Afton
Afton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Albemarle and Nelson counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is newly listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 313.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 313 residents
- Description: human settlement in Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Afton, VA” and “Afton, Virginia”
- Postal code: 22920
Places of Interest
Highlights include Blue Ridge Tunnel and Rockfish Gap.
Blue Ridge Tunnel
Parking area
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The Blue Ridge Tunnel is a historic railroad tunnel built during the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad in the 1850s. The tunnel was the westernmost and longest of four tunnels engineered by Claudius Crozet to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap in central Virginia.
Rockfish Gap
Mountain saddle
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rockfish Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains between Charlottesville and Waynesboro, Virginia, United States, through Afton Mountain, which is frequently used to refer to the gap.
Swannanoa
Manor estate
Photo: Colchicine, Public domain.
Swannanoa is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley above Rockfish Gap on the border of northern Nelson County and Augusta County, Virginia, in the US. Swannanoa is situated 1½ miles west of Afton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swannanoa and Avon.
Swannanoa
Locality
Swannanoa is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley above Rockfish Gap on the border of northern Nelson County and Augusta County, Virginia, in the US. Swannanoa is situated 1½ miles west of Afton.
Avon
Hamlet
Avon is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. Avon is situated 2½ miles south of Afton.
Newtown
Hamlet
Newtown is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Newtown is situated 3 miles east of Afton.
Afton
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Nelson, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.03236° or 38° 1′ 57″ northLongitude
-78.83919° or 78° 50′ 21″ westPopulation
313Elevation
1,362 feet (415 metres)United Nations Location Code
US AFQOpen location code
87C325J6+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 157566375OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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