Riverdale Virginia Map
Riverdale, Chesapeake (city)
Riverdale, 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 Riverdale, Chesapeake (city).
Interactive Map of Riverdale, Virginia
| City | Riverdale |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Chesapeake (city) |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.80987 |
| Longitude | -76.247439 |
| Density | N/A /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
About Riverdale, Virginia
Riverdale is a locality in Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States. Riverdale is located at 36.8099°N, 76.2474°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24592.0.
Riverdale breathes with the humid, salt-tinged air of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, a place where the land, a rich, dark loam, slopes gently towards the broad embrace of waterways that whisper of the sea. It lies 1.6 miles east-south-east of Chesapeake, VA (from Chesapeake, VA: bearing 113°T), and is situated 3.3 miles south-east of Norfolk. The landscape here is a quilt of verdant fields and stands of loblolly pine, their needles rustling like secrets in the breeze that carries the distant clang of industry and the cries of gulls. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-overcast sky, pools in shimmering, ephemeral patches on the quiet roads, illuminating the weathered clapboard of homes and the stoic, enduring presence of ancient oak trees. The air itself feels thick with the scent of damp earth and the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle, a pervasive aroma that clings to the very skin. This stretch of Riverdale, long shaped by the ebb and flow of tides and the currents of commerce, bears the marks of its maritime heritage and its agricultural roots. For generations, its economy was tethered to the bounty of the bay and the fertility of its soil, with fishing boats once a common sight and fields of corn and soybeans stretching towards the horizon. While that agrarian spirit still flickers, the hum of nearby shipyards and the clatter of cargo cranes now punctuate the quietude, a testament to its evolving role as a vital hub in the region's industrial landscape. Riverdale carries a history etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring resilience of its people and the quiet dignity of its weathered structures, a community that has learned to adapt and thrive amidst the changing tides of time.
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About This Riverdale Map Page
This page provides an interactive Google map of Riverdale, 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 Riverdale and Chesapeake (city). Coordinates and population data are also included.
Location data for Riverdale 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 Riverdale 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. |
