Alberta Virginia Map
Alberta, Virginia — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Alberta, Brunswick County.
Interactive Map of Alberta, Virginia
| City | Alberta |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Brunswick |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.865703 |
| Longitude | -77.886386 |
| Population | 345 |
| Density | 45.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Alberta, Virginia
Alberta is a locality in Brunswick County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 345. The population density is 45.1 people per km². Alberta is located at 36.8657°N, 77.8864°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23821.
Alberta rests in a part of Brunswick County where the land begins to roll gently, shedding the flat expanse of the coastal plain for a more varied terrain. It lies 36.6 miles south-west of Petersburg, VA (from Petersburg, VA: bearing 227°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-north-west of Lawrenceville. Thick stands of pine and mixed hardwoods dominate the landscape, their dense canopies filtering the sunlight into shifting patterns on the sandy loam. Streams and creeks, born from the higher ground, meander through the hollows, their water the color of weak tea from the tannins leached from decaying leaves, feeding into larger waterways that eventually make their way toward the Roanoke River. The air here carries the scent of pine needles and damp earth, a quiet perfume that deepens in the late afternoon when the sun, beginning its descent, casts long, golden shadows across the fields and forests. The roots of Alberta run deep into Virginia's agricultural past, a heritage still evident in the scattered tobacco barns and fields that, though fewer in number than in generations past, still mark the countryside. The local economy, once heavily reliant on farming, has diversified, with small businesses and service industries now forming the backbone of the community, catering to both residents and the occasional traveler passing through. This quiet persistence, a refusal to be swept away by the currents of change, defines the character of Alberta, a place where the echoes of its agrarian origins can still be heard in the rustle of corn stalks and the distant lowing of cattle.
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About This Alberta Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Alberta, Virginia with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Alberta and Brunswick County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Alberta is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Alberta is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
