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Appomattox County, Virginia

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8historic places

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1845formed

16,119pop. 2020

7cemeteries

3CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966. Most listings are in or near Appomattox, Pamplin.

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 Appomattox titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 8 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

8 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Appomatix River Bridge	Appomattox	Structure	2005
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	Appomattox	District	1966
Appomattox Historic District	Appomattox	District	2002
Carver-Price School	Appomattox	Building	2024
Gilliam-Irving Farm	Pamplin	Building	2018
Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center	Appomattox	District	2011
Holliday Lake State Park	Appomattox	District	2012
Pamplin Pipe Factory	Pamplin	Building	1980

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Appomattox was formed in 1845 (1845-05-01) from Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Prince Edward.

APPOMATTOX created from BUCKINGHAM, CAMPBELL, CHARLOTTE, and PRINCE EDWARD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Appomattox County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
9,193	8,889	10,080	9,662	9,255	9,020	8,764	9,148	11,971	13,705	16,119

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

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Appomattox Court House National Historical Park	National Historical Park	1.7 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

7 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 7 of 7 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Babcock Cemetery	37.38653	-78.82501
Concord Cemetery	37.34208	-78.96585
Evergreen Cemetery	37.30708	-78.77056
Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery	37.34878	-78.81977
Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery	37.47202	-78.93168
Patterson - Hix Burial Ground	37.37852	-78.79597
Rebecca Cemetery	37.45996	-78.92803

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Appomattox	37.37737	-78.7964
Mineral	37.48764	-78.90669
Old Pilot	37.31959	-78.92196

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Appomattox Station	640	1.6 km	VA096
Appomattox Courthouse	3,936	2.3 km	VA097
Lynchburg	8,123	31.8 km	VA064

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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