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In 1744, the Virginia General Assembly
created Albemarle County by taking the northern 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 this time. The large
county was divided in 1761, forming Buckingham and Amherst counties, at which time the county seat was moved from
the formerly centrally located Scottsville to a piece of newly central land, Charlottesville.
President Thomas Jefferson was born in the county at Shadwell, though it was a part of Goochland County at that
time. His home of Monticello is located in the county.
2009 Population: 88,726 | Area: 723 Sq Miles | County Seat: Charlottesville
National Protected Area
Shenandoah National Park
PARKS:
Beaver Creek Lake -- Chris Greene Lake -- Charlotte Y Humphris Park
Darden Towe -- Dorrier Park -- Ivy Creek Natural Area -- Mint Springs Valley Park
Ragged Mountain Natural Area -- Simpson Park -- Totier Creek
Walnut Creek Park
Towns & Unincorporated Towns
Scottsville - Barboursville - Crozet - Earlysville -- Free Union - Ivy - Keene - Keswick
Notable Residents
Chilton Allan
- David Bailey
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Dabney Smith Carr
- Christopher Henderson Clark - Edward Coles - Greensville Dowell -
James T Farley
- James Walker Gons
- John Grisham
- John Harvie
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Samuel Hopkins
- Thomas Jefferson
- Walter Leake - Meriweather Lewis -
Howie Long - Joseph Martin - Dave Matthews - James
Monroe -
Sissy Spacek
- Bebe Williams - William Wirt
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