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Historic places in Virginia

Virginia had 3,451 listed places as of May 22, 2026, according to the National Register of Historic Places.

3,451
Listings
Rank 7 of 51 states and DC by listings; a tie shares a rank.
130
National Historic Landmarks
Listings the file gives a National Historic Landmark designation date.
887
Historic districts
A district is one listing however many buildings it holds.
163
Counties with a listing
Counties and independent cities, as the file names them.
174
Restricted listings
Counted in every total; the file withholds where they are.
38.9
Per 100,000 residents
Listings over the Census Bureau’s 2025 population.

No street is shown for any listing, and a restricted listing carries no city.

Counties in Virginia

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Counties in Virginia with a listing on the National Register, most listings first
CountyListings
Richmond (independent city)223
Loudoun102
Albemarle101
Montgomery74
Arlington68
Fauquier68
Charlottesville (independent city)63
Augusta60
Fairfax59
Rockbridge55
Norfolk (independent city)54
Lynchburg (independent city)52
Prince William50
Roanoke (independent city)48
Hanover46
Alexandria (independent city)45
Rockingham44
Clarke43
Halifax41
Petersburg (independent city)40
Shenandoah40
Richmond39
Amherst37
Gloucester36
Henrico36
Orange35
Page35
Staunton (independent city)34
Frederick33
Accomack32
Botetourt31
Charles City31
Culpeper30
Mecklenburg30
Northampton30
Bedford29
Chesterfield29
Roanoke28
Franklin27
Hampton (independent city)27
Nelson27
Newport News (independent city)27
Northumberland27
Pittsylvania26
Westmoreland26
Bath25
Smyth25
Goochland24
Pulaski24
Suffolk (independent city)24
Tazewell24
Virginia Beach (independent city)24
Fredericksburg (independent city)23
Louisa23
Caroline22
King William22
Portsmouth (independent city)22
Wise22
Wythe22
Isle Of Wight21
Madison21
Powhatan21
Warren21
Charlotte20
Henry20
Surry20
Campbell19
Dinwiddie19
Essex19
James City19
Stafford19
Middlesex18
New Kent18
Rappahannock18
Southampton18
Washington18
Cumberland17
King And Queen17
Salem (independent city)17
Spotsylvania17
Winchester (independent city)17
Fluvanna16
Mathews16
Alleghany15
Danville (independent city)15
King George15
Lexington (independent city)15
Lancaster14
Norfolk13
Prince Edward13
York13
Brunswick12
Buckingham12
Giles12
Nottoway12
Patrick12
Russell12
Virginia Beach12
Hopewell (independent city)11
Lunenburg11
Lynchburg11
Newport News11
Petersburg11
Williamsburg (independent city)11
Amelia10
Carroll10
Charlottesville10
Harrisonburg (independent city)10
Prince George10
Scott10
Sussex10
Waynesboro (independent city)10
Bristol (independent city)9
Danville9
Floyd9
Winchester9
Appomattox8
Grayson8
Greene8
Colonial Heights (independent city)7
Craig7
Emporia (independent city)7
Fairfax (independent city)7
Hampton7
Highland7
Lee7
Staunton7
Alexandria6
Bedford (independent city)6
Radford (independent city)6
Chesapeake (independent city)5
Franklin (independent city)5
Fredericksburg5
Martinsville (independent city)5
Suffolk5
Bland4
Buena Vista (independent city)4
Chesapeake4
Falls Church (independent city)4
Galax4
Manassas (independent city)4
Buena Vista3
Covington (independent city)3
Greensville3
Harrisonburg3
Williamsburg3
Lexington2
Martinsville2
Portsmouth2
Salem2
Albemarle (independent city)1
Bristol1
Buchanan1
Chesterfield (independent city)1
Colonial Heights1
Covington1
Dickenson1
Galax (independent city)1
Henrico (independent city)1
Hopewell1
Manassas1
Radford1
Waynesboro1

Counties in Virginia ranked by listings

By category

Places on the National Register in Virginia by the register’s category
CategoryListingsShare of the state’s listings
building2,25265.3%
district88725.7%
site1845.3%
structure862.5%
object351.0%
not stated70.2%

By year listed

Today’s listings by the year each was listed, not the size of the register in that year: a place removed from the register is not in the file.

The most places listed in Virginia in one year is 130, in 2002

Places on the National Register in Virginia by the year each was listed, as the file holds them today. A year with no column had no listing in the file.

Today’s listings by the year each was listed, not the size of the register in that year: a place removed from the register is not in the file.

The year 2026 is not drawn: the year is not over, and the file’s newest listed date is May 21, 2026. Its 14 listings are in the table.

Source: The National Park Service

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The figures

The most places listed in Virginia in one year is 130, in 2002. Places on the National Register in Virginia by the year each was listed, as the file holds them today. A year with no column had no listing in the file.
Year listedListings
196645
19671
19681
1969113
197077
197134
197273
1973110
197472
197542
197652
197716
197853
1979103
198085
198111
1982120
198371
198454
198571
198629
198737
198819
198990
199039
199188
199258
199337
199441
199552
199638
199759
199828
199968
200063
200135
2002130
200370
2004119
200581
200692
2007103
200884
200978
201043
201152
201248
201358
201448
201539
201649
201748
201827
201960
202045
202135
202236
202332
202440
202533
Places on the National Register in Virginia by the year listed
YearListings
196645
19671
19681
1969113
197077
197134
197273
1973110
197472
197542
197652
197716
197853
1979103
198085
198111
1982120
198371
198454
198571
198629
198737
198819
198990
199039
199188
199258
199337
199441
199552
199638
199759
199828
199968
200063
200135
2002130
200370
2004119
200581
200692
2007103
200884
200978
201043
201152
201248
201358
201448
201539
201649
201748
201827
201960
202045
202135
202236
202332
202440
202533
202614

States by listings per 100,000 residents · States by National Historic Landmarks · Counties by listings

Compared with its neighbors

Virginia elsewhere on the Factbook

  • Reported crime Crime and justice

    Offenses reported to police by type, the trend, and the reporting coverage.

