County Past
Home › Virginia › Charlottesville city

Charlottesville city, Virginia

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
73historic places
—earliest paper
1902formed
46,553pop. 2020
4cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 73 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Charlottesville (Independent City), Charlottesville, Charlottesville (Independent City).

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 Charlottesville city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

48 of 73 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

73 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abell-Gleason HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building2001
Albemarle County Courthouse Historic DistrictCharlottesville (Independent City)District1972
Anderson Brothers BuildingCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Armstrong Knitting FactoryCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Barringer MansionCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
BelmontCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Carter-Gilmer HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Charlottesville Coca-Cola Bottling WorksCharlottesville (Independent City)Building2013
Charlottesville Downtown Mall Historic DistrictCharlottesvilleDistrict2024
Charlottesville and Albemarle County Courthouse Historic DistrictCharlottesville (Independent City)District1982
Dabney-Thompson HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1984
Delevan Baptist ChurchCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
EnderlyCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Ficklin-Crawford CottageCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic DistrictCharlottesvilleBuilding2009
Foster Site, TheCharlottesville (Independent City)Site2016
Four AcresCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Fry's Spring Historic DistrictCharlottesville (Independent City)District2014
Gardner-Mays CottageCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Hard BargainCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1984
Holt, Charles B., HouseCharlottesvilleBuilding2006
Hotel Gleason/Albemarle Hotel, Imperial CafeCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1983
House at PireusCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1983
Jackson P. Burley High SchoolCharlottesvilleBuilding2020
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, ScupltureCharlottesville (Independent City)Object1997
James Minor HouseCharlottesvilleBuilding2025
Jefferson School, Carver Recreation Center, and School SiteCharlottesville (Independent City)Building2006
Jefferson, Martha, Historic DistrictCharlottesville (Independent City)District2008
King Lumber Company WarehouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1983
King-Runkle HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1983
Lee, Robert Edward, ScupltureCharlottesville (Independent City)Object1997
Lewis FarmCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Lewis, Meriwether and William Clark, SculptureCharlottesville (Independent City)Object1997
Locust GroveCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Marshall-Rucker-Smith HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1999
McConnell-Neve HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1983
McGuffey, William H., Primary SchoolCharlottesvilleBuilding2009
Memorial GymnasiumCharlottesville (Independent City)Building2004
Monroe HillCharlottesville (Independent City)Building2004
MontebelloCharlottesville (Independent City)Building2003
MoreaCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1984
Mount Zion Baptist ChurchCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1992
North Belmont Neighborhood Historic DistrictCharlottesville (Independent City)District2018
Oak LawnCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1973
Oakhurst-Gildersleeve Neighborhood Historic DistrictCharlottesvilleDistrict2009
Patton MansionCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Paxton PlaceCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Peyton-Ellington BuildingCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Piereus StoreCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1983
Pitts-IngeCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Preston Court ApartmentsCharlottesville (Independent City)Building2007
RecoletaCharlottesville (Independent City)Building2004
Ridge Street Historic DistrictCharlottesville (Independent City)District1982
Robertson, Judge William J., HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1999
Rotunda, University of Virginia NHLCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1966
Rugby Road-University Corner Historic DistrictCharlottesville (Independent City)District1984
StonefieldCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1984
SunnysideCharlottesville (Independent City)Building2003
Thomas Jefferson InnCharlottesvilleDistrict2025
Thomas and Alena Hammond HouseCharlottesvilleBuilding2026
Timberlake-Branham HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1984
Tonsler, Benjamin, HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1983
Turner-LaRowe HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1983
University Of Virginia Historic District NHLCharlottesville (Independent City)District1970
Updike, Robert L., HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1983
Vowles, John, HouseCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1989
Wertland Street Historic DistrictCharlottesville (Independent City)District1985
West Main Street Historic DistrictCharlottesville (Independent City)District2017
White Cross-Huntley HallCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Woolen Mills ChapelCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Woolen Mills Village Historic DistrictCharlottesvilleDistrict2010
WyndhurstCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982
Young BuildingCharlottesville (Independent City)Building1982

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

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

Charlottesville made an independent city from ALBEMARLE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

47k27k6,44919001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
6,44910,68819,40025,96929,42739,91645,04946,553

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

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

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed
NameLatLon
Hebrew Cemetery - Charlottesville38.02441-78.48457
Maplewood Cemetery38.0327-78.47375
Oakwood Cemetery38.02541-78.48584
Riverview Cemetery38.02537-78.45796

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

Marker text and photos from the Historical Marker Database (HMdb) are not embedded here. HMdb allows non-commercial reuse with attribution, but commercial/compensated use needs written permission; this is a commercial site, so we only link out.

Search HMdb for Charlottesville city County, Virginia

Terms: hmdb.org/copyright.asp. Linking is encouraged by HMdb.