Riverdale Virginia Map

About Riverdale, Virginia

Riverdale is a locality in Chesapeake (city), Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 949. The population density is 45.1 people per km². Riverdale is located at 36.6748°N, 78.8940°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24014, 23324, 23851.

Riverdale emerges from the damp, low-slung earth where the Indian River winds its steady, tea-colored path toward the distant salt of the coast. It lies 1.6 miles east-southeast of Chesapeake, VA (from Chesapeake, VA: bearing 113°T), and is situated 3.3 miles southeast of Norfolk. The air here holds a heavy, persistent moisture, softened by the proximity of the Middle Reach, which waits only two miles away as a gray, tidal expanse beneath the afternoon light. Beyond the immediate banks of the river, the ground stretches toward the modest, rounded rise of Mount Trashmore on the horizon, while the terrain dips into the quiet, sodden basins of Ludlow Flats. Residents often find their mornings defined by the mist clinging to the reeds of the Indian River, a cool vapor that obscures the nearby Forest Cove Apts, grounding the periphery of the neighborhood in a persistent, quiet dampness.

Riverdale carries the weight of a slow, agrarian inheritance, though its modern pulse is dictated by the steady logistics of the regional economy and the persistent needs of the nearby water. The trade that once relied on the currents flowing toward the coast has shifted, yet the rhythm of the day remains tethered to the tide and the turning of the seasons. Life here is measured by the distance to Lake James, a three-mile journey that serves as the local anchor for recreation, and the sight of distant Charters Island marking the limits of the reachable horizon. There is a singular, unadorned beauty in the way the light catches the surface of the Indian River at dusk, turning the water into a sheet of hammered pewter that reflects the simple, unhurried persistence of the people living along its banks.

About This Riverdale Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Riverdale, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.674848, -78.894011. 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 Riverdale includes the ZIP code (24014, 23324, 23851), telephone area code (804, 276), county seat of Chesapeake (city), and school district assignment (Halifax County 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.