Loudoun County VA Flags

Every Loudoun County VA flag above is the same design. What changes is the heading, the piece of the flag that attaches it to a pole. Pick the heading first, because it decides where the flag can actually fly.

If you are not sure which heading fits an existing pole, send us a photo of the pole top and the truck or bracket. That is faster than measuring, and it stops the wrong heading from shipping.

For any outdoor flag, the fabric matters as much as the design.

Nylon is lighter. It lifts and flies in a light breeze, sheds water, and dries fast, which suits a site that gets more rain than wind. Being lighter, it frays sooner where wind is constant.

Polyester, in a two-ply open weave, is heavier and more tightly woven. It resists tearing and fraying and generally holds up longer at an exposed, high-wind site. It needs more wind to unfurl, and it puts more load on the pole and halyard.

Sources disagree about which fiber holds color longer in sunlight, so we do not make a UV claim either way. And we do not quote a lifespan in months or years. Service life depends on wind, sun, and how many hours a year the flag flies, so any single number would be a guess.

Tell us the site. An exposed ridge west of Purcellville and a sheltered courtyard in Ashburn are different problems, and they take different fabric.

A pole hem and fringe flag on an eight-foot or nine-foot pole, an ornament, a floor stand, and a cord and tassel. Board rooms, courtrooms, and lobbies generally run a U.S. flag, the Virginia flag, and the Loudoun County VA flag as a matched set so the fabric, the fringe, and the pole hardware look alike.

Grommet heading, sized to the pole. Replacement flags for a facility are worth ordering as a set so the whole site stays the same age and the same fabric.

Stick flags, table sets, and carried flags with harnesses and belts for ceremonies, dedications, and ribbon cuttings.

Departments, agencies, task forces, and academies often want their own emblem on a flag. Our custom printing is acid dye on 200 denier UV-resistant nylon. The art requirements are:

• Vector art preferred: EPS, SVG, or AI. Raster accepted: JPEG, TIFF, PSD, scans, or photos.
• 300 DPI recommended, 150 DPI minimum at final size.
• CMYK color. Art sized to the exact flag dimensions plus one eighth inch bleed all around.
• Fonts converted to outlines.
• Gradients and transparencies need solid backgrounds and specified PMS or CMYK values.

We email a digital proof for approval before anything goes into production. Typical delivery runs about 30 days and varies with size, quantity, and complexity. Approval delays push the schedule, so getting the proof back quickly is the single biggest thing a buyer controls.

We also handle appliqué and embroidery for handcrafted flags, which is the usual choice for a presentation or memorial piece rather than a service flag.

You do not need to be a government office to fly the county flag. Residents, HOAs, schools, funeral homes, dealerships, and main street businesses order the Loudoun County VA flag too, usually alongside a U.S. flag. Two things decide what to buy.

A bracket on the house or storefront takes a small flag on a short angled pole, and a pole hem is common for that. An in-ground flagpole takes a grommet flag sized to the pole. Getting this wrong is the most common ordering mistake we see, and it is the easiest one to avoid: measure the pole, or photograph it.

Indoor flags can carry fringe and a sleeve. Outdoor flags should not, because fringe wears out fast in weather.

If you want a flag for a room rather than a pole, ask about a wall mount or a framed presentation. A Loudoun County VA flag reads well next to a U.S. flag in an office, a lobby, or a den, and it does not need a pole to do it.

When state, city, or locality flags fly on the same halyard as the U.S. flag, the U.S. flag is always at the peak. So the order top to bottom is United States, Virginia, Loudoun County.

No other flag goes above the U.S. flag, or to its right when the flags are on the same level. The flag’s own right is the viewer’s left, so the U.S. flag takes the left end as the public sees it, then Virginia, then the county.

The U.S. flag belongs at the center and at the highest point of the group.

On adjacent staffs, the U.S. flag is hoisted first and lowered last.

Two points that get misquoted. First, the Flag Code is federal law, but it is advisory for civilians. The Congressional Research Service report on the Flag Code notes that no penalty is specified and that the Code works as a guide to be followed voluntarily. Second, the equal-size and equal-height requirement in Section 7 applies to the flags of two or more nations. It is not a statutory rule for a state or county flag. The common guidance that the U.S. flag should never be the smallest in a set, and that a flag should be about a quarter of the pole height, is respected custom rather than law.

If you are ordering a Loudoun County VA flag to join an existing set, match it to the U.S. flag already on the pole. Send us the size and heading of that flag and we will size the county flag to sit correctly with it.

A county flag gets the same care as a national one. If a Loudoun County VA flag has faded past use, retire it and replace it rather than leaving it up.

A flag that is fraying at the fly end is often worth repairing rather than replacing. We re-hem, restitch, and rebuild headings. Bring it in or send us a photo of the damage and we will tell you honestly whether repair makes sense.

When a flag is past that point, retire it properly. Under 4 U.S.C. Section 8(k), a flag that is no longer a fitting emblem for display should be destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by burning. We accept worn flags for disposal, which spares you from doing it in a backyard fire pit or, worse, putting a flag in a trash can.

Loudoun County was created in 1757, when the Virginia House of Burgesses divided Fairfax County and named the western portion for John Campbell, the fourth Earl of Loudoun. Leesburg has been the county seat since that year.

The county has seven incorporated towns: Hamilton, Hillsboro, Leesburg, Lovettsville, Middleburg, Purcellville, and Round Hill. The 2020 Census counted 420,959 residents, which makes Loudoun County VA one of the fastest growing jurisdictions in Northern Virginia. Washington Dulles International Airport sits partly in Loudoun County and partly in Fairfax County.

That mix, a working agricultural west, a dense data center and technology corridor in the east, and a county government serving both, is why flag orders in Loudoun County VA range from a single stick flag to a full ceremonial set.

Sources: Loudoun County history and the U.S. Census Bureau.