is part of

Virginia's 10th congressional district Virginia's 10th congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Situated in the suburbs and exurbs of Northern Virginia, the district includes the entireties of Loudoun, Fauquier, and Rappahannock c ...

, represented by Democrat

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, first elected in 2018, who resides in Leesburg. Dulles Town Center is represented in the

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by Democrat

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and Democrat

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References

External links

Dulles Town Center mall
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