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Nelson County
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county in Virginia, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- Thomas Nelson Jr.
- Seat
- Lovingston
- Largest community
- Nellysford
- Total
- 474 sq mi (1,230 km )
- Land
- 471 sq mi (1,220 km )
- Water
- 3.5 sq mi (9.1 km ) 0.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 14,920
- Density
- 31.4/sq mi (12.1/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- www .nelsoncounty-va .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Nelson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,775. Its county seat is Lovingston. Nelson County is part of the Charlottesville metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nelson County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.