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Albemarle County, Virginia

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102historic places

—earliest paper

1744formed

112,395pop. 2020

81cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 102 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Charlottesville, Greenwood, Scottsville.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Virginia is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Albemarle titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

26 of 102 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

102 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Advance Mills	Advance Mills	District	2002
Anchorage, The	Charlottesville	Building	2001
Arrowhead	Charlottesville	Building	1991
Aviator, The	Charlotteville	Object	2006
Ballard-Maupin House	Free Union	Building	1999
Batesville Historic District	Batesville	District	1999
Bel Aire	Charlottesville	Building	2007
Bellair	Charlottesville	Building	1992
Bellevue	Batesville	Building	1991
Bentivar	Charlottesville	Building	2005
Birdwood	Charlottesville	Building	2003
Blenheim	Blenheim	Building	1976
Blue Ridge Farm	Greenwood	Building	1991
Blue Ridge Swim Club	Ivy	District	2015
Boyd Tavern	Boyd Tavern	Building	2009
Campbell Hall	Charlottesville	Building	2025
Carr's Hill	Charlottesville	Building	2008
Carrsbrook	Charlottesville	Building	1982
Casa Maria	Greenwood	Building	1990
Castle Hill	Cismont	Building	1972
Cedars, The	Greenwood	Building	1990
Christ Church Glendower	Keene	Building	1971
Clark Hall, University of Virginia	Charlottesville	Building	2008
Clark, George Rogers, Sculpture	Charlottesville	Object	1997
Cliffside	Scottsville	Building	1982
Clifton	Shadwell	Building	1989
Cobham Park	Cobham	Building	1974
Cocke's Mill House and Mill Site	North Garden	Building	1990
Cove Presbyterian Church	Covesville	Building	1989
Covesville Historic District	Covesville	District	2005
Crossroads Tavern	Crossroads	Building	1984
Crozet Historic District	Crozet	District	2012
D. S. Tavern	Ivy	Building	1983
Daughters of Zion Cemetery	Charlottesville	Site	2010
Earlysville Union Church	Earlysville	Building	1997
East Belmont	Keswick	District	1999
Edgehill	Shadwell	Building	1982
Edgemont	Covesville	Building	1980
Ednam House	Ednam	Building	1982
Emmanuel Church	Greenwood	Building	1982
Esmont	Esmont	Building	1980
Estes Farm	Dyke	Building	2006
Estouteville	Powell Corner	Building	1978
Farmington	Charlottesville	Building	1970
Faulkner House	Charlottesville	Building	1984
Gallison Hall (Addditional Documentation)	Charlottesville	Building	1990
Gardner House	Crozet	Building	2020
Grace Church	Cismont	Building	1976
Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District	Greenwood--Afton	District	2011
Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Greenwood--Afton	District	2016
Guthrie Hall	Esmont	Building	1982
Harris Farm	Charlottesville	District	2015
High Meadows	Scottsville	Building	1986
Highland	Simeon	Building	1973
Home Tract	Ivy	Building	1999
Kenridge	Charlottesville	Building	2008
La Fourche	Keswick	Building	2022
Lewis Mountain	Charlottesville	Building	2009
Limestone	Keswick	Building	2006
Longwood	Earlysville	Building	1996
Malvern	Charlottesville	Building	1995
McCormick, Leander, Observatory	Charlottesville	Structure	2004
Mechum River Farm	Charlottesville	Building	2007
Midway	Millington	Building	1979
Miller School of Albemarle	Yancey Mills	Building	1974
Mirador	Greenwood	Building	1983
Mirador (Boundary Increase)	Greenwood	Building	2003
Monticello NHL	Charlottesville	Building	1966
Monticola	Howardsville	Building	1990
Morven	Simeon	Building	1973
Mount Fair	Browns Cove	Building	1990
Mount Ida	Scottsville	Building	1987
Mount Walla	Scottsville	Building	2000
Mountain Grove	Esmont	Building	1980
Pantops Farm	Charlottesville	Building	2014
Periwinkle Cottage	Charlottesville	Building	2019
Piedmont	Greenwood	Building	1991
Pine Knot	Glendower	Building	1989
Plain Dealing	Keene	Building	1980
Proffit Historic District	Proffit	District	1999
Ramsay	Greenwood	Building	2005
Red Hills	Charlottesville	Building	1998
Redlands	Covesville	Building	1969
River View Farm	Charlottesville	District	2020
Scottsville Historic District	Scottsville	District	1976
Scottsville Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Scottsville	District	2004
Scottsville Tire Cord Plant	Scottsville	District	2024
Seven Oaks Farm and Black's Tavern	Greenwood	Building	1989
Shack Mountain NHL	Charlottesville	Building	1976
Southern Albemarle Rural Historic District	Charlottesville	District	2007
Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District	Keswick	District	1992
Spring Hill	Ivy	Building	1983
St. James Church	Charlottesville	Building	2013
St. John School	Gordonsville	Building	2019
Sunny Bank	South Garden	Building	1976
Sunnyfields	Simeon	Building	1993
The Rectory	Keene	Building	1991
Walker House	Warren	Building	1990
West Cote	Howardsville	Building	2002
Woodburn	Charlottesville	Building	2000
Woodlands	Charlottesville (Independent City)	Building	1989
Woodstock Hall Tavern	Ivy	Building	1987

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Albemarle was formed in 1744 (1744-12-31) from Goochland.

