Deep Creek Virginia Map

About Deep Creek, Virginia

Deep Creek is a locality in Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 94. The population density is 60.4 people per km². Deep Creek is located at 37.7599°N, 75.7527°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 23323, 23606, 23417.

Deep Creek stretches across a low-slung, verdant expanse where the air holds the heavy, salt-sweet moisture of the tide, drifting inland from the distant coast nineteen miles away. It lies 6.5 miles southwest of Chesapeake, VA (from Chesapeake, VA: bearing 215°T), and is situated 7.9 miles south-southwest of Norfolk. The Dismal Swamp Canal carves a deliberate, dark line through the landscape, acting as a quiet artery that has long mirrored the movement of the sky in its tea-colored depths. Beyond the canal banks, the land flattens into a persistent, marshy horizon, occasionally punctuated by the sudden, reflective stillness of Lake Forest or the distant, brackish pulse of the Upper Reach. Near the center of these shifting waters, the grounds of Deep Creek Central Elementary mark a steady, grounded point in a terrain defined by its fluid boundaries and the slow, rhythmic accumulation of silt and rain.

Deep Creek maintains a quiet industry rooted in the legacy of those who first navigated its intricate waterways, their labor once tied to the heavy freight moving through the canal. Today, the economy hums with a different cadence, shifting from the raw, agrarian toil of the past toward the steady, modern pulse of suburban life, yet the memory of the early settlers persists in the deliberate way the streets follow the ancient lie of the land. Residents move through the day with a measured courtesy, their lives shaped by the proximity to the water and the vast, open skies that dominate the view toward the distant rise of Knob Hill. Even as new commerce settles upon the soil, the character of the place remains fixed to the slow, historic cycle of the canal, an enduring witness to the quiet persistence of those who call Deep Creek home.

About This Deep Creek Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Deep Creek, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.759931, -75.752655. 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 Deep Creek includes the ZIP code (23323, 23606, 23417), telephone area code (757), county seat of Chesapeake (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.