1870

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Events

• The population of Charlottesville was for the first time taken separately from that of the county in 1870, its numbers were 2,838.
• Albemarle County divided into magisterial districts.
• Scottsville suffered one of the worst floods in its history.

*Major industries in the Town of Charlottesville were the Charlottesville Wollen Mills, R. F. Harris & Sons, a business that manufactured and supplied farm equipment, and Charlottesville Milling and Manufacturing Co., a wagon and carriage manufacturer.

Births

April 20 – William Peter Dickerson (1870–1943), African-American physician and banker, was born in Keswick, Albemarle County.