Blue Ridge Shores, Virginia

Census-designated place in Louisa County, Virginia

Census-designated place in Virginia, United States

38°6′30″N 78°1′15″W / 38.10833°N 78.02083°W / 38.10833; -78.02083CountryUnited StatesStateVirginiaCountyLouisaArea

^[1]

• Total1.80 sq mi (4.67 km²) • Land1.37 sq mi (3.55 km²) • Water0.43 sq mi (1.12 km²)Elevation

310 ft (90 m)Population

(2020)

• Total801 • Density593/sq mi (229.0/km²)Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)ZIP code

23093 (Louisa)

FIPS code51-08264GNIS feature ID2630622

Blue Ridge Shores is a census-designated place (CDP) in Louisa County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2020 census was 801.^[2] It was built beginning in 1960 as a resort community around Lake Louisa.

Geography

Blue Ridge Shores is in northern Louisa County, in the Piedmont region of Virginia. It is 8 miles (13 km) north of Louisa, the county seat, 30 miles (48 km) east of Charlottesville, and 63 miles (101 km) northwest of Richmond.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km²), of which 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²) are land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²), or 23.90%, are water.^[1] Lake Louisa, a reservoir built on Hickory Creek, is in the center of the community. Hickory Creek flows northeast to the North Anna River and is part of the Pamunkey River watershed, leading to the tidal York River and Chesapeake Bay.

History

A history of the community can be found at the Blue Ridge Shores community website.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files –Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Blue Ridge Shores CDP, Virginia". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
^ "About Us", Blue Ridge Shores community website