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is a town in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. There are approximately 640 people currently residing in the town established in 1787 by Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel and Virginia statesman, Levin Powell. He purchased the land for Middleburg at $2.50 an acre from Joseph Chinn, first cousin to George Washington. Powell chose the name Middleburg, previously called "Chinn's Crossroads," because of the town's location midway between Alexandria and Winchester on the Ashby Gap trading route (now U.S. Route 50).
Since the early 1900s, Middleburg began welcoming visitors that descended on the town for foxhunting and steeplechasing. The village soon earned a reputation as the "Nation's Horse and Hunt Capital," attracting prominent visitors from across the United States. Middleburg is home to the National Sporting Library research center for horse and field sports who publish
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.5 km²), all of it land.