Doswell Virginia Map

About Doswell, Virginia

Doswell is a locality in Hanover County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Doswell is located at 37.8601°N, 77.4641°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23047.

Doswell sits upon a landscape of quiet transition where the heavy, humid air of the Piedmont plains settles over dense woodlands and cultivated fields. It lies 13.6 miles north of Glen Allen, VA (from Glen Allen, VA: bearing 10°T), and is situated 7.0 miles north of Ashland. The earth here is a deep, iron-rich clay that holds the heat of the afternoon sun long after the light begins to fail, casting a copper glow across the flat horizons. A mile to the west, the waters of Bull Run carve a narrow, shadowed path through the undergrowth, their movement rhythmic and steady, while the placid surface of Lake Pinewood mirrors the stillness of the surrounding pines two miles distant. Far to the west, the silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains remains a faint, jagged ink-line against the sky, a distant reminder of the rising terrain that defines the wider regional geography.

Doswell carries the weight of a long memory, marked by the proximity of the American Battlefield Trust Holding, where the silence of the land suggests the gravity of events that once unfolded across these same corridors. The local economy finds its pulse in the intersection of traditional commerce and the modern momentum of the transit corridors that slice through the countryside. Beyond the reach of the eight-mile-distant basin of Frog Level, the rhythm of the day is governed by the mechanical hum of industry and the patient, seasonal labor of the soil. Life in Doswell moves with a deliberate, unadorned constancy, grounded in the practical reality of a place that serves as both a crossroads for travelers and a quiet, enduring anchor for those who remain.

About This Doswell Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Doswell, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.86014, -77.464149. 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 Doswell includes the ZIP code (23047), telephone area code (804), county seat of Hanover County (Hanover Courthouse), 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.