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Gloucester County, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
36historic places
—earliest paper
1651formed
38,711pop. 2020
12cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 36 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Gloucester, White Marsh, Ware Neck.

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 Gloucester titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

10 of 36 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

36 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abingdon ChurchWhite MarshBuilding1970
Abingdon Glebe HouseGloucesterBuilding1970
AirvilleGloucesterBuilding1990
Burgh WestraGloucesterBuilding1976
Cappahosic HouseGloucesterBuilding2003
Fairfield SiteWhite MarshSite1973
Gloucester County Courthouse Square Historic DistrictGloucesterDistrict1973
Gloucester Downtown Historic DistrictGloucesterDistrict2010
Gloucester Point Archaeological DistrictGloucesterDistrict1985
Gloucester Women's ClubGloucesterBuilding1974
HockleyGloucesterBuilding2010
Holly Knoll NHLCapahosicBuilding1981
KempsvilleShacklefordsBuilding1978
KenwoodGloucesterBuilding2015
Lands EndNaxeraBuilding1974
Little EnglandGloucesterBuilding1970
Lowland CottageWare NeckBuilding1971
Point Lookout Archaeological SiteWhite MarshSite2014
Reed, Walter, BirthplaceBelroiBuilding1973
Reed, Walter, Birthplace (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation)GloucesterBuilding2015
Roaring SpringGloucesterBuilding1972
RosewellGloucesterSite1969
Shelly Archeological DistrictHayesDistrict1990
Site 44GL103-Quest EndSeldenSite2008
TimberneckWicomicoBuilding1979
ToddsburyGloucesterBuilding1969
Troop 111 Boy Scout CabinGloucesterBuilding2021
Union Zion Baptist Church and Pole Bridge CemeteryGloucesterDistrict2025
Walker, T.C., HouseGloucesterBuilding2009
Ware Neck Store and Post OfficeWare NeckBuilding2009
Ware Parish ChurchGloucesterBuilding1973
Warner HallGloucesterBuilding1980
Werowocomoco Archeological SiteGloucesterSite2006
White HallZanoniBuilding1984
Woodville SchoolOrdinaryBuilding2004
Zion Poplars Baptist ChurchGloucesterBuilding1999

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Gloucester was formed in 1651 (1651-12-31) from York.

[1651] GLOUCESTER created from YORK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

39k23k8,181179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
13,4988,1819,67810,71510,95611,87612,83211,8949,54810,34311,91920,10734,78038,711

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

12 cemeteries and 6 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 12 of 12 listed
NameLatLon
Abingdon Cemetery37.33264-76.51328
Gloucester Field Cemetery37.30514-76.52134
Newington Cemetery37.41749-76.54225
Oak Grove Cemetery37.35652-76.46634
Old Bellamy Cemetery37.40125-76.58912
Old Groves Memorial Cemetery37.31375-76.44856
Pole Bridge Cemetery37.40208-76.43995
Providence Cemetery37.31319-76.52856
Rosewell Memorial Garden37.31597-76.53078
Saint Pauls Cemetery37.36791-76.49967
Sinclair Cemetery37.35597-76.45522
Ware Cemetery37.42236-76.50773
Historical populated places — 6 of 6
NameLatLon
Bacons Quarters37.49125-76.60551
Concord37.36237-76.61162
Dixondale37.43208-76.46189
Dutton37.53236-76.62884
Valley Front37.39792-76.61634
Wareham37.47431-76.54606

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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