Fleeton Virginia Map

About Fleeton, Virginia

Fleeton is a locality in Northumberland County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Fleeton is located at 37.8151°N, 76.2811°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 22539, 22443.

Fleeton emerges from the low, marshy expanse of the Northern Neck where the land seems perpetually engaged in a slow, patient negotiation with the encroaching tides. It lies 40.5 miles north-northeast of Gloucester Point, VA (from Gloucester Point, VA: bearing 17°T), and is situated 20.6 miles south-southeast of Saint Marys. Cockrell Creek cuts a serpentine path through the landscape, its dark, brackish waters serving as the primary artery for a terrain defined by flat, salt-scrubbed horizons and the humid breath of Fleeton Bay. A short distance away, the protected wetlands of Dameron Marsh Natural Area Preserve offer a sanctuary where the silence is broken only by the rhythmic rustle of cordgrass and the distant cry of gulls. While the distant silhouette of West Ridge hints at a more rugged elevation far to the west, the local geography remains resolutely horizontal, anchored by the quiet, freshwater depths of Ingram Millpond and the occasional appearance of Bamboo Island rising like a green ghost from the shallows.

Fleeton retains a character forged by the relentless cycles of the watermen, a place where the economy has long been tethered to the harvest of the bay and the shifting fortunes of the maritime trade. Historical remnants of canning houses and boatyards still cling to the shoreline, standing as weathered monuments to a time when the pulse of the local industry was measured entirely by the abundance of the catch. The pace of life here is dictated by the turning of the tide rather than the frantic demands of the mainland, fostering a culture of self-reliance that remains largely indifferent to the encroaching sprawl of the modern world. In the quiet evenings, the air carries a briny, metallic scent that feels as ancient as the soil, reminding any observer that Fleeton exists in a delicate, shifting state of grace between the solid earth and the vast, gray reaches of the bay.

About This Fleeton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Fleeton, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.815131, -76.281055. 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 Fleeton includes the ZIP code (22539, 22443), telephone area code (540), county seat of Northumberland County (Heathsville), 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.