Cartersville Virginia Map

About Cartersville, Virginia

Cartersville is a locality in Cumberland County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Cartersville is located at 37.6674°N, 78.0883°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23027.

Cartersville marks the transition where the quiet, deliberate pace of the interior Piedmont meets the persistent, moving edge of the James River. It lies 22.2 miles southeast of Lake Monticello, VA (from Lake Monticello, VA: bearing 143°T), and is situated 32.8 miles southeast of Charlottesville. The land here unfolds in heavy, clay-rich swells that bear the weight of centuries, rising gradually toward the distant, hazy blue contour of the Blue Ridge Mountains on the western horizon. Sunlight filters through the canopy in long, amber shafts, illuminating the fine dust that rises from the unpaved lanes and the deep, verdant thickets of the surrounding woods. Beyond the immediate banks, the terrain shifts into a landscape of dense, managed timber and open fields, maintaining a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic acceleration of the modern world.

Cartersville retains the quiet gravity of a place defined by its long relationship with the soil and the water that once fueled its commerce. While modern life moves through the region with a different urgency, the echoes of the old tobacco economy remain embedded in the architecture of the older houses and the layout of the land. Residents find their recreation in the nearby Cumberland State Forest, a vast expanse of protected wilderness that offers a stark, rugged counterpoint to the orderly rows of agricultural plots. Those who follow the path of the James River Batteau Festival Trail often pause here, tracing the same currents that once carried goods toward the inland markets, finding in the quietude a sense of continuity that connects the present-day traveler to the deeper, slower rhythms of the Virginia interior.

About This Cartersville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cartersville, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.667368, -78.088333. 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 Cartersville includes the ZIP code (23027), telephone area code (804), county seat of Cumberland County (Cumberland), and school district assignment.

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.