Britain (Virginia)

Britain is a parish in Loudoun County in the US state of Virginia . It is located on the eastern foothills of Short Hill Mountain at the junction of Mountain Road (Virginia State Route 690) and Britain Road.

The county seat of Leesburg is 15 miles away and the capital, Washington, DC, is 93 km east of Britain.

history

Britain, originally known as Guinea , was an African American settlement in the mid-19th century . In 1880 the Mount Sinai Free Baptist Church was built, which served as a school until 1915 . Unlike most of Loudoun County's African American settlements, Britain had a post office. Afro-American residents of the village began to relocate to other places in the early 20th century, with the last families leaving Britain in the 1920s.

Coordinates: 39 ° 15 ′  N , 77 ° 42 ′  W