Pastoria Virginia Map
Pastoria, 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 Pastoria, Accomack County.
Interactive Map of Pastoria, Virginia
| City | Pastoria |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Accomack |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 37.749851 |
| Longitude | -75.630207 |
| Population | 863 |
| Density | 137.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Pastoria, Virginia
Pastoria is a locality in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 863. The population density is 137.9 people per km². Pastoria is located at 37.7499°N, 75.6302°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23421.
Pastoria lies low, a whisper of land against the broad, slow reach of the Chesapeake Bay. It lies 30.2 miles south-south-west of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 201°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-north-east of Onancock. The soil here is a dark, rich loam, the kind that remembers the sea and holds the memory of rain long after the clouds have passed. Fields of corn, their stalks reaching toward the wide, pale sky, stretch out like a rumpled, green blanket, broken here and there by the deeper, more somber hue of pine stands. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, briny tang, a constant reminder of the water that shapes the very character of this place, a subtle, salty breath that settles on everything. The houses, mostly low-slung and weathered, seem to have grown organically from the land, their paint peeling with a quiet dignity. The history of Pastoria is as deeply rooted as the ancient oaks that sometimes stand sentinel at the edge of the woods. This was a place of ports and landings, where the bounty of the Eastern Shore found its way to wider markets, a quiet hub for the oyster and fishing fleets that have always been the lifeblood of this coastal fringe. The economy, while diversified now, still hums with the rhythm of the water. You can see it in the small, independent seafood markets, their coolers filled with the day's catch, and in the quiet pride of the watermen who still navigate these tidal creeks. There's a sense of continuity here, a feeling that the generations have lived and worked this same land, their stories carried on the wind, a quiet testament to resilience and a deep connection to the rhythms of nature.
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About This Pastoria Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Pastoria, 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 Pastoria and Accomack County. Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Pastoria 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 Pastoria 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. |
