Explore Charlotte Court House, Virginia, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Virginia or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Charlotte Court House.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Charlotte Court House |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Charlotte County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.056536 |
| Longitude | -78.638334 |
| Population | 505 |
| Density | 49.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 23923 |
| Area Code | 276 |
| County Seat | Charlotte Court House |
| School District | Charlotte County Public Schools |
Charlotte Court House occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the land folds into gentle, weathered ridges under an expansive, pale sky. It lies 37.1 miles southeast of Lynchburg, VA (from Lynchburg, VA: bearing 132°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-southeast of Madisonville. Bush Ford Branch carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the soil, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-key persistence that mirrors the steady tempo of the local landscape. Only eighty-six miles to the west, the Blue Ridge Mountains occasionally sharpen the horizon into a jagged, violet silhouette during the crisp clarity of autumn mornings. Nearby, the stillness of Roanoke Creek Site 35-A Lake offers a reflective surface for the surrounding hardwoods, while the dense, managed timber of Charlotte State Forest provides a permanent anchor for the local flora and fauna. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and cooling leaves, a sensory reminder of the inland distance from any coastal influence.
Charlotte Court House serves as a deliberate center of administration and agrarian tradition, maintaining a character shaped by its long-standing role as a county seat. The local economy persists in a quiet dialogue with the land, drawing from a heritage of tobacco cultivation and timber management that has defined the labor of generations. Architecture within the village reflects a restrained, functional history, where brick facades and white-painted trim bear witness to the passage of time without the intrusion of rapid industrial change. The proximity of Charlotte State Forest invites a slow, contemplative engagement with the outdoors, ensuring that the rhythm of daily life remains tethered to the patterns of the seasons rather than the urgency of the modern corridor. Visitors often note how the light at dusk settles heavily over the fields, turning the dusty roads into ribbons of muted gold that seem to hold the quiet gravity of the past.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.056536, -78.638334. 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 Charlotte Court House includes the ZIP code (23923), telephone area code (276), county seat of Charlotte County (Charlotte Court House), and school district assignment (Charlotte County Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |