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Charles City County, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
31historic places
—earliest paper
1634formed
6,773pop. 2020
8cemeteries
8CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 31 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Charles City, Hopewell, Ruthville.

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 Charles City titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 31 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

31 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Belle AirCharles CityBuilding1974
Berkeley NHLCharles CityBuilding1971
Cary, Lott, Birth SiteCharles CityBuilding1980
Charles City County CourthouseCharles CityBuilding1969
Dancing PointCharles CityDistrict2016
Dogham, DoggamsCharles CityBuilding1999
EdgewoodCharles CityBuilding1983
Eppes IslandHopewellDistrict1969
EvelyntonCharles CityBuilding1989
Fort PocahontasCharles CityStructure1999
Glebe of Westover ParishRuthvilleBuilding1975
GreenwayCharles CityBuilding1969
HardensLamptie HillBuilding1983
Hilton, Aaron, SiteCharles CitySite1997
KittiewanNew HopeBuilding1979
MargotsTettingtonBuilding1973
Mica SchoolCharles CityBuilding2025
Mount StirlingProvidence ForgeBuilding1993
Nance-Major House and StoreCharles CityBuilding2006
North BendWeyanokeBuilding1989
Parrish Hill Rosenwald SchoolCharles CityBuilding2025
Piney GroveHoldcroftBuilding1985
Poplar SpringsCharles CityBuilding1994
Shirley NHLCharles CityBuilding1969
Tyler, John, House NHLCharles CityBuilding1966
Upper ShirleyCharles CityBuilding1982
Upper WeyanokeCharles CityBuilding1980
Westover NHLCharles CityBuilding1966
Westover ChurchCharles CityBuilding1972
WeyanokeCharles CityDistrict1980
WoodburnCharles CityBuilding1978

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Charles City was formed in 1634 (1634-12-31) from unknown / original county.

[1634] CHARLES CITY created as one of the eight original shires.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

7,2565,7654,275179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
5,5885,3655,2554,7745,6095,5125,0404,7934,2754,6765,4926,6926,9266,773

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

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

Cemeteries — 8 of 8 listed
NameLatLon
Chapel Cemetery37.38236-77.0083
Elam Baptist Church Cemetery37.364-77.01787
Grace Chapel Cemetery37.38042-77.23886
Mapsico Cemetery37.32425-77.03766
Menoah Cemetery37.37764-77.01885
Mount Pleasant Cemetery37.43514-77.14108
Salem Cemetery37.38736-77.15692
Union Cemetery37.38208-77.05858
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Freetown37.37015-77.13192

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.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Saint Mary'S Church96410.4 kmVA066
Malvern Hill6,20317.9 kmVA021
White Oak Swamp7,87018.6 kmVA020
Glendale7,86718.9 kmVA060
Deep Bottom I10,92921.1 kmVA069
Deep Bottom Ii8,18121.5 kmVA071
Savage'S Station6,62525.7 kmVA019
Eltham'S Landing6,10426.0 kmVA011

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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