Britain, Virginia

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Britain is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia, USA lying along Milltown Creek. It is located on the eastern flanks of Short Hill Mountain along Mountain Road (VA 690) at its junction with Britain Road.

Originally known as Guinea, the village of Britain became the place of settlement for a free African American community in the mid 19th century. Mount Sinai Free Baptist Church was built here in 1880 and served as a school for the community until 1915. Unlike most of the black settlements in Loudoun County, Britain had a post office in operation. Its African American residents began to move elsewhere in the early 20th century with the last black families leaving Britain in the 1920s.

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	Loudoun County, Virginia
County Seat	Leesburg
Towns	Hamilton \| Hillsboro \| Leesburg \| Lovettsville \| Middleburg \| Purcellville \| Round Hill
Unincorporated communities	Airmont \| Aldie \| Arcola \| Ashburn \| Belmont \| Bloomfield \| Bluemont \| Brambleton \| Britain \| Broadlands Conklin \| Dover \| Dulles \| Elvan \| Eubanks \| Gleedsville \| Georges Mill \| Gilberts Corner \| Howardsville \| Lansdowne Leithtown \| Lenah \| Lincoln \| Loudoun Heights \| Lucketts \| Morrisonville \| Mount Gilead \| Neersville \| Oak Grove \| Oatlands Paeonian Springs \| Paxson \| Philomont \| Potomac Falls \| Potomac Green \| Randolph Corner \| River Creek \| Ryan Saint Louis \| Scattersville \| Silcott Spring \| South Riding \| Sterling \| Sterling Park \| Stewartown \| Stone Ridge \| Stumptown Sycolin \| Taylorstown \| Telegraph Spring \| Trapp \| Unison \| Virts Corner \| Waterford \| Watson \| Waxpool \| Wheatland Willard \| Willisville \| Woodburn
Geography	Between the Hills \| Bull Run \| Bull Run Mountains \| Catoctin Creek \| Catoctin Mountain \| Goose Creek \| Hogback Mountain \| Little River \| Loudoun Valley \| Potomac River \| Short Hill Mountain