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Buena Vista city, Virginia

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7historic places

—earliest paper

1902formed

6,641pop. 2020

1cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 7 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Buena Vista (Independent City), Buena Vista.

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 Buena Vista city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 7 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

7 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Buena Vista Colored School	Buena Vista (Independent City)	Building	2003
Buena Vista Downtown Historic District	Buena Vista	District	2009
Columbian Paper Company	Buena Vista	Building	2024
Old Courthouse	Buena Vista (Independent City)	Building	1979
Parry McCluer High School	Buena Vista	Building	2026
Seay, W.N., House	Buena Vista (Independent City)	Building	2007
Southern Seminary Main Building	Buena Vista (Independent City)	Building	1972

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Buena Vista (Ic) was formed in 1902 (1902-07-10) from unknown / original county.

Buena Vista made an independent city from ROCKBRIDGE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Buena Vista city population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,388	3,911	4,335	5,214	6,300	6,717	6,349	6,641

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

1 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 1 of 1 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Green Hill Cemetery	37.73031	-79.3754

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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