Nelson County, Virginia

Lovingston is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Nelson County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 520. Its ZIP Code is 22949. It was among the communities severely affected by flash flooding from Hurricane Camille in 1969.Lovingston is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Lovingston High School, Lovingston Historic District, and the Nelson County Courthouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Lovingston Historic District is a national historic district located in Lovingston, Virginia, USA. It is a 224.8-acre (0.910 km2) historic district which includes the entirety of the 1809 and 1823 plats as well as the continued growth through the early-to-mid-20th-century. The cohesive village contains a diverse collection of building types and architectural styles that reflect the town's growth and development as the seat of Nelson County from its inception to the present. It consists of 105 properties with 176 total resources (134 contributing resources), including the Nelson County Courthouse listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places, forty-nine single dwellings, twenty-four commercial structures, six multiple dwellings, twenty-five sheds, three churches, five tavern/hotels, eleven offices, a theater, a cooper shop, a packing shed, a post office, a bank, a cemetery and two statues.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Nelson County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Lovingston, Nelson County, Virginia within the Lovingston Historic District. The original building opened in 1810. It is a rectangular, two-story stuccoed brick structure, with two additions: one of ten feet attached to the rear of the original structure and the other is a large lateral wing across the rear of the first addition. Both of these additions were constructed in 1940. The original structure was partially remodeled in 1968. It contains one large courtroom with a spectator gallery towards the rear. It was the first public building to be built after Nelson County's organization in 1807.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Lovingston High School is a historical school located at Lovingston, Nelson County, Virginia. It is a one-story Colonial Revival-style building that opened in 1931 and originally served grades one through eleven. It consists of a one-and-one-half-story main block with one-story wings. Behind the main block is the central auditorium with a stage and seven flanking classrooms. Later additions to the rear include four additional classrooms, built about 1945, and a kitchen, built 1951.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Old Myndus is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. Myndus is at the head of Davis Creek on US Route 29. It is predominantly a small farming community at the confluence of Route 29 and VA Route 623, 4 miles north of Lovingston. There was once a two-lane Highway between the post office and general store. Now most things are closed. The old sawmill is currently used for hay storage and the old peach packing shed is now a workshop. All the farmland is currently in hay.

Lakeview Heights is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

Freshwater is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

Poplar Flats is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

Naked Mountain Natural Area Preserve is a 278-acre (1.13 km2) Natural Area Preserve located in Nelson County, Virginia. The preserve was dedicated in 2006.It was created to protect an uncommon growth of shooting-stars (Dodecatheon meadia) and a small population of the globally rare Torrey's mountain mint (Pycnanthemum torreyi), which occupy rocky clearings on otherwise forested slopes. The preserve includes an example of a "low-elevation basic outcrop barrens", a rare natural community that grows in dry areas with thin, basic soils and outcrops of amphibolite bedrock. The forests also represent a rare community known as "mountain/piedmont basic woodlands".The preserve is privately owned and protected by a conservation easement held by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). It is not open to the public, although organized field trips may be arranged through the DCR and the property's private owners.

Gullysville is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

Bryant is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. It was among the communities severely affected by flash flooding from Hurricane Camille in 1969.The Bryant family remains strong in Bryant Va. Descendants, who trace their roots to the Massie Family, occupy much of the area.

Shipman is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 507. Bon Aire and the Oak Ridge Railroad Overpass are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.