25 Facts About Charlottesville Virginia

Charlottesville Virginia is the heart of the Charlottesville Virginia metropolitan area, which includes Albemarle, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Greene, and Nelson counties.

Charlottesville Virginia was the home of two presidents, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe.

The University of Charlottesville Virginia, founded by Jefferson, straddles the city's southwestern border.

At the time of European settlement, part of the area that became Charlottesville Virginia was occupied by a Monacan village called Monasukapanough.

The only battle to take place in Charlottesville Virginia was the skirmish at Rio Hill, an encounter in which George Armstrong Custer briefly engaged local Confederate Home Guards before retreating.

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The Ku Klux Klan had chapters in the Charlottesville Virginia area beginning at least in the early twentieth century, and events such as lynchings and cross burnings occurred in the Charlottesville Virginia area.

In 1963, later than many Southern cities, civil rights activists in Charlottesville began protesting segregated restaurants with sit-ins, such as one that occurred at Buddy's Restaurant near the University of Virginia.

The incident became national news and Charlottesville Virginia became a symbol of political turbulence nationwide.

In 1974, some of the Baptist churches in Charlottesville Virginia included the Union Run Baptist Church, the South Garden Baptist Church, and the Ebenezer Baptist Church.

In 1967 a Dominican-run parish for Catholic students at the University of Charlottesville Virginia was dedicated, and named St Thomas Aquinas University Parish.

Federally, Charlottesville is part of Virginia's 5th congressional district, represented by Republican Bob Good, elected in 2020.

City of Charlottesville Virginia has an overall crime rate higher than the national average, which tends to be a typical pattern for urban areas of the Southern United States.

Charlottesville Virginia is the home of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory headquarters, the Leander McCormick Observatory and the CFA Institute.

Charlottesville Virginia has nine breweries within or near its city limits: South Street Brewery, Champion Brewing Company, Three Notch'd Brewing Company, Random Row Brewing Company, Rockfish Brewing Company, Wild Wolf Brewing Company, Pro Re Nata Brewery, Reason Beer, and Decipher Brewing .

Starr Hill Brewery was originally based in Charlottesville but is today located in Crozet, Virginia, 13 miles west of the city.

Charlottesville Virginia has a large series of attractions and venues for its relatively small size.

Charlottesville Virginia area was the home of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.

Charlottesville Virginia's downtown is a center of business for Albemarle County.

Charlottesville Virginia is home to the Charlottesville Virginia Alliance FC, a soccer team who compete in the NPSL.

Charlottesville Virginia has the following private schools, some attended by students from Albemarle County and surrounding areas:.

Charlottesville Virginia was once a major rail hub, served by both the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Southern Railway.

Amtrak and the city of Charlottesville Virginia finished refurbishing the station just after 2000, upgrading the depot and adding a full-service restaurant.

Charlottesville Virginia had an electric streetcar line, the Charlottesville Virginia and Albemarle Railway, that operated during the early twentieth century.

Also, the Transdominion Express steering committee has suggested making Charlottesville Virginia a stop on the proposed statewide passenger rail line.

Between 1968 and 1984, Charlottesville Virginia was the home of Anna Anderson, best known for her false claims to be Grand Duchess Anastasia and lone survivor of the 1918 massacre of Nicholas II's royal family.

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