Bellwood Virginia Map
Bellwood, 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 Bellwood, Chesterfield County.
Interactive Map of Bellwood, Virginia
| City | Bellwood |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Chesterfield |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.421815 |
| Longitude | -77.437483 |
| Population | 7,907 |
| Density | 565.4 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Bellwood, Virginia
Bellwood is a locality in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 7,907. The population density is 565.4 people per km². Bellwood is located at 37.4218°N, 77.4375°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23237.
Bellwood lies in a gentle hollow, where the land begins to soften its resolve after the firmer rises of the higher Piedmont. It lies 9.2 miles south of Richmond, VA (from Richmond, VA: bearing 172°T), and is situated 4.5 miles north of Chester. The air here carries a particular sweetness, especially in late afternoon, a blend of damp earth and the faint, almost floral scent of the dense pine stands that flank the roads. Fields, often fallow and dusted with the pale gold of dried grasses, stretch out like rumpled blankets, interspersed with the darker, more serious green of mature hardwoods that line the meandering creeks. The sky above Bellwood often feels vast, a canvas for clouds that drift with a leisurely, unhurried grace, and when the sun dips low, it paints the western horizon in hues of bruised plum and molten copper, a spectacle that seems to imbue the very quiet of the place with a subtle luminescence. The history of Bellwood is less a grand narrative and more a series of quiet persistences, a testament to the enduring pull of the land. For generations, its economy was tethered to the soil, with tobacco and later soybeans shaping the contours of the landscape and the lives of its inhabitants. While the agricultural pulse still beats, a quiet diversification has taken hold; small businesses catering to the surrounding communities now offer a more varied hum to the local rhythm. There are no towering monuments here, no famous sons or daughters whose names echo across the nation, but in the weathered barns, the old general store with its creaking floorboards, and the way neighbors still pause to chat on front porches, there’s a palpable sense of continuity, a lived history that doesn’t shout but rather whispers its presence through the everyday fabric of Bellwood.
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About This Bellwood Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Bellwood, 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 Bellwood and Chesterfield County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Bellwood 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 Bellwood 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. |
