Belmont is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. The population as of the

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was 5,966. It is southeast of Leesburg, the Loudoun

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, and northwest of

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The

Belmont Manor House Belmont Manor House, formally known as Belmont Plantation, is a two-story, five-part Federal mansion in Loudoun County, Virginia, built between the years of 1799–1802 by Ludwell Lee (1760–1836), son of Richard Henry Lee. The land surroundi ...

, built between 1799 and 1802 by a son of

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, is in the northeast part of the CDP and is now the clubhouse for a gated golf community. The Belmont CDP is situated along the east side of Belmont Ridge Road ( State Route 659) between State Route 7 and State Route 267 (the Dulles Toll Road). The CDP extends north to VA 7 and south to include Middlebury Street and the

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, while to the east it is bordered by Stubble Road, Claiborne Parkway, and Ashburn Road. Two major subdivisions make up Belmont: Belmont Country Club in the east is the larger of the two, and

Belmont Greene Belmont Greene is a traditional neighborhood development in Ashburn, Virginia, located off Belmont Ridge Road about west of Washington, DC. It is part of the Belmont census-designated place. The development is situated adjacent to Stone Bridg ...

, in the west, is the smaller. According to the

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, the Belmont CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.20%, are water. The area drains mainly east via several streams toward Broad Run, a north-flowing tributary of the

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, while the westernmost part of the CDP drains west to Goose Creek, which also flows north to the Potomac.

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Census-designated places in Loudoun County, Virginia Washington metropolitan area Census-designated places in Virginia {{LoudounCountyVA-geo-stub