Portal:History

This is a portal that should be a central jumping off point to find articles about the history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

Eras

• Pre-1607 (prehistory-1607)
• Early Charlottesville and Albemarle County (1607-1812)
• The Antebellum Era in Charlottesville and Albemarle County (1812-1861)
• Civil War in Charlottesville and Albemarle (1861-1865)
• Reconstruction and Postbellum in Charlottesville and Albemarle (1865-1877)
• the Progressive Era in Charlottesville and Albemarle (1890s-1920s)
• The Great Depression and World Wars I and II in Charlottesville and Albemarle (1914-1945)
• Post-War Period in Charlottesville and Albemarle (1945-present)

Resources on cvillepedia

• All cvillepedia articles in the History category
• Years
• Books on the history of Charlottesville & Albemarle

Topics

• Alcohol – An article about policy related to the legality of alcohol consumption.
• Annexation – An article about efforts by Charlottesville to expand into Albemarle County.
• Eugenics – Documentation of efforts to limit ability of some Virginians to have children through forced sterilizations.
• Regional cooperation – Examples of how the various localities in the area have worked together over time
• Roads – An article about the development of the road network in the area
• Public Transportation – An article about the development of the public transportation in the area

External links

Nonprofits

• Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

Accounts from historians

• Professor Lynn Rainville's Albemarle history blog (ended 2012
• John L. Nau Center for Civil War History blog
• Mapping Cville

Government Committees

• Albemarle Historic Preservation Committee
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130123053546/http://celebrate250.com:80/ Celebrate!250 - City's 250th anniversary in 2012 (snapshot from archive.org)
• Charlottesville Historic Resources Committee