Lee County, Virginia Map
Explore Lee County, Virginia with this interactive street and satellite map. Browse all 7 cities and towns in Lee County below.
Interactive Map of Lee County, Virginia
| County | Lee |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County Seat | Jonesville |
| Country | United States of America |
| Latitude | 36.747074 |
| Longitude | -83.054256 |
| Cities & Towns | 7 |
| Area Codes | 276 |
About Lee County, Virginia
Lee County occupies the narrow, southwesternmost tip of the Commonwealth, a jagged finger of land wedged between the Cumberland Mountains to the north and the Powell Mountain range to the south. The Powell River acts as the primary artery here, cutting a serpentine path through limestone valleys that have been folded and compressed by ancient tectonic pressure. The terrain is defined by dramatic karst topography, where hidden caverns and subterranean streams pull the rainfall deep into the earth, leaving the surface rugged and steep. In the late autumn, the light turns a bruised, metallic violet as it catches the jagged shale outcrops, casting long shadows that seem to swallow the valley floor before the sun has fully cleared the ridge.
Formed from the vast reaches of the frontier in the waning years of the eighteenth century, the county was carved out to organize the tide of settlers pushing toward the Cumberland Gap. These early arrivals were mostly Scotch-Irish and English yeomanry who moved through the mountain passes with little more than their livestock and a grim, necessary resolve. The county seat emerged as the administrative anchor, established at a central crossroads where the wagon tracks converged, creating a permanent site for the courthouse and the exchange of law. This architecture of governance remains, a stark brick presence that anchors the valley, standing as a quiet witness to the generations who arrived with the intention of carving a life from the dense, unforgiving timber of the wilderness.
Modern life in Lee County persists through a stubborn inheritance of coal, timber, and small-scale agriculture that shapes the daily habits of its residents. The economy has shifted from the labor-intensive boom of the mines toward a quieter, more fragmented survival, where the sound of heavy trucks on the mountain roads serves as a constant reminder of the extractive industries that defined the previous century. People here move with a deliberate caution, their lives marked by the changing seasons and the persistent maintenance of property that faces the constant pressure of erosion and overgrowth. At dusk, the air carries the sharp, clean scent of woodsmoke and damp earth, a sensory tether to a landscape that refuses to be tamed, demanding a watchful eye from anyone who calls these mountain hollows home.
Cities and Towns in Lee County
About This Lee County Map Page
This page provides an interactive map of Lee County, Virginia alongside links to detailed street maps for 7 cities and towns. The county seat is Jonesville. Each city and town map page includes live weather, local news and precise GPS coordinates.
The Search Maps button below the county map opens USGS topographic maps and aerial imagery as base layers, with a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a single-fix GPS readout giving your USNG grid reference and latitude and longitude.
Location data is sourced from the USGS GNIS database and verified by coordinates, not name matching alone.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | USGS GNIS database; coordinates matched to 2020 US Census records |
