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Charlottesville, city, administratively independent of, but located in, Albemarle county, central Virginia, U.S. It lies on the Rivanna River, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, about 70 miles (112 km) northwest of Richmond, on the main route west from the Tidewater region. It was settled in the 1730s and was chosen as the courthouse seat of Albemarle county in 1761. Charlottesville was named for Charlotte Sophia, consort of King George III of England....

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