Boston Virginia Map

About Boston, Virginia

Boston is a locality in Culpeper County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 454. The population density is 68.4 people per km². Boston is located at 37.6039°N, 75.8437°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 22713, 23434, 23420.

Boston remains a quiet expanse of Piedmont earth, where the light at dusk settles in long, amber slats across the fields and heavy woods. It lies 8.7 miles west-northwest of Culpeper, VA (from Culpeper, VA: bearing 303°T), and is situated 20.0 miles west of Bealeton. The landscape is defined by the steady, persistent flow of the Hazel River, which carves a path through the soil only a mile from the center of Boston. In the distance, the faint, bruised-purple silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains rise against the western sky, anchoring the horizon. The air here holds a crisp, terrestrial weight, devoid of any saline influence, circulating instead through the timber of the distant Whitney State Forest and the open, working pastures that define the immediate terrain.

Agriculture and the slow, deliberate rhythms of rural stewardship have long dictated the character of the land, leaving an impression of endurance that predates modern development. Residents often look toward the quiet waters of Caynor Lake or the trails at Sams Ridge Trail for a sense of scale, finding a local economy rooted in the soil rather than the frantic pace of the urban corridor. While Mountain Run Lake Park offers a nearby refuge for those seeking the stillness of the basin, the true essence of the place is found in the way the morning mist clings to the lowlands near Dulaney Hollow. Life moves with an internal, unforced gravity, favoring the heritage of the Virginia landscape and the persistence of a culture that values the silence of the woods over the clamor of the contemporary world.

About This Boston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Boston, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.603856, -75.843711. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Boston includes the ZIP code (22713, 23434, 23420), telephone area code (757), county seat of Culpeper County (Culpeper), and school district assignment (Accomack County Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.