Charlottesville, Virginia

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county seat human settlement independent city

Charlottesville, Virginia is an independent city in central Virginia best known as the home of the University of Virginia and the historic estate of Monticello.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Charlottesville 7
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States 2
City of Charlottesville 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county seat ⓘ
human settlement ⓘ
independent city ⓘ
areaCode 434 ⓘ
climateClassification humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
daylightSavingTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time
distanceTo about 100 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
about 70 miles northwest of Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel 181 meters ⓘ
594 feet ⓘ
founded 1762 ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAirport Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport ⓘ
hasLandmark Downtown Mall ⓘ
Monticello ⓘ
Rotunda at the University of Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Rotunda (University of Virginia)

University of Virginia Historic District ⓘ
hasMayor city mayor of Charlottesville ⓘ
hasPublicTransit Charlottesville Area Transit ⓘ
University Transit Service ⓘ
hasSisterCity Brescia ⓘ
surface form: Brescia, Italy

Huehuetenango, Guatemala ⓘ
Pleven ⓘ
surface form: Pleven, Bulgaria

Winneba, Ghana ⓘ
hasSportsTeam Virginia Cavaliers ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Virginia ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity 1888 ⓘ
isCountySeatOf Albemarle County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Albemarle County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone UTC−05:00 ⓘ
locatedInTimeZoneDST UTC−04:00 ⓘ
majorHighway U.S. Route 250 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 29 NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRiver Rivanna River NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⓘ
nearMountainRange Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ
notableFor being home to Monticello, the estate of Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
being home to the University of Virginia ⓘ
partOf Central Virginia ⓘ
partOfMetropolitanArea Charlottesville metropolitan area ⓘ
postalCode 22901 ⓘ
22902 ⓘ
22903 ⓘ
22911 ⓘ
servedByRailwayStation Charlottesville station ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Monticello ⓘ
surface form: Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Route 29 in Virginia → passesThrough → Charlottesville, Virginia ⓘ
Rob Lowe → placeOfBirth → Charlottesville, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
John Grisham → residence → Charlottesville, Virginia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Crescent → routeVia → Charlottesville, Virginia ⓘ
Crescent (train) → servesCity → Charlottesville, Virginia ⓘ
subject surface form: Crescent
this entity surface form: Charlottesville
Albemarle County, Virginia → surrounds → Charlottesville, Virginia ⓘ