Moorefield is a

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(CDP) in

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP was named Moorefield Station, and the population was 77. As of 2019, the estimated population was 1,976. Moorefield is a

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currently in progress, located at the Ashburn station at the western terminus of the Metrorail Silver Line.

Geography

Moorefield is in the

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portion of eastern Loudoun County, on the southwest side of the

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(Virginia State Route 267). It is bordered to the northeast by Ashburn proper, to the northwest and west by Brambleton, and the south by Loudoun Valley Estates. It is south of Leesburg, the Loudoun

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, and west-northwest of

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According to the

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, the Moorefield CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.07%, are water. The area drains southeast toward Broad Run, a north-flowing tributary of the

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Demographics

Moorefield Station was first listed as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census.

References

External links

Moorefield Station Collection
at George Mason University Libraries {{authority control Census-designated places in Loudoun County, Virginia Washington metropolitan area Census-designated places in Virginia