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King George County, Virginia

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15historic places

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1721formed

26,723pop. 2020

21cemeteries

4CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 15 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Port Conway, King George, King George Court House.

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 King George titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 15 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

15 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Belle Grove	Port Conway	Building	1973
Bunche, Ralph, High School	King George	Building	2006
Cleydael	Weedonville	Building	1986
Eagle's Nest	Ambar	Building	1992
Emmanuel Church	Port Conway	Building	1987
Lamb's Creek Church	Sealston	Building	1972
Marmion	Comorn	Building	1970
Millbank	Port Conway	District	2005
Nanzatico	King George Court House	Building	1969
Office Hall	King George Court House	Building	1991
Powhatan Rural Historic District	King George	District	1992
Rokeby	King George	Building	2005
St. Paul's Church	Owens	Building	1973
White Plains	King George	District	2019
Woodlawn Historic and Archeological District	Port Conway	District	1991

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

King George was formed in 1721 (1721-04-23) from Richmond.

KING GEORGE created from RICHMOND.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,366	6,749	6,116	5,927	6,571	6,397	6,918	5,762	5,431	6,710	7,243	10,543	16,803	26,723

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).

Site	Type	Dist.
George Washington Birthplace National Monument	National Monument	23.4 km
Thomas Stone National Historic Site	National Historic Site	30.2 km

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

21 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 21 of 21 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery	38.26055	-77.14421
Bumbrey Cemetery	38.33735	-77.10053
Emmanuel Episcopal Church Cemetery	38.17964	-77.186
Fletchers Chapel Cemetery	38.29736	-77.31529
Good Hope Baptist Church Cemetery	38.27429	-77.04687
Hanover Baptist Church Cemetery	38.26791	-77.13885
Little Ark Baptist Church Cemetery	38.35457	-77.07747
Lucas Cemetery	38.27041	-77.04581
Mildale Cemetery	38.26291	-77.07747
Montague Baptist Church Cemetery	38.24493	-77.18797
Oakland Cemetery	38.28763	-77.32054
Oakland Cemetery	38.33763	-77.08664
Peoples Union Baptist Church Cemetery	38.30929	-77.22915
Round Hill Baptist Church Cemetery	38.25208	-77.0572
Saint Anthonys Cemetery	38.26896	-77.18949
Saint Pauls Episcopal Church Cemetery	38.33283	-77.12487
Saint Stephens Baptist Church Cemetery	38.28763	-77.2297
Salem Baptist Church Cemetery	38.1968	-77.13247
Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery	38.22124	-77.10803
Spy Hill Cemetery	38.28263	-77.03886
Union Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery	38.28819	-77.11664

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
Aquia Creek	2,552	17.9 km	VA002
Fredericksburg	15,262	25.5 km	VA028
Fredericksburg	11,920	28.6 km	VA034
Salem Church	7,947	31.1 km	VA033

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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