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Nelson County, Virginia
Nelson County has no incorporated towns and runs on Blue Ridge tourism, with Wintergreen Resort, the Route 151 cidery and brewery corridor, and Lovingston and Nellysford as the only real commercial nodes off US 29. Short term rental and resort demand is the growth story, while steep mountain terrain, the George Washington National Forest, and the near total lack of public water and sewer cap the scale of any project.
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Nelson County at a glance
- 14,920Population (2025)
- LovingstonCounty seat
- 471 sq miLand area
- 32 / sq miDensity
- $68,525Median household income
- $283,000Median home value
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- School Boundaries: 1
- HUD: 4
- Soils: 190
- Wetlands: 6
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