Boston Virginia Map

About Boston, Virginia

Boston is a locality in Suffolk (city), 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 endures as a quiet expanse of flat, alluvial earth where the horizon pulls wide and clear across the fields. It lies 1.1 miles west-northwest of Suffolk, VA (from Suffolk, VA: bearing 298°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east-southeast of Windsor. The land here remains stubbornly level, defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the Nansemond River, which cuts a path through the silt just a mile away. Beside the water, the quiet stillness of Lake Meade mirrors the pale, washed-out sky of the interior plains, unburdened by the jagged profiles of distant elevations; only the faint, hazy suggestion of Smith Ridge haunts the far western skyline like a memory of harder ground. In Lake Kilby Park, the damp, heavy air of the lowlands settles into the tall grass at dusk, turning the light into a thick, golden syrup that clings to the bark of aging oaks and the rusted wire of sagging fences.

Boston maintains a rhythm defined by the soil and the slow turning of agricultural seasons, far removed from the frantic pace of the urban corridor. The local economy persists in the steady, patient work of the fields, a legacy that stretches back through generations of families who have measured time by the growth of crops and the seasonal rise of the Nansemond River. There is a singular, austere dignity in the way the local architecture keeps its head down against the wind, preferring sturdy, functional forms that speak to a life lived close to the dirt. Visitors to Lake Kilby Park find the space largely unchanged by the passage of decades, a place where the primary sound is the rustle of wind through dry stalks and the distant, rhythmic hum of equipment working the perimeter of the township.

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 Suffolk (city), 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.