Wintergreen’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Wintergreen. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusWintergreen 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%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Wintergreen yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Wintergreen’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Wintergreen’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo3 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewElk Hill, 511 Rockfish Valley Hig…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Wintergreen
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Wintergreen, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Wintergreen is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Wintergreen has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mill Hill in Wintergreen, 2.3 miles away.
Wintergreen and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Elk Hill, 511 Rockfish Valley Highway (State Route 151) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.