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Norfolk city, Virginia

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70historic places
—earliest paper
1902formed
238,005pop. 2020
12cemeteries
2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 70 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Norfolk (Independent City), Norfolk, Norfolk (Independent City).

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 Norfolk city titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

33 of 70 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

70 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Allmand-Archer HouseNorfolk (Independent City)Building1971
American Cigar CompanyNorfolkBuilding2009
Attucks TheatreNorfolk (Independent City)Building1982
Ballentine Place Historic DistrictNorfolk (Independent City)District2003
Berkley North Historic District (Additional Documentation)Norfolk (Independent City)District2000
Berkley North Historic District (Boundary Decrease)Norfolk (Independent City)District2025
Boush-Tazewell HouseNorfolk (Independent City)Building1974
Chesterfield Heights Historic DistrictNorfolk (Independent City)District2003
Christ and St. Luke's ChurchNorfolk (Independent City)Building1979
Colonial PlaceNorfolkDistrict2002
Cruser Place Historic DistrictNorfolkDistrict2021
Diggs, J. Eugene, HouseNorfolkBuilding2020
Downtown Norfolk Financial Historic DistrictNorfolkDistrict2023
Downtown Norfolk Historic DistrictNorfolk (Independent City)District1987
Downtown Norfolk Historic District (Boundary Increase)Norfolk (Independent City)District2001
Elmwood CemeteryNorfolk (Independent City)District2013
Epworth United Methodist ChurchNorfolk (Independent City)Building1997
First Baptist ChurchNorfolk (Independent City)Building1983
First Calvary Baptist ChurchNorfolk (Independent City)Building1987
Fort NorfolkNorfolk (Independent City)District1976
Freemason Street Baptist ChurchNorfolk (Independent City)Building1971
Ghent Historic DistrictNorfolk (Independent City)District1980
Granby Street Suburban Institutional CorridorNorfolkDistrict2024
James Blair Junior High SchoolNorfolk (Independent City)Building2000
Jamestown Exposition Site BuildingsNorfolk (Independent City)District1975
KenmureNorfolk (Independent City)Building1988
Lafayette Grammar and High SchoolNorfolk (Independent City)Building1983
Lafayette Residence ParkNorfolk (Independent City)District1999
Lambert's Point Knitting Mill (122-0934)Norfolk (Independent City)Building2006
Monticello ArcadeNorfolk (Independent City)Building1975
Myers, Moses, HouseNorfolk (Independent City)Building1970
Norfolk AcademyNorfolk (Independent City)Building1969
Norfolk Auto Row Historic DistrictNorfolkDistrict2014
Norfolk Auto Row Historic DistrictNorfolk (Independent City)District2019
Norfolk Azalea GardenNorfolk (Independent City)Site2005
Norfolk City HallNorfolk (Independent City)Building1972
Norfolk Cultural and Convention CenterNorfolkDistrict2026
Norfolk Fire Department Station No. 12NorfolkBuilding2020
Norfolk and Western Railroad Historic DistrictNorfolk (Independent City)District2015
North GhentNorfolk (Independent City)District2001
Old Norfolk City HallNorfolk (Independent City)Building1981
Park Place Historic DistrictNorfolk (Independent City)District2006
Park Place Historic District (Boundary Increase)Norfolk (Independent City)District2017
Poplar HallNorfolk (Independent City)Building1997
Queen Street Baptist ChurchNorfolk (Independent City)Building2006
RiverviewNorfolk (Independent City)District1999
Saint Mary's Catholic CemeteryNorfolk (Independent City)District2001
Seaboard Air Line Railway BuildingNorfolk (Independent City)Building2013
Security Storage and Safe Deposit Company WarehouseNorfolk (Independent City)Building2014
Southern Bagging CompanyNorfolk (Independent City)Building2007
St. John's African Methodist Episcopal ChurchNorfolk (Independent City)Building1986
St. Mary's ChurchNorfolk (Independent City)Building1979
St. Paul's ChurchNorfolk (Independent City)Building1971
St. Peter's Episcopal ChurchNorfolkBuilding2010
Talbot HallNorfolk (Independent City)Building2016
Talbot Park ApartmentsNorfolkDistrict2025
Taylor-Whittle HouseNorfolk (Independent City)Building1971
U.S. CustomhouseNorfolk (Independent City)Building1970
US Post Office and CourthouseNorfolk (Independent City)Building1984
USS WISCONSIN (BB-64) battleshipNorfolk (Independent City)Structure2012
Virginia Bank and Trust BuildingNorfolk (Independent City)Building1984
Virginia Ice & Freezing Corporation Cold Storage WarehouseNorfolkBuilding2009
Virginia National Bank Headquarters Historic DistrictNorfolk (Independent City)District2016
Wells TheatreNorfolk (Independent City)Building1980
West Freemason Street Area Historic District (Additional Documentation)Norfolk (Independent City)District1972
West Point CemeteryNorfolk (Independent City)District2007
Williamston-Woodland Historic DistrictNorfolkDistrict2014
Willoughby-Baylor HouseNorfolk (Independent City)Building1971
WinonaNorfolk (Independent City)District2001
Zion Methodist ChurchNorfolk (Independent City)Building2007

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Norfolk (Ic) was formed in 1902 (1902-07-10) from unknown / original county.

Norfolk made an independent city from NORFOLK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Norfolk city population from 1900 to 2020 (Census historical series).

308k177k47k19001920196020002020
19001920194019501960198020002020
46,624115,777144,332213,513305,872266,979234,403238,005

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

12 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 12 of 12 listed
NameLatLon
Calvary Cemetery36.86244-76.2602
Cedar Grove Cemetery36.85876-76.28272
Elmwood Cemetery36.86126-76.28216
Forest Lawn Cemetery36.92543-76.26522
Hebrew Cemetery36.85682-76.27216
Magnolia Cemetery36.83097-76.27716
Mount Olive Cemetery36.82875-76.27355
Mount Pleasant Cemetery36.91825-76.27936
Riverside Memorial Park36.83379-76.26748
Saint Mary's Catholic Cemetery36.87431-76.28022
West Point Cemetery36.86111-76.285
Woodlawn Memorial Gardens36.84972-76.185
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
NameLatLon
Fox Hall36.8682-76.24827
New Town36.82959-76.19827
Pine Beach36.95015-76.328
Ruxton36.8757-76.25022
Tanners Cross Roads36.91598-76.25188

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.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Big Bethel88622.7 kmVA003
Suffolk /Norfleet House40333.9 kmVA030

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

Historical markers

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