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Font Size: + -. The City of Charlottesville is located in west Central Virginia, approximately 100 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. and 70 miles northwest of Richmond, Virginia.
Charlottesville was formed in 1762 by an Act of the Assembly of Albemarle County. Thomas Walker was named its first trustee. It was along a trade route called Three Notched Road (present day U.S. Route 250) which led from Richmond to the Great Valley.