Western Albemarle High School

Freetown is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia. The community got its name because freed slaves settled there. Freetown was established by former slaves who bought the land from Berrell Mason in two-acre lots.

Brownsville is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.

Yancey Mills is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.

Midway is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia. It lies at an elevation of 705 feet (215 m).

Crozet is a census-designated place (CDP) in Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It sits along the I-64 corridor, about 12 miles (19 km) west of Charlottesville and 21 miles (34 km) east of Staunton. Crozet is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Crozet was 5,565 at the 2010 census. The Crozet Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

The Crozet Historic District is a national historic district located in Crozet, Albemarle County, Virginia. The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 2012. It includes 227 properties deemed to contribute to the historic character of the area along with 73 additional non-contributing properties for a total of 300 properties. They include representative examples of the mid-19th century Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles, late-Victorian Italianate, Queen Anne, and Victorian styles and from the late-19th century- and early-20th century, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman and Commercial styles. The district also includes examples of modern-era Postmodern style.

The Crozet, Virginia train crash was a railway accident that occurred on January 31, 2018. A chartered Amtrak train named Congressional Special Train 923, following the route normally used by the Amtrak Cardinal and carrying a group of politicians and lawmakers from the Republican Party, collided with a garbage truck at a level crossing at Lanetown Road in Crozet, Virginia, 12 miles (19 km) west of Charlottesville, Virginia. The train was chartered by Republican lawmakers for transportation from Washington Union Station to an annual retreat at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Several politicians brought their spouses and children with them for the trip; no members of the general public were passengers.

Blue Ridge Farm, also known as Alton Park, is a historic estate located near Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia. The main residence consists of a 2 1/2-half-story, five-bay brick center section built in the mid-19th century, with two asymmetrical brick wings designed by William Lawrence Bottomley and added in 1923–1924. The center section has a steeply pitched gambrel roof with a balustraded deck and parapet ends. The exterior and nearly all of the interior appointments are executed in the Georgian Revival style. The gardens were designed by noted landscape architect Charles Gillette.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

The Cedars, also known as Cocke's Tavern and The Casino, is a historic home located near Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was built about 1850–1860, and is a large, two-story, five-bay, hipped-roof brick house in the Greek Revival style. It has a full grade-level basement, paired gable end chimneys, and prominent front and back porches. The front porch is two-stories and has a striking pediment. Also on the property is a contributing kitchen / servants quarter. The house has served as a residence, a boys' school, Civil War hospital, tanyard business and gambling casino, as well as (possibly) a tavern. It is considered one of the most architecturally distinguished antebellum houses in western Albemarle County.There have been some claims of ghost sightings and haunted activities on the property. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Seven Oaks Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Greenwood, Albemarle County, Virginia. It was formerly known as Clover Plains and owned by John Garrett, who assisted with building the University of Virginia and was a bursar with the university. After Dr. Garrett's death, the farm was sold to the Bowen family and inherited by the Shirley family. In 1903, it was bought by Marion Langhorne of Richmond, a relative of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne, father of the famous Gibson girls, who lived at nearby Mirador. The land is named after the original seven oak trees on the property named after the first seven presidents born in Virginia. Only one of the original seven trees still standing after six were destroyed in 1954 in the aftermath of Hurricane Hazel. The main house was built about 1847–1848, and is a two-story, five-bay, hipped-roof frame building with a three-bay north wing. The interior features Greek Revival style design details. It has a two-story, pedimented front portico in the Colonial Revival style addition. Sam Black's Tavern is a one-story, two-room, gable-roofed log house with a center chimney and shed-roofed porch. Black's Tavern has since been moved to the adjacent Mirador property circa 1989. It was originally owned by Samuel Black, a Presbyterian minister of the Sam Black Church in West Virginia. Blacksburg, Virginia, was named after the family. Other buildings on the farm include an ice house, smokehouse, dairy, greenhouse, barns, a carriage house, a garage and several residences for farm employees. The ice house on the land, typically framed in an octagonal shape, in fact only has six sides.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Mechum River Farm is an historic manor house and farm located near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia. The original house was built about 1820 presumably by a Burch family member, then updated and expanded about 1850 in the Gothic Revival style during the ownership of John C. Burch and Lucinda E. Gay Burch. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, three-bay, brick hall and parlor plan dwelling set on a raised basement with a solid brick foundation and a side gable roof. It features a hipped-roof portico over the central single-leaf entry. It has a rear addition built about 1920 and an extension to that built in 1976. Also on the property are a contributing barn (c. 1900), shed (c. 1900), wood shed (c. 1920), Delco shed (c. 1900), smokehouse (c. 1820), chicken coop (c. 1850), privy (c. 1850), shed (c. 1850), and family cemetery.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

The Miller School of Albemarle is a co-educational private preparatory school located in Albemarle County, Virginia. The school was founded in 1878 with a bequest from Samuel Miller, who provided for the majority of his estate to be used for the establishment of a boarding school for girls and boys to be located on 1,600 acres near his birthplace in Albemarle County. The main building was designed by architect Albert Lybrock.