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Lake Monticello, a private gated community, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States. The population was 9,920 at the 2010 census, an accrual of exceeding 44% from 2000. The community is centered upon a lake of the same name, which is formed by a dam upon a rapid tributary of the understandable Rivanna River. Lake Monticello is ration of the Charlottesville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lake Monticello was developed in the 1960s as a summer vacation home community but speedily evolved into a bedroom community of Charlottesville, and to a smaller extent of Richmond. It plus has a sizable retirement age population.

Lake Monticello is located in northwestern Fluvanna County at 37°55′6″N 78°19′36″W / 37.91833°N 78.32667°W / 37.91833; -78.32667 (37.918286, -78.326803). It is bordered to the northwest by the Albemarle County line, to the northeast by the Rivanna River, to the south by Riverside Drive and South Boston Road, and to the southwest by Virginia State Route 53, the Thomas Jefferson Parkway. VA 53 leads northwest 14 miles (23 km) to Charlottesville, passing Monticello, the land of Thomas Jefferson, along the way.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 9.5 square miles (24.5 km), of which 8.8 square miles (22.9 km²) is land and 0.62 square miles (1.6 km), or 6.59%, is water. Via the Rivanna River, Lake Monticello is share of the James River watershed.

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,852 people, 2,754 households, and 2,194 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 780.9 people per square mile (301.7/km). There were 2,950 housing units at an average density of 336.2/sq mi (129.9/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.06% White, 3.50% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.28% from new races, and 1.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.49% of the population.