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History · Wintergreen

Half of Wintergreen’s homes were built after 1986

Most of Wintergreen was built recently: 0.2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1986. Below: 3 old photos and papers and maps from 1943 on.

0on the National Register
0.2%homes built before 1940
3old photos & papers
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From Wintergreen’s archive · credits on each photo

What stands out about Wintergreen’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 3 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Wintergreen’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wintergreen’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo3 archive items have no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewElk Hill, 511 Rockfish Valley Highway (…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Wintergreen, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wintergreen yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Wintergreen is a census-designated place (CDP) in Augusta and Nelson counties, Virginia, United States, located near Wintergreen Resort. As of the 2020 census, Wintergreen had a population of 346. River Bluff was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Wintergreen is also the name of a large resort community which is nine miles away.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 165 to 346 (+110%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Wintergreen, decade by decade

Date unknown3 to date
Elk Hill, 511 Rockfish Valley Highway (State Route 151)Date?Elk Hill, 511 Rockfish Valley Highway (State Route 15…Elk Hill, Smokehouse, 511 Rockfish Valley Highway (State Route 151)Date?Elk Hill, Smokehouse, 511 Rockfish Valley Highway (St…Elk Hill, Tobacco Barn and Press, 511 Rockfish Valley Highway (State Route 151)Date?Elk Hill, Tobacco Barn and Press, 511 Rockfish Valley…
On the map

Wintergreen on the map, 1943 to 1980

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

Wintergreen on the 1943 USGS mapWintergreen on the 1967 USGS mapWintergreen on the 1980 USGS map1943Lovingston 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 Wintergreen.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Elk Hill, 511 Rockfish Valley Highway (State Route 151)
Retake this viewElk Hill, 511 Rockfish Valley Highway (State Route 151)

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Wintergreen’s page.

Retake this view · +15
Famous people

Famous people close to Wintergreen

Nobody well known was born in Wintergreen 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
Meriwether LewisAmerican explorer · b. 1774
Kate SmithAmerican singer · b. 1907
William HainesAmerican actor, interior designer · b. 1900
Kid KashAmerican professional wrestler · b. 1969
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Nellysford4 historic placesC+

Questions about Wintergreen’s history

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Sources

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). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (3) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.