Riverdale Virginia Map

About Riverdale, Virginia

Riverdale is a locality in Prince George County, 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 occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the earth maintains a steady, clay-rich firmness beneath the soles of those who traverse its fields. It lies 2.6 miles east-northeast of Colonial Heights, VA (from Colonial Heights, VA: bearing 74°T), and is situated 2.7 miles northeast of Petersburg. The horizon remains wide and unobstructed, though the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains occasionally anchors the western skyline on days when the air turns crisp and clear. Harrison Branch cuts a narrow, meandering path through the local topography, its waters feeding the quiet moisture that sustains the surrounding meadows. A mile from the center, the managed grounds of CWT Holding offer a stillness rarely interrupted, while the waters of Soldiers Pond catch the amber light of late afternoon, mirroring the slow shift of seasons.

Riverdale carries the weight of a long agricultural legacy, where the soil once