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Greensville County, Virginia

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3historic places

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1781formed

11,391pop. 2020

14cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1982. Most listings are in or near Jarratt, Emporia, Cowie Corner.

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 Greensville titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

1 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Batte, Alexander Watson, House	Jarratt	Building	1991
Green, John, Archaeological Sites	Emporia	Site	1985
Weaver House	Cowie Corner	Building	1982

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Greensville was formed in 1781 (1781-02-01) from Brunswick.

GREENSVILLE created from BRUNSWICK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,362	6,727	6,858	6,366	6,374	8,407	9,758	11,606	14,866	16,319	16,155	10,903	11,560	11,391

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

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

Cemeteries — 14 of 14 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bowen Cemetery	36.70486	-77.64859
Cowie Cemetery	36.80069	-77.55386
Falling Run Cemetery	36.67352	-77.54175
Greensville Memorial Cemetery	36.66959	-77.55026
Grigg Family Cemetery	36.79675	-77.47378
Harrison Cemetery	36.76354	-77.58901
Jones Cemetery	36.72014	-77.56276
Jones Cemetery	36.7421	-77.52636
Robinson Cemetery	36.56237	-77.60331
Round Hill Cemetery	36.65181	-77.59554
Saint Johns Cemetery	36.76517	-77.57348
Vincent Cemetery	36.54959	-77.5872
Wyche Cemetery	36.54959	-77.5847
Zion Cemetery	36.83236	-77.63998

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Gaskins	36.57154	-77.40553

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.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Sappony Church	852	30.9 km	VA067

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

Historical markers

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