Greenbush Virginia Map

About Greenbush, Virginia

Greenbush is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 337. The population density is 71.4 people per km². Greenbush is located at 37.7410°N, 75.6810°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23357.

Greenbush lies quiet, a scatter of houses and fields breathing the salty air of Virginia's Eastern Shore. It lies 31.8 miles south-south-west of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 205°T), and is situated 4.2 miles east-north-east of Onancock. The land here is low, a subtle swell of earth that slopes gently toward the Chesapeake Bay, its flat expanse broken only by the dark, persistent green of maritime pines and the bleached skeletons of fallen trees along the water's edge. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-present haze, lays a pale, almost watery gold across the weathered clapboard and the rust-colored earth, a light that seems to carry the weight of distant tides. The air itself is a constant, faint perfume of salt and decaying marsh grass, a scent that clings to everything, from the peeling paint of a forgotten shed to the rough, calloused hands that work the land. This quiet corner of Accomack County has long been shaped by the sea and the soil, its economy a thread woven through generations of fishing and farming. The bounty of the bay – oysters, crabs, and a variety of finfish – still finds its way to local tables and beyond, a tradition sustained by families whose roots run as deep as the ancient oaks. In years past, the land yielded corn and soybeans, the broad fields stretching out under a sky that felt impossibly vast, a stark contrast to the intimate, sheltered waterways that thread through the landscape. Though the pace of life in Greenbush is measured and unhurried, a deep history hums beneath the surface, a legacy of hardy souls who found their living where the land meets the water, a quiet testament to endurance.

About This Greenbush Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Greenbush, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.740962, -75.68104. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Greenbush and Accomack County.

Detailed location data for Greenbush includes the ZIP code (23357), telephone area code (757), county seat of Accomack County (Accomac), and school district assignment (Accomack County Public Schools). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Greenbush is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.