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Charlottesville, Albemarle and Local Areas
It's known as the "country city" because people from the city feel like they're in the country...and people from the country feel like they've arrived in the city when they come to Charlottesville, right in the heart of central Virginia's mountain foothills. This is the hometown of Thomas Jefferson's University of Virginia (aka "wahoos, hoos, cavaliers, or cavs")....and also Jefferson's architecturally significant mountaintop home of Monticello (if you need to be refreshed about Monticello's appearance, look on your nickel). It's situated in the middle of Albemarle county and is surrounded by the counties of Fluvanna, Louisa, Nelson, Greene, Madison, Orange, and Augusta. The area is blessed with wonderful schools, a moderate climate, a terrific employment rate...all of which contribute to Charlottesville's selection each year on the "10 best places to live" lists.
Please use this great link to Area Information on schools, activities, entertainment, maps, and more. If you're thinking of relocating to the Charlottesville area to look for central Virginia property, you'll be moving to one of the most wonderful places on earth. We'd love to be among the first to welcome you here, so please give us a call at 434-996-6613 and let us get started as your Buyer Agents! (no charge to you).
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The map at the left shows the 7 counties where we primarily focus our efforts in central Virginia.... Charlottesville and its surrounding county of Albemarle, plus outlying counties of Fluvanna Louisa Greene Madison Orange and Nelson. |
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Here's where our primary sales area is... in relation to the rest of the state.
To give you an idea of driving time, it takes approximately 20-30 minutes to drive from Charlottesville to any of the counties surrounding Albemarle county.
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The State of Virginia
Viriginia is located in the south-central portion of the United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE). Richmond, Virginia's capital, was also the capital of the Confederacy, and as expected it's history is rich in political tradition. Education is a valued commodity in our area.... see the link at the side to check out specific schools.
Area, 40,817 sq mi (105,716 sq km).
Pop. (2000) 7,078,515, a 14.4% increase since the 1990 census.
Capital, Richmond.
Largest city, Virginia Beach.
Motto,Sic Semper Tyrannis [Thus Always to Tyrants].
State bird, cardinal.
State flower, dogwood. 
State tree, dogwood. |