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Lunenburg County, Virginia

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
11historic places
—earliest paper
1746formed
11,936pop. 2020
16cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 11 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1972. Most listings are in or near Kenbridge, Victoria, Fort Mitchell.

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 Lunenburg titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 11 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

11 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
BechelbronnVictoriaBuilding2008
BricklandKenbridgeBuilding2005
Eubank HallFort MitchellBuilding2007
Fifth Avenue Historic DistrictKenbridgeDistrict2006
Flat RockKenbridgeBuilding1979
Fort Mitchell DepotFort MitchellBuilding2009
Jones FarmKenbridgeBuilding1996
Lunenburg Courthouse Historic DistrictLunenburgDistrict1972
Spring BankLunenburg CourthouseBuilding2007
Victoria High SchoolVictoriaBuilding1996
WoodburnChase CityBuilding2021

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Lunenburg was formed in 1746 (1746-05-01) from Brunswick.

LUNENBURG created from BRUNSWICK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

15k12k8,959179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
8,95910,38110,66211,05511,98311,53511,70515,26013,84414,11612,52312,12413,14611,936

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

16 cemeteries and 3 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 16 of 16 listed
NameLatLon
Bailey Cemetery36.82986-78.18277
Bell Cemetery36.84458-78.24888
Bruce Cemetery37.08947-78.36843
Gregory Cemetery36.91458-78.43277
Hite Cemetery36.80597-78.08916
Kenbridge Heights Cemetery36.96102-78.1374
Lakeview Cemetery36.99264-78.21555
Manson Cemetery36.89236-78.075
Marshall Cemetery36.8857-78.09972
McDaniel Cemetery36.86958-78.04694
Neblett Cemetery36.86764-78.08389
Oakwood Cemetery36.98542-78.21888
Saint James Cemetery36.87208-78.13305
Spencer Cemetery37.06876-78.33638
Staples Cemetery37.0457-78.38721
Wilkinson Cemetery36.89431-78.05916
Historical populated places — 3 of 3
NameLatLon
Laurel Hill37.09126-78.255
Non Intervention36.9057-78.13278
Yatesville36.8607-78.36527

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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