Albemarle County, VA

Headnote
ALBEMARLE was formed, in 1744, from Goochland. Its length, from SW. to NE., is 35 miles, and its mean width 20 miles. The northern part is drained by the Rivanna and its branches; the southern by the Hardware and its branches. The surface is generally hilly or mountainous, the scenery picturesque, and much of the soil highly productive in corn and tobacco. Pop. 1830, 22,618; 1840, whites 10,512, slaves 13,809; total 22,924. (Historical Collections, 1852)
Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Virginia

Albemarle County, Virginia (Howe)

Gazetteer/Almanac
ALBEMARLE was formed, in 1744, from Goochland. Its length, from SW. to NE., is 35 miles, and its mean width 20 miles. The northern part is drained by the Rivanna and its branches; the southern by the Hardware and its branches. The surface is generally hilly or mountainous, the scenery picturesque, and much of the soil highly productive in corn and tobacco. Pop. 1830, 22,618; 1840, whites 10,512, slaves 13,809; total 22,924.
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia… (Charleston, SC: William R. Babcock, 1852), 164.
Date Type
William Fitzhugh Gordon, former Congressman from Virginia, dies in Albemarle County, Virginia Personal
Birthplace of
Name Type
Charlottesville, VA City or Town
Scottsville, VA City or Town
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