Welcome to Nelson County ...

Time Zone: Nelson County lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Lovingston is the Seat for Nelson County.

Nelson County was founded in 1808.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Nelson had a population of 14,867 people. This is a decrease of 1.02% since the last Census (which gave a population of 15,020 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Nelson represented 0.19% of the total population of Virginia.

Websites of Interest ...

• Websites specific to Virginia
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  • Website for the Library of Virginia

• Websites specific to Nelson County
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• Websites for nearby counties
  • Augusta County
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  • Albemarle County
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  • Buckingham County
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  • Appomattox County
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• Cemetery Information and Directories
  • Cemetery Junction: Cemeteries of Virginia
  • Cyndi's List
  • Cemeteries of Virginia
  • Cemeteries of Nelson County
  • FamilySearch.org: Cemeteries of Virginia
  • Find-A-Grave: Home Page
  • Interment.net
  • Cemeteries of Virginia
  • Cemeteries of Nelson County

• Of Special Interest ...
  • The GenDisasters website specializes in newspaper articles about tragedies and disasters. While it makes interesting reading all by itself, it should be of special interest to genealogists and family historians looking for people who were either affected by or directly involved in such tragedies.
  • At this time (Dec 2022), GenDisasters website is currently offline due to a hacker attack. Hopefully they will be back soon.