Petersburg Virginia Map

About Petersburg, Virginia

Petersburg is a locality in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of 33,458. The population density is 568.6 people per km². Petersburg is located at 37.2047°N, 77.3924°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Petersburg is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 22642, 23803.

Petersburg carries the weight of its inland geography, defined by the steady, unpretentious flow of Goose Creek as it carves through the red-clay earth. It lies 7.6 miles east of Front Royal, VA (from Front Royal, VA: bearing 95°T), and is situated 5.1 miles south-southeast of Shenandoah Farms. The air here holds a particular heaviness in the late afternoons, a humid stillness that seems to suspend the golden light against the weathered brickwork of older warehouses. To the west, the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the horizon, serving as a silent sentinel over the plains that stretch outward toward Trumbo Hollow. The landscape remains grounded and ancient, marked by the presence of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, which winds through the verdant corridors of the region, while the quiet waters of Pickett Lake offer a reflective stillness just a short distance from the primary thoroughfares.

Petersburg maintains an economy shaped by the echoes of its industrial foundations and the quiet persistence of its modern trade corridors. Walking the Belle Meade Linden Trail, one notices how the path traverses terrain that has witnessed the slow transformation of tobacco fields into the quiet, everyday commerce of the twenty-first century. The character of the place is etched not in grand monuments, but in the deliberate pace of the streets and the enduring resilience of its architecture, which holds the memory of generations within its crumbling mortar. Life here moves with the measured cadence of a clock that has kept time through eras of profound change, leaving Petersburg to exist as a site of quiet contemplation where the past is not merely remembered, but felt in the texture of the soil and the cooling shadows of the evening.

About This Petersburg Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Petersburg, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.20473, -77.392368. 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 Petersburg includes the ZIP code (22642, 23803), telephone area code (540, 804), county seat of Fauquier County (Warrenton), and school district assignment (Petersburg City Public Schools).

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.