Country United States County Albemarle GNIS feature ID 1494219 | Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | |
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Neighborhoods Camp Spring, Ridgeway, Porters, Virginia | ||
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Esmont is a census-designated place (CDP) in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 528.
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Map of Esmont, VA 22937, USA
Esmont, Guthrie Hall, and Mountain Grove are listed the National Register of Historic Places.
History
The town was built from land purchased from the former Esmont plantation estate, for which the town was named. Having rich soil, the town has historically been a farming community with a predominantly African American population. The area has been populated since the eighteenth century, though it did not acquire a post office until the latter part of the nineteenth century.
References
Esmont, Virginia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA