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Goochland County, Virginia

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
24historic places
—earliest paper
1728formed
24,727pop. 2020
4cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 24 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1968; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Goochland, Manakin-Sabot, Crozier.

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 Goochland titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

4 of 24 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

24 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
BelvidereHadensvilleDistrict2016
Ben DoverManakin-SabotDistrict2000
Bolling HallGoochlandBuilding1972
Bolling IslandGoochlandBuilding1990
BrightlyGoochlandBuilding2006
Byrd Presbyterian ChurchGoochlandBuilding2000
Dover Slave Quarter ComplexManakin-SabotBuilding2002
Elk HillGoochlandBuilding1979
First Union SchoolCrozierBuilding2009
Goochland County Court SquareGoochlandDistrict1970
Howard's Neck PlantationPembertonBuilding1972
Jackson Blacksmith ShopGoochlandBuilding1997
Lock-Keeper's HouseCedar PointStructure1974
Mount Bernard ComplexMaidensBuilding2005
Oak GroveManikan-SabotBuilding2009
Powell's TavernManakinBuilding1973
Rochambeau FarmManakin-SabotBuilding1999
Rock CastleRock CastleBuilding1970
Second Union SchoolGoochlandBuilding2006
SpringdaleCrozierBuilding2002
Tanglewood-037-5010MaidensBuilding2002
Tinsley TavernColumbiaBuilding2007
Tuckahoe NHLManakinDistrict1968
WoodlawnOilvilleBuilding1971

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Goochland was formed in 1728 (1728-05-01) from Henrico.

GOOCHLAND created from HENRICO.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

25k16k7,953179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
9,0539,69610,0079,76010,65610,2929,5198,8638,4548,9349,20611,76116,86324,727

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

Cemeteries — 4 of 4 listed
NameLatLon
Greenwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery37.59696-77.65422
Payne Cemetery37.84772-78.07194
Saint James Cemetery37.59126-77.64863
Saint Marys Cemetery37.58676-77.63001
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Stokes37.65487-78.04472

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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