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History · Jolivue

1 of Jolivue’s places is on the National Register

More historic than 18% of U.S. towns. What drives it

Its Register listing is the Valley Railroad Stone Bridge. Most of Jolivue was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1975. Below: maps from 1944 on and the census since 2000.

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0.0%homes built before 1940
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About Jolivue’s history

How historic is Jolivue?

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More historic than 18% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.

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What drives Jolivue’s History grade

On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Jolivue is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.

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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Jolivue’s overall grade.
Founding eraNo founding year we can rely on, so the grade uses the other two–Homes built before 19400.0% of homes (±2.5) · typical VA town 1.9% · U.S. 8.4%D−National Register1 listing, 9.3 per 10,000 residents · typical VA town 3.6 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 18%
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Virginia towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Virginia town has 3.6 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Jolivue’s 9.3 sits near the middle of its state (53% of Virginia towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.

How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share (±2.5 points) is firm at this size.

Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →

What stands out about Jolivue’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Jolivue are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Jolivue’s history is told.

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How Jolivue came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Jolivue.

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Located near Jolivue is the Valley Railroad Stone Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Jolivue, decade by decade

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On the map

Jolivue on the map, 1944 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jolivue. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Jolivue on the 1944 USGS mapJolivue on the 1964 USGS mapJolivue on the 1972 USGS mapJolivue on the 1984 USGS map1944Staunton sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Jolivue.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Jolivue

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
Valley Railroad Stone Bridge
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Valley Railroad Stone BridgeStructure

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Jolivue, census by census

02004006008001,0001,20020002020Peak: 1,168

Between 1,037 and 1,168 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Jolivue’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Jolivue

Nobody well known was born in Jolivue itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Woodrow Wilson28th President of the United States · b. 1856
Francis CollinsAmerican geneticist and director of the Nationa… · b. 1950
Kate SmithAmerican singer · b. 1907
William HainesAmerican actor, interior designer · b. 1900
Kid KashAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1969
Joseph W. FiferAmerican politician · b. 1840
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Staunton37 historic placesA+

Questions about Jolivue’s history

How does Jolivue rank for history?

Jolivue is more historic than 18% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

What is on the National Register in Jolivue?

One place: the Valley Railroad Stone Bridge (listed 1974).

How old are the homes in Jolivue?

0.0% of Jolivue’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.5 points), against a typical 1.9% for a Virginia town; the median home was built in 1975.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

From Wikimedia Commons (18), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.