{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Lucketts, Virginia |official_name = |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =

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Lucketts is approximately {{convert|7|mi|0}} north of Leesburg, {{convert|18|mi}} south of Frederick, Maryland and {{convert|48|mi}} from downtown Washington, D.C.. The Potomac River is between Lucketts and Frederick, approximately {{convert|4|mi|0}} north on Route 15. The MARC commuter train makes frequent stops on the Maryland side in nearby Point of Rocks. Train whistles of the freight trains at night and dawn are frequently heard throughout Lucketts. Also, Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) is located {{convert|23|mi|0}} to the south, with some of the airport's major approach and departure paths directly above.

The village of Lucketts is visually cued by the traffic light at the intersection of Route 15, Lucketts Road, and Stumptown Road. Located there are antique stores, a gas station, a few residential homes and trailer parks, fire house, Lucketts Elementary School, and a cell phone tower. The Lucketts School, now the Lucketts Community Center, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Traffic going through Lucketts on Route 15 was approximately 18,000 to 21,000 vehicles per day as of 2005.<ref>{{cite conference | first = | last = | title = 2005 Virginia Department of Transportation Daily Traffic Volume Estimates Including Vehicle Classification Estimates. | pages = | publisher = | date = 2006-05-17 | location = | url = http://www.virginiadot.org/comtravel/resources/AADT_053_Loudoun_2005.pdf | doi = | id = | accessdate = 2006-07-19 | conference = | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060823045547/http://www.virginiadot.org/comtravel/resources/AADT_053_Loudoun_2005.pdf | archive-date = 2006-08-23 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Lucketts is known for its annual fair in August, with crafts, food and hand-churned ice cream sold by the Lucketts Elementary School PTA. The Lucketts Community Center, located in the original wooden Lucketts School has a day care service, pre-school, adult activities, and since 1974, bluegrass concerts every Saturday night at 7:00 PM from October through April.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.luckettsbluegrass.com/ |title=Home |website=luckettsbluegrass.com}}</ref>

== References ==

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