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Albemarle County, Virginia

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About Albemarle County

Albemarle County is located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Its county seat is Charlottesville, which is an independent city entirely surrounded by the county. Albemarle County is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 112,395.

Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Facts

Albemarle County at a glance

County seat
Charlottesville
Population
112,395 (2020)
Land area
726 sq mi
Founded
1744

Communities

Largest communities in Albemarle County

  1. Crozetpopulation 9,224
  2. Hollymeadpopulation 8,601
  3. University of Virginiapopulation 7,909
  4. Pantopspopulation 4,682
  5. Rivannapopulation 2,174

History

History of Albemarle County

At the time of European encounter, the inhabitants of the area that became Albemarle County were a Siouan-speaking tribe called the Saponi. In 1744, the Virginia General Assembly created Albemarle County from the western portion of Goochland County. The county was named in honor of Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle and titular Governor of Virginia at the time. The large county was partitioned in 1761, forming Buckingham and Amherst counties, at which time the county seat was moved from the formerly central Scottsville to a piece of newly central land, christened Charlottesville. In 1777, Albemarle County was divided and Fluvanna County established, finalizing the boundaries of modern Albemarle County.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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