Hume Virginia Map

About Hume, Virginia

Hume is a locality in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Hume is located at 38.8321°N, 77.9994°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22639.

Hume occupies a quiet corner of the Piedmont, where the landscape unfolds in a series of deliberate, grassy swells that catch the amber light of late afternoon. It lies 12.1 miles east-southeast of Front Royal, VA (from Front Royal, VA: bearing 120°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west-southwest of Marshall. To the west, the distant Blue Ridge Mountains form a hazy, indigo border against the sky, while the immediate ground is defined by the intimate geography of The Cove and the quiet, steady drainage of West Branch Thumb Run. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and cured hay, a stillness that is rarely broken save for the occasional rustle of wind through the brush near Sawyer Pond. Travelers passing through these lanes might notice how the shadows lengthen across the pastures, emphasizing the sheer, unadorned scale of the open fields that define the physical character of the land.

Hume retains a deliberate, agrarian pace, with the surrounding acreage dominated by sprawling properties like Marriott Ranches, which underscore the region’s long-standing connection to livestock and rural stewardship. The economy remains tethered to this primary relationship with the soil, a tradition that persists even as the modern world encroaches from the periphery. Those inclined toward solitude find their way to the Rattlesnake Trail, a path that offers a modest, honest traversal of the terrain, far removed from the busier corridors that lie closer to the urban centers. History in Hume is not a monument to be viewed, but a quiet accumulation of days spent working the fields and maintaining the fences, a cycle of labor that feels as permanent as the woods of Whitney State Forest standing guard in the distance.

About This Hume Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Hume, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.832058, -77.999441. 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 Hume includes the ZIP code (22639), telephone area code (540), county seat of Fauquier County (Warrenton), 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.