  • Cities by violent crime rate in Virginia Crime and justice

    What each agency serving 25,000 or more reported, ranked. Agency populations overlap, so these do not add up to the state.

  • Prison population Crime and justice

    People held under the state’s correctional authority, and the imprisonment rate. A different publisher counting a different thing.

  • Arrests by race, sex and age Crime and justice

    Arrests as the FBI’s participating agencies reported them, with what the figures can and cannot support at the top.

  • Hate crime Crime and justice

    Incidents reported to the FBI by bias motivation, as counts — the collection publishes no participation share, so there is no rate to compare states on.

  • Federal obligations Federal spending

    What federal agencies obligated against a place of performance in the state, per resident and by agency.

  • Registered nonprofits Nonprofits

    How many organizations the IRS lists in the state, what they report as revenue, and which kinds of work they do.

  • Payments to doctors Health

    What drug and device companies reported paying doctors with a practice address in the state, and the largest recipients.

  • Immigration courts Immigration and the border

    The EOIR courts sitting in the state, what they completed and still have pending, and how far apart their asylum grant rates are. The courts, not the state’s residents: a detention court hears cases from far outside it.

  • Farm program payments Farm subsidies

    What the Farm Service Agency paid through the state’s county offices, by program and by recipient. The offices that administered the payments, not a count of farms: a recipient addressed elsewhere is counted where they were paid.

  • Paycheck Protection Program loans PPP loans

    The PPP loans SBA guaranteed to businesses operating in the state, by county, with how many carry a forgiveness amount and how many were charged off. Loans, not businesses: a business with two draws is two loans.

  • Population, age, income and origin Demographics

    The Census Bureau's population estimates year by year, with births, deaths and migration, and age, income, poverty, housing and origin from the American Community Survey, each with its margin of error.

  • Public schools Schools

    Pupils, schools and teachers, the largest districts, what districts spend per pupil and where the money comes from, and the colleges that take federal student aid.

  • Banks and credit unions Banks and credit unions

    The FDIC-insured banks headquartered in the state and their offices, and the credit unions based there and their sites, each per resident and against every other state.

  • Housing Housing

    The homes under HUD’s rental assistance programs in the state, by program and county, and its tax-credit housing, each per resident and against every other state.

  • Mortgage lending Mortgage lending

    The mortgage applications, loans and denials lenders reported in the state under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and its largest lenders and counties.

  • Cost of living Cost of living

    BEA’s price level for the state against the nation, for goods, rents, utilities and other services, and its metro areas beside it.

  • Treatment facilities Treatment facilities

    Substance use and mental health treatment listings in the state, as SAMHSA’s directories print them: not a license, a rating or a recommendation.

  • Health centers Health centers

    Community health center sites in the state, from HRSA’s Data Warehouse, by county and by the organization that runs them: no rating and no recommendation.

  • Pandemic relief Pandemic relief

    COVID-19 relief obligated to the state’s government, from PRAC’s state workbook, by awarding agency: not every award made in the state, and no PPP loan.

  • County health County health

    CDC’s model-based estimates of adult health, risk behaviors and prevention for every county in the state, each with its 95% interval.

  • Health care exclusions Health care program exclusions

    Every exclusion in effect in the state on OIG’s list of people and organizations barred from Medicare, Medicaid and every other federal health care program, by authority and year.

  • Registered aircraft Aircraft registry

    Aircraft on the FAA’s register whose registrant’s address is in the state, and the kind of registrant that holds them.

  • H-1B salaries H-1B salaries

    The offered wages on H-1B applications the Department of Labor certified with a first worksite in the state, by occupation, each median with the count behind it.

  • Disaster declarations Disasters

    Every federal disaster declaration FEMA made for the state, by type, incident and county, with each measure’s rank among the states and territories.

  • College athletics Sports

    Every college in the state that reported to the Equity in Athletics survey, ranked by its athletics revenue, with its expenses, athletes and athletic aid.

  • Federal civilian workforce Federal salaries

    Federal civilian employees stationed in the state by agency and occupation, with the pay OPM publishes and the share it withholds.

  • The Virginia Factbook entry Across the Factbook

    Every measure the Factbook publishes for this state in one place, each with where it ranks among the others and the record it came from.

The immigration link above is EOIR’s courts, which sit in this state. CBP’s encounters are not by state and will not be: its sectors and field offices are areas of responsibility rather than a geography, and assigning them to states would be a claim the data does not make. Immigration and the border.

Sources

Compiled automatically from National Register of Historic Places — listed properties spreadsheet and Census Bureau population estimates — nation and states, with components of change by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

No claim to original U.S. Government works. The National Park Service does not endorse this site.

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