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Colonial Heights city, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
8historic places
—earliest paper
1948formed
18,170pop. 2020
—cemeteries
30CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 8 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Colonial Heights (Independent City), Colonial Heights, Colonial Heights (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 Colonial Heights city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

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

8 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Chesterfield Highlands Historic DistrictColonial HeightsDistrict2013
Conjurer's Field Archeological Site (44CF20)Colonial Heights (Independent city)Site1990
Conjurer's Neck Archeological DistrictColonial Heights (Independent City)District2003
EllerslieColonial Heights (Independent City)Building1973
Fort Clifton Archeological SiteColonial Heights (Independent City)Site1981
Oak HillColonial Heights (Independent City)Building1974
Violet BankColonial Heights (Independent City)Building1974
Violet Bank Historic DistrictColonial Heights (Independent City)District2015

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Colonial Hts. (Ic) was formed in 1948 (1948-03-19) from unknown / original county.

Colonial Heights made independent city from CHESTERFIELD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Colonial Heights city population from 1950 to 2020 (Census historical series).

18k12k6,07719501960199020002020
19501960198020002020
6,0779,58716,50916,89718,170

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).

SiteTypeDist.
Petersburg National BattlefieldNational Battlefield3.9 km

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

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

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

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Swift Creek3,3812.3 kmVA050
Crater1,3354.7 kmVA070
Fort Stedman2,8484.8 kmVA084
Petersburg1,3275.5 kmVA098
Port Walthall Junction8465.9 kmVA047
Ware Bottom Church4,5837.8 kmVA054
Petersburg9,4208.2 kmVA089
Jerusalem Plank Road1,2709.2 kmVA065
Globe Tavern1,45410.0 kmVA072
Chester Station1,30110.5 kmVA051
Peebles' Farm2,62812.9 kmVA074
Drewry'S Bluff4,75315.1 kmVA012
Proctor'S Creek4,75315.1 kmVA053
Sutherland'S Station56916.1 kmVA090
Boydton Plank Road2,71417.0 kmVA079
Hatcher'S Run5,84617.0 kmVA083
White Oak Road4,54717.9 kmVA087
Ream'S Station2,62918.6 kmVA068
Ream'S Station5,57419.4 kmVA073
Lewis'S Farm1,01619.7 kmVA085
New Market Heights11,82819.8 kmVA075
Deep Bottom I10,92920.9 kmVA069
Malvern Hill6,20321.3 kmVA021
Deep Bottom Ii8,18122.6 kmVA071
Darbytown And New Market5,61922.8 kmVA077
Darbytown Road4,26923.8 kmVA078
Five Forks2,11824.0 kmVA088
Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road7,88924.8 kmVA080
Dinwiddie Court House4,83725.4 kmVA086
Namozine Church26729.9 kmVA124

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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