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Caroline County, Virginia

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22historic places

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1728formed

30,887pop. 2020

30cemeteries

6CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 22 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Bowling Green, Port Royal, Corbin.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

6 of 22 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

22 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Auburn	Bowling Green	Building	2006
Bowling Green Historic District	Bowling Green	District	2003
Camden NHL	Port Royal	Building	1969
Caroline County Courthouse	Bowling Green	Building	1973
Edge Hill	Woodford	Building	1983
Gay Mont	Port Royal	Building	1972
Grace Episcopal Church	Corbin	Building	2019
Green Falls	Bowling Green	Building	1997
Grove, The	Hanover	Building	2009
Hazelwood	Port Royal	Site	1974
Jericho School	Ruther Glen	Building	2004
Meadow, The, Historic District (Additional Documentation II)	Doswell	District	2015
Moss Neck Manor	Rappahannock Academy	Building	1999
Mount Gideon	Hanover	Building	2020
Old Jail of Caroline County	Bowling Green	Building	2020
Old Mansion	Bowling Green	Building	1969
Port Royal Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Port Royal	District	1970
Prospect Hill	Fredericksburg	Building	1976
Riverview	Port Royal	Building	1994
Santee	Corbin	Building	1979
Spring Grove	Oak Corner	Building	1976
Townfield	Port Royal	Building	1994

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Caroline was formed in 1728 (1728-05-01) from Essex, King, Queen, King William.

CAROLINE created from ESSEX, KING AND QUEEN, and KING WILLIAM.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
17,489	17,438	18,008	17,813	18,464	17,243	16,709	15,954	13,945	12,471	12,725	17,904	22,121	30,887

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

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

Cemeteries — 30 of 30 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Anderson Family Cemetery	38.02818	-77.35303
Beasley Cemetery	38.01735	-77.2797
Bethel Cemetery	38.07218	-77.41968
Bethel United Methodist Cemetery	37.82723	-77.34557
Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery	37.93013	-77.48081
Concord Baptist Cemetery	37.85652	-77.37581
County Line Baptist Church Cemetery	38.00138	-77.58256
Eagles Nest Cemetery	38.04402	-77.14525
Evergreen Cemetery	38.02622	-77.33578
Grace Church Cemetery	38.19904	-77.38803
Green Lawn Cemetery	38.07054	-77.33862
Haynes Cemetery	38.02485	-77.23775
Hopewell Methodist Church Cemetery	38.14151	-77.43915
Lakewood Cemetery	38.063	-77.34652
Macedonia Cemetery	38.16179	-77.45109
Mount Dew Cemetery	38.20291	-77.28331
Mount Herman Cemetery	37.93041	-77.26692
Mount Horeb Baptist Church Cemetery	37.87272	-77.30566
Mount Lawn Cemetery	38.13474	-77.39124
Mount Vernon Cemetery	37.87671	-77.28457
Rehoboth United Methodist Church Cemetery	38.0103	-77.60088
Rollins Cemetery	38.0148	-77.18835
Rosehill Cemetery	37.9418	-77.37331
Round Oak Baptist Church Cemetery	38.20008	-77.38621
Saint Margarets Cemetery	37.92263	-77.45137
Saint Marys Cemetery	38.089	-77.50175
Saint Paul's Untited Methodist Church Cemetery	37.91694	-77.39356
Salem Baptist Church Cemetery	37.98977	-77.23381
Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery	37.92357	-77.22346
Wright's Burying Ground - Cemetery	38.01915	-77.46212

Historical populated places — 3 of 3

Name	Lat	Lon
Beale	37.98902	-77.24387
Santee	38.21874	-77.36082
Whites	38.03791	-77.18442

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
North Anna	14,022	20.2 km	VA055
Fredericksburg	15,262	28.8 km	VA028
Fredericksburg	11,920	30.9 km	VA034
Spotsylvania Court House	20,471	32.3 km	VA048
Hanover Courthouse	3,524	32.7 km	VA013
Salem Church	7,947	33.5 km	VA033

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

Historical markers

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