Merrifield Virginia Map
Merrifield, Portsmouth (city)
Merrifield, Virginia — interactive Google street map, satellite and terrain views, Street View, live National Weather Service conditions and 7-day forecasts, real-time local and world news, and an editorial description of Merrifield, Portsmouth (city).
Interactive Map of Merrifield, Virginia
| City | Merrifield |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Portsmouth (city) |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.879315 |
| Longitude | -76.382445 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Merrifield, Virginia
Merrifield is a locality in Portsmouth (city), Virginia, United States. Merrifield is located at 36.8793°N, 76.3824°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22031.0.
Merrifield, a place where the air carries the faint tang of salt and the sky often wears a bruised, twilight purple, unfolds across a low-lying terrain. It lies 5.6 miles west-north-west of Portsmouth, VA (from Portsmouth, VA: bearing 303°T), and is situated 7.3 miles north-west of Chesapeake. Here, the land settles into broad, unassuming plains, punctuated by the occasional cluster of loblolly pines that stand like patient sentinels against the prevailing winds. The streets, often lined with modest homes whose paint might be peeling a little from the persistent humidity, hum with a quiet, everyday energy; the distant rumble of traffic on larger arteries is a constant, low-frequency bass note to the chirping of unseen birds. Even on bright days, a certain softness pervades, a way the light seems to diffuse through the humid atmosphere, lending a muted glow to the weathered clapboard and the patches of manicured, yet often damp, lawns. The history of Merrifield is intrinsically tied to the waterways that thread through this part of the county, a legacy of its early days as a place where shipping and trade found a steady, if not boisterous, foothold. While the grander industrial booms of larger port cities might have bypassed its immediate shores, Merrifield has long sustained itself through a more grounded economy, one that has seen its share of fishing operations and small-scale agricultural ventures bloom and fade with the seasons. Today, the echoes of that past are subtle, found in the names of older streets or the occasional weathered dock that still juts into the brackish water, a quiet reminder of a time when the rhythm of life here pulsed in time with the tides and the steady passage of boats.
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About This Merrifield Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Merrifield, Virginia with street, satellite and terrain views and integrated Street View imagery. 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 Merrifield and Portsmouth (city). Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Merrifield is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity, not name matching alone — ensuring the correct Merrifield is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states.
| Page generated | June 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
