Editing Nelson County, Virginia (section)

{{short description|County in Virginia, United States}}
{{About|the Virginia county formed in 1807|the county formed in 1784 which is now part of Kentucky|Nelson County, Kentucky}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Nelson County
 | state                = Virginia
 | flag                 = Flag of Nelson County, Virginia.png
 | seal                 = Seal of Nelson County, Virginia.png
 | ex image             = Nelson Co Courthouse Dec 08.JPG
 | ex image cap         = [[Nelson County Courthouse]]
 | founded              = 1807
 | named for            = [[Thomas Nelson Jr.]]
 | seat wl              = Lovingston
 | largest city wl      = Nellysford
 | city type            = community
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 474
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 471
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 3.5
 | area percentage      = 0.7
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 14775
 | pop_est_footnotes    = 
 | pop_est_as_of        = 
 | population_est       = 
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | web                  = www.nelsoncounty-va.gov
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | district             = 5th
}}

'''Nelson County''' is a [[county (United States)|county]] located in the [[Commonwealth (U.S. state)|Commonwealth]] of [[Virginia]], in the United States. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 14,775.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nelson County, Virginia|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=0500000US51125|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}</ref> Its [[county seat]] is [[Lovingston, Virginia|Lovingston]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> Nelson County is part of the [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]], VA, [[Charlottesville metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].