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Welcome to Lenah ...

Lenah is located in Loudoun County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lenah, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Lenah is 350 feet [107 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lenah lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Lenah ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.loudounchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Lenah, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Lenah ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lenah.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lenah. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lenah.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lenah. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lenah.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lenah. See our Newspapers Page for Lenah.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lenah ...

Looking for more information about Lenah? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lenah, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lenah.

Adding Lenah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lenah in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lenah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lenah post office opened in 1885. The Lenah post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lenah.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Loudoun, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lenah - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/