Rice Virginia Map

About Rice, Virginia

Rice is a locality in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Rice is located at 37.2752°N, 78.2914°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23966.

Rice unfolds as a quiet expanse of Piedmont earth where the Bacon Branch carves a persistent, winding path through the heavy clay and tangled brush. It lies 36.9 miles west-southwest of Brandermill, VA (from Brandermill, VA: bearing 253°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east-southeast of Farmville. The landscape remains defined by the slow, deliberate transition from open fields to the dense, green reach of the Prince Edward State Forest, which stands as a sentinel seven miles to the west. In the distance, the faint, bruised silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains haunt the horizon, offering a jagged reminder of the wider world beyond these rolling slopes. The air here holds a particular weight, smelling of damp soil and ancient pine, especially as the late afternoon light turns the local meadows into pools of amber and bronze. Just a mile away, the surface of Wilsons Pond mirrors the shifting clouds, its stillness contrasting with the subtle, restless movement of the water in the nearby creek bed.

Rice bears the marks of a history etched in rail and iron, its identity inextricably linked to the iron veins that once fueled the movement of goods and people across the interior. The repurposing of old rail lines into the High Bridge Trail State Park has transformed the remnants of industrial passage into a corridor for movement, where the silence of the woods now replaces the rhythmic clatter of locomotives. The local economy persists in a measured cadence, drawing from the deep-rooted traditions of the surrounding acreage while maintaining a steady, understated presence in the modern era. People here move through their days with a quiet, practiced industry, maintaining a life that favors the endurance of the land over the frantic pace of distant urban centers. It is a place where the past does not merely linger, but instead informs the way the sunlight catches the rusted steel of abandoned infrastructure and the persistent, quiet growth of the surrounding timber.

About This Rice Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rice, Virginia. Coordinates: 37.275153, -78.291384. 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 Rice includes the ZIP code (23966), telephone area code (276), county seat of Prince Edward County (Farmville), and school district assignment.

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.