Dahlgren Center Virginia Map

About Dahlgren Center, Virginia

Dahlgren Center is a locality in King George County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 724. The population density is 68.2 people per km². Dahlgren Center is located at 38.3400°N, 77.0324°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22448.

Dahlgren Center emerges from the damp, heavy silts of the inland plain, defined by the slow, deliberate turn of Gambo Creek as it carves a path through the dense undergrowth. It lies 20.3 miles southeast of Cherry Hill, VA (from Cherry Hill, VA: bearing 141°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west-southwest of Wicomico. The land here holds the quiet weight of the Piedmont, where the light at dusk slants long and amber across the low fields, catching the dust of a working day. A mile away, the dark, still waters of Hideaway Pond mirror the turning of the seasons, while the ground slopes toward the distant, hazy blue suggestion of the Blue Ridge Mountains that haunt the western horizon. Beyond the immediate reach of the clearing, the earth settles into the broad, flat reaches of Tetotum Flats, a landscape that keeps its own counsel under a wide and watchful sky.

Dahlgren Center maintains a steady, technical pulse, anchored by the rigorous demands of research and defense that have long defined the regional economy. This is a place where the legacy of colonial ambition has gradually surrendered to the hum of modern engineering, leaving the remnants of older, agrarian rhythms to fade into the encroaching foliage. The proximity of Barnsfield Park offers a small, preserved reprieve of green, while the distant, dense canopy of Doncaster State Forest marks the edge of the wilder, uncultivated interior. Life in Dahlgren Center moves with a mechanical precision, yet it remains tethered to the slow migration of the seasons, where the scent of turned soil and the sharp, metallic tang of industry coexist in the cooling air of the evening.

About This Dahlgren Center Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dahlgren Center, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.34, -77.0324. 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 Dahlgren Center includes the ZIP code (22448), telephone area code (540), county seat of King George County (King George), and school district assignment (Dahlgren Department of Defense School District).

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.