Lake Monticello, Virginia
Lake Monticello, Virginia | |
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Main entrance to Lake Monticello (Ashlawn Boulevard) | |
Location of the Lake Monticello CDP within Fluvanna County | |
| Coordinates: 37°55′6″N 78°19′36″W / 37.91833°N 78.32667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Virginia |
| County | Fluvanna |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.5 sq mi (24.5 km2) |
| • Land | 8.8 sq mi (22.9 km2) |
| • Water | 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| Elevation | 377 ft (115 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 10,126 |
| • Density | 1,100/sq mi (410/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 22963 |
| Area code | 434 |
| FIPS code | 51-43424 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1867591 |
| Lake Monticello | |
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| Location | Fluvanna County, Virginia |
| Coordinates | 37°54′50″N 78°18′00″W / 37.91389°N 78.30000°W |
| Type | mesotrophic to eutrophic |
| Catchment area | 5,480 acres (22.2 km2) |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 317 acres (128 ha) |
| Surface elevation | 315 ft (96 m) |
Lake Monticello, a private gated community, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States. The population was 10,126 at the 2020 census. The community is centered on a man-made lake of the same name, which is formed by a dam on a short tributary of the nearby Rivanna River. Lake Monticello is part of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake Monticello was developed in the 1960s as a summer vacation home community but quickly evolved into a bedroom community of Charlottesville, and to a lesser extent of Richmond. It has a sizable retirement age population.