Mappsburg Virginia Map

About Mappsburg, Virginia

Mappsburg is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 103. The population density is 4.1 people per km². Mappsburg is located at 37.5776°N, 75.7635°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23420.

Mappsburg lies on a sliver of land, a quiet exhale of the Eastern Shore where the salt-laced air whispers secrets between the marsh grasses and the weathered shingles of homes. It lies 44.0 miles south-south-west of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 204°T), and is situated 4.5 miles north-east of Exmore. The landscape here is a study in muted greens and blues, the sky a vast, ever-shifting canvas that washes over the low-slung terrain. Ditches, more like veins, crisscross the fields, carrying the brackish kiss of the nearby tidal creeks, their surfaces mirroring the bruised purples and soft golds of a coming dusk. The wind, when it stirs, carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and the distant, rhythmic sigh of the ocean, a constant, unseen presence. The history of Mappsburg is as layered as the silty earth beneath its feet, an echo of generations who coaxed sustenance from this coastal fringe. Once a hub of maritime activity, its piers now stand as skeletal reminders of a busier past, their timbers groaning with the weight of memory and the persistent tide. Today, agriculture remains a steadfast anchor, the rows of corn and soybeans stretching towards the horizon, their verdant uniformity broken only by the occasional shimmering heat haze rising from sun-baked fields. Local life unfolds at a pace dictated by the tides and the seasons, a gentle rhythm that allows for the quiet appreciation of a sky so wide it seems to hold the entire world, and for the profound silence that descends after the last bird call fades.

About This Mappsburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mappsburg, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.577634, -75.76354. 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 Mappsburg and Accomack County.

Detailed location data for Mappsburg includes the ZIP code (23420), 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 Mappsburg is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.