ALBEMARLE created from GOOCHLAND.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Albemarle County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
12,585	16,439	19,750	22,924	26,625	32,618	28,473	26,005	24,652	26,662	30,969	55,783	79,236	112,395

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

81 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 81 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Ash Lawn Cemetery	37.96597	-78.45556
Bethel Cemetery	38.1144	-78.42583
Buck Mountain Cemetery	38.15408	-78.48081
Chapman Grove Cemetery	38.06137	-78.43083
Chestnut Grove Cemetery	37.7856	-78.62949
Chestnut Grove Church Cemetery	37.96719	-78.551
Christ Church Cemetery	37.85284	-78.53475
Church of the Good Shepherd Cemetery	38.01231	-78.55667
Coles Cemetery	38.06541	-78.43417
Cove Cemetery	37.88458	-78.71057
Emmanuel Cemetery	38.03306	-78.76377
Estes Cemetery	38.20636	-78.4947
Free Union Cemetery	38.12085	-78.37339
Garrison Cemetery	38.11335	-78.47658
Gentry United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.24011	-78.58943
Goss Cemetery	38.12545	-78.33727
Grace Cemetery	37.9618	-78.60807
Grace Cemetery	38.06043	-78.30815
Griffin Cemetery	38.0659	-78.4617
Hardware Baptist Church Cemetery	37.93918	-78.58196
Hildebrand Cemetery	38.1086	-78.47109
Hillsboro Cemetery	38.04985	-78.70891
Holly Memorial Gardens	38.12513	-78.44112
Holy Cross Cemetery	37.96563	-78.76892
Ivy Creek Cemetery	38.11209	-78.5106
Jefferson Tomb	38.00846	-78.45579
Johns Cemetery	38.17365	-78.36155
Knights Chapel Cemetery	38.15602	-78.28116
Lebanon Cemetery	38.03057	-78.78435
Liberty Cemetery	38.08123	-78.40316
Lincoln Cemetery	38.07707	-78.4965
Long Cemetery	38.10096	-78.32278
Magruder Cemetery	38.00539	-78.38491
Mission Home Cemetery	38.26151	-78.62057
Monticello Graveyard	38.00828	-78.45563
Monticello Memorial Park	38.01202	-78.4653
Moon Cemetery	38.07069	-78.44751
Mooreland Cemetery	37.97446	-78.6392
Mount Calvary Cemetery	38.05785	-78.61139
Mount Carmel Cemetery	38.1854	-78.67002
Mount Eagle Cemetery	37.97007	-78.40564
Mount Moriah Cemetery	38.11957	-78.65474
Mount Olivet Cemetery	38.11316	-78.64684
Mount Olivet Cemetery	37.94225	-78.58542
Mount Plains Cemetery	38.0668	-78.65002
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	37.85572	-78.56305
Mount Salem Cemetery	38.06735	-78.65696
Mount Zion Cemetery	37.80262	-78.59105
Mount Zion Cemetery	38.20096	-78.43889
Munday Cemetery	38.0939	-78.47425
New Bethel Cemetery	37.90074	-78.43586
New Hope Cemetery	37.81874	-78.59307
Oak Union Cemetery	38.09125	-78.58313
Olivet Cemetery	38.10171	-78.57768
Pine Ridge Cemetery	38.20158	-78.47468
Prize Hill Cemetery	38.23929	-78.61418
Rising Sun Cemetery	37.92099	-78.62589
Rock Gate Cemetery	38.06196	-78.70127
Saint Georges Cemetery	37.82925	-78.5331
Saint John the Baptist Cemetery	38.01744	-78.65726
Saint Johns Cemetery	38.08041	-78.27611
Saint Paul's Cemetery	38.05854	-78.59513
Saint Stephens Cemetery	37.83472	-78.60772
Sandridge Cemetery	38.12996	-78.69315
Scottsville Cemetery	37.81163	-78.49426
Shackelford Family Cemetery	38.10946	-78.35862
Sinai Cemetery	38.20572	-78.50499
Slate Hill Cemetery	37.95816	-78.46483
South Plains Cemetery	38.02393	-78.35501
Spring Hill Cemetery	38.19163	-78.40846
Tate Cemetery	38.14402	-78.63418
Thomas Cemetery	38.15176	-78.28166
Thompson Family Cemetery	38.16484	-78.59444
Trinity Cemetery	37.9565	-78.64752
University of Virginia Cemetery and Columbarium	38.03608	-78.51317
Van Clief Family Cemetery	37.86068	-78.59607
Wake Forest Cemetery	37.95271	-78.46267
Wesley Cemetery	38.17651	-78.5989
Wild Rose Cemetery	37.99632	-78.71437
Zion Cemetery	37.94857	-78.66253

Historical populated places — 5 of 5

Name	Lat	Lon
Broad Axe	38.03597	-78.65946
Brownton	37.85014	-78.57168
Decca	38.10291	-78.60085
Monacan Town	38.08208	-78.43695
Monasukapanough	38.10153	-78.46029

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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