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Isle of Wight County, Virginia

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21historic places

—earliest paper

1634formed

38,606pop. 2020

11cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 21 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Smithfield, Windsor, Rushmere.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 21 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

21 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Basses Choice-Days Point Archeological District	Rushmere	District	1983
Boykin's Tavern	Isle of Wight	Building	1974
Fort Boykin Archaeological Site (44IW20)	Smithfield	Site	1985
Fort Huger	Smithfield	Site	2008
Four Square	Smithfield	Building	1979
Gwaltney, P.D., Jr., House	Smithfield	Building	1999
Isle of Wight County Courthouse Complex	Smithfield	District	2019
Ivy Hill Cemetery	Smithfield	District	2007
Jordan, Joseph, House	Raynor	Building	1979
Nike-Ajax Missile Launch Site N-75L	Carrollton	District	2019
Oak Crest	Franklin	Building	1999
Old Isle of Wight Courthouse	Smithfield	Building	1970
Parker, Col. Josiah, Family Cemetery	Smithfield	Site	2004
Poplar Hill	Smithfield	Building	1995
Rand, William, Tavern	Smithfield	Building	2004
Saunders, Henry, House	Windsor	Building	2004
Scott, William, Farmstead	Windsor	Building	1991
Smithfield Historic District	Smithfield	District	1973
St. Luke's Church NHL	Smithfield	Building	1966
Tynes, Robert, House	Smithfield	Building	2007
Windsor Castle Farm	Smithfield	Building	2000

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Isle Of Wight was formed in 1634 (1634-12-31) from unknown / original county.

[1634] WARROSQUYOAKE (renamed ISLE OF WIGHT in 1637) created as one of the eight original shires.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Isle of Wight County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
9,028	9,342	10,139	9,972	9,977	10,572	13,102	14,433	13,381	14,906	17,164	21,603	29,728	38,606

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

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

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Cemetery	36.82875	-76.78246
Battery Park Cemetery	36.98959	-76.57328
Beaver Dam Cemetery	36.70764	-76.86412
Bethany Cemetery	37.01709	-76.68384
Christian Home Cemetery	36.8757	-76.60884
Evergreen Cemetery	36.97709	-76.63634
Mill Swamp Cemetery	36.98903	-76.81412
Saint Luke's Cemetery	36.94171	-76.58693
Shiloh Cemetery	36.81625	-76.6919
Tyler Cemetery	36.79681	-76.72912
Windsor Cemetery	36.80283	-76.73888

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Pates Field	37.00987	-76.60662

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
Suffolk / Hill'S Point	625	17.7 km	VA031
Suffolk /Norfleet House	403	19.7 km	VA030

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

Historical markers

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