| Lowes Island, Virginia | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Virginia Northern#USA Virginia#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Lowes Island |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Loudoun |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 8.19 |
| Area Land Km2: | 7.81 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.37 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 10756 |
| Population Density Km2: | 1376.4 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 300 |
| Coordinates: | 39.0597°N -77.3522°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 20165 (Sterling) |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 51-47296 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2584870 |
Lowes Island is a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States Census was 10,756.[2] Along with nearby Countryside and Cascades, it is considered one of the three main components of the Potomac Falls community (ZIP code 20165).
The community takes its name from an island on the south shore of the Potomac River.
Lowes Island is in the eastern corner of Loudoun County and is bordered to the east by Fairfax County, Virginia, and to the north, across the Potomac, by Montgomery County, Maryland. Neighboring communities are Great Falls to the east, Sugarland Run to the south, Cascades to the west, and Darnestown, Maryland, to the northeast.
Lowes Island is northwest of downtown Washington, D.C., and east of Leesburg, the Loudoun county seat.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Lowes Island CDP has a total area of 8.2sqkm, of which 7.8sqkm are land and 0.4sqkm, or 4.56%, are water.[1] Sugarland Run forms the western border of the CDP, flowing north to the Potomac River at the physical Lowes Island.
The community's name comes from an island on the south shore of the Potomac River, now home to the Trump National Golf Club Washington, D.C., owned by Donald Trump. The club was formerly the Lowes Island Club; Trump purchased it in 2009.[3] Located on the site is the "River of Blood" monument erected by Trump, which celebrates an American Civil War battle that never happened.[4]