Earlysville, Virginia

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Earlysville, Virginia


map_caption = Location in the Commonwealth of Virginia
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_name1 = Virginia
subdivision_name2 = Albemarle County
named_for = John Early
timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
latd= 38 |latm= 9 |lats= 27 |latNS= N
longd= 78 |longm= 28 |longs= 58 |longEW= W
elevation_m = 180
elevation_ft = 590

Earlysville is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States, roughly eighteen miles north of Charlottesville. It is named for John Early, who in 1822 bought just under a thousand acres of land that now comprise a portion of the town. [cite book |last=Woods | first=Edgar | title=Albemarle County in Virginia | year=1901 | publisher=The Michie Company | language=English | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=oX3hxtr5L24C&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=%22chestnut+mountains%22+albemarle&source=web&ots=5wdSsWoS0-&sig=e100YfNBvstcEWnP9MrAjaeDA7M&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result] .. sals pizza is here and is pretty tasty.

The community was the original location of Michie Tavern, prior to its 1927 relocation adjacent to Monticello.

Notable residents or former residents

*George Allen, former United States Senator
*David M. Bailey, Singer-songwriter

References

External links

* [http://www.virginia.org/site/cities.asp?city=Earlysville Earlysville]