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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Nelson County

 
Clickable Map of Nelson County, Virginia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Nelson County, VA (46) Albemarle County, VA (152) Amherst County, VA (41) Appomattox County, VA (106) Augusta County, VA (95) Buckingham County, VA (40) Rockbridge County, VA (58)  NelsonCounty(46) Nelson County (46)  AlbemarleCounty(152) Albemarle County (152)  AmherstCounty(41) Amherst County (41)  AppomattoxCounty(106) Appomattox County (106)  AugustaCounty(95) Augusta County (95)  BuckinghamCounty(40) Buckingham County (40)  RockbridgeCounty(58) Rockbridge County (58)
Lovingston is the county seat for Nelson County
Adjacent to Nelson County, Virginia
Albemarle County (152)  
Amherst County (41)  
Appomattox County (106)  
Augusta County (95)  
Buckingham County (40)  
Rockbridge County (58)  
 
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1 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — W-177 — Blue Ridge Parkway
2 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — RA-7 — Blue Ridge Tunnel
3 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — Claudius Crozet — The Blue Ridge Tunnel
4 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — Crozet Blue Ridge Tunnel — National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
5 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — East Trailhead — Blue Ridge Tunnel
6 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — W-219 — Flight of Richard C. duPont
7 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — W-239 — Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District
8 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — Z-111 — Nelson County / Augusta County
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9 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — Rockfish Gap
10 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — W-218 — Rockfish Gap Meeting
11 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — The Blue Ridge Railroad — The Blue Ridge Tunnel
12 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — The Laborers — The Blue Ridge Tunnel
13 Virginia, Nelson County, Afton — Virginia's Nineteenth-Century Transportation Challenges — The Blue Ridge Tunnel
14 Virginia, Nelson County, Arrington — R-58 — Birthplace of Rives
15 Virginia, Nelson County, Arrington — Earl Henry Hamner, Jr. — July 10, 1923 - March 24, 2016
16 Virginia, Nelson County, Arrington — Jimmy Fortune — March 11, 1955 -
17 Virginia, Nelson County, Arrington — R-57 — Oak Ridge Estate
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18 Virginia, Nelson County, Colleen — R-81 — Cabellsville
19 Virginia, Nelson County, Covesville — Z-21 — Nelson County / Albemarle County
20 Virginia, Nelson County, Faber — R-51 — Hurricane Camille
21 Virginia, Nelson County, Lodebar — RA-4 — Rockfish Church
22 Virginia, Nelson County, Lovingston — R-50 — Boyhood Home of Colonel John Mosby
23 Virginia, Nelson County, Lovingston — Confederate Memorial
24 Virginia, Nelson County, Lovingston — Hurricane Camille Memorial
25 Virginia, Nelson County, Lovingston — R-56 — Lovingston
26 Virginia, Nelson County, Lovingston — Lovingston High School
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27 Virginia, Nelson County, Lovingston — Nelson County Courthouse
28 Virginia, Nelson County, Lovingston — Nelson County World War II Memorial
29 Virginia, Nelson County, Lovingston — Nelson County World War Memorial
30 Virginia, Nelson County, Lovingston — Nelson Memorial Library — [Flood of 1969 Memorial]
31 Virginia, Nelson County, Massie's Mill — Hurricane Camille
32 Virginia, Nelson County, Massie's Mill — OQ-4 — Thomas Massie
33 Virginia, Nelson County, Montebello — 20-Minute Cliff
34 Virginia, Nelson County, Nellysford — RA-6 — William H. Crawford
35 Virginia, Nelson County, Norwood — R-82 — Boyhood Home of Rev. Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin (1869-1939) — "Father of Colonial Williamsburg"
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36 Virginia, Nelson County, Piney River — American Cyanamid — The Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail
37 Virginia, Nelson County, Piney River — Hurricane Camille — The Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail
38 Virginia, Nelson County, Piney River — The Rivers — The Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail
39 Virginia, Nelson County, Piney River — The Scale House — The Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail
40 Virginia, Nelson County, Piney River — The Virginia Blue Ridge Railway — The Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail
41 Virginia, Nelson County, Piney River — RA-3 — Virginia Blue Ridge Railway
42 Virginia, Nelson County, Shipman — OQ-6 — Peter Cartwright — (1 Sept. 1785 – 25 Sept. 1872)
43 Virginia, Nelson County, White Rock — Old Mountain Homesite — George Washington National Forest
44 Virginia, Nelson County, Wingina — Z-282 — Buckingham County / Nelson County
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45 Virginia, Nelson County, Wingina — OQ-5 — William Cabell
46 Virginia, Nelson County, Wintergreen — R-51 — Hurricane Camille
 
 
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Sep. 9, 2026