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Prince Edward County, Virginia

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

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13historic places

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1754formed

21,849pop. 2020

30cemeteries

5CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 13 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Farmville, Worsham, Briery.

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 13 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

13 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Briery Church	Briery	Building	1969
Buffalo Presbyterian Church	Pamplin	Building	1995
Debtor's Prison	Worsham	Building	1972
Falkland	Redd Shop	Building	1979
Farmville Historic District	Farmville	District	1989
First Baptist Church	Farmville	Building	2013
Hampden-Sydney College Historic District	Hampden-Sydney	District	1970
Longwood House	Farmville	Building	1984
Moton, Robert Russa, Boyhood Home	Rice	District	2014
Moton, Robert Russa, High School NHL	Farmville	Building	1995
Old Prince Edward County Clerk's Office	Worsham	Building	1979
Twin Lakes State Park	Green Bay	District	2012
Worsham High School	Farmville	Building	2010

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Prince Edward was formed in 1754 (1754-01-01) from Amelia.

PRINCE EDWARD created from AMELIA.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

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

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
8,100	10,962	12,577	14,069	11,844	14,668	15,045	14,767	14,922	15,398	14,121	16,456	19,720	21,849

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

30 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 30 of 30 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bagby Memorial Cemetery	37.20904	-78.25499
Bethel Grove Cemetery	37.27285	-78.33606
Bethpeor Cemetery	37.23653	-78.57666
Buffalo Cemetery	37.24014	-78.60055
Coleman Cemetery	37.3209	-78.46027
Douglas Cemetery	37.17682	-78.51254
High Bridge Cemetery	37.30472	-78.27919
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery	37.29165	-78.3955
Jamestown Cemetery	37.29792	-78.28833
Liberty Cemetery	37.13591	-78.31484
Little Rock Cemetery	37.29042	-78.51222
Monroe Baptist Church Cemetery	37.27184	-78.32321
Mount Moriah Cemetery	37.30789	-78.47595
Mount Pleasant Cemetery	37.13892	-78.44041
Mount Zion Cemetery	37.1799	-78.33405
New Bethel Cemetery	37.1262	-78.44942
New Wit Cemetery	37.18787	-78.42827
Oaks Cemetery	37.24057	-78.64164
Olive Branch Cemetery	37.29681	-78.61944
Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery	37.27077	-78.2906
Prospect Cemetery	37.29875	-78.54916
Saint Ann Cemetery	37.23292	-78.5675
Sharon Cemetery	37.20746	-78.33368
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery	37.2707	-78.60416
Spring Creek Cemetery	37.19264	-78.62555
Star Hope Cemetery	37.29542	-78.23222
Sulphur Spring Cemetery	37.26931	-78.59028
Trinity Memorial Gardens	37.27403	-78.31499
Union Presbyterian Seminary Cemetery	37.2408	-78.46547
Westview Cemetery	37.28794	-78.39818

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Jamestown	37.3246	-78.29166
Tredway	37.23487	-78.52166

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
High Bridge	657	13.0 km	VA095
Rice'S Station	602	13.5 km	VA092
Cumberland Church	1,806	14.3 km	VA094
Sailor'S Creek	3,467	19.9 km	VA093
Amelia Springs	3,268	31.3 km	VA091

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

Historical markers

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