Nelson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 14,445. Its county seat is Lovingston. It is also home to Wintergreen Resort, a local ski area; Swannanoa (mansion) a "summer home" for James H. Dooley of Richmond, VA and is the location of Walton's Mountain made famous by the television show, The Waltons. Nelson County is also home to many thriving vineyards and Crabtree Falls.
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Nelson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 14,445. Its county seat is Lovingston. It is also home to Wintergreen Resort, a local ski area; Swannanoa (mansion) a "summer home" for James H. Dooley of Richmond, VA and is the location of Walton's Mountain made famous by the television show, The Waltons. Nelson County is also home to many thriving vineyards and Crabtree Falls.
Nelson County is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Nelson County was established in 1807 from Amherst County, and the government actually formed in 1808. The county is named for Thomas Nelson, Jr., a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, who served as Governor of Virginia in 1781. An earlier Virginia county, also named to honor Governor Nelson, became part of Kentucky when that state was formed from Virginia in 1792. (see Nelson County, Kentucky).
On the night of August 19-20, 1969, Nelson County was the site of...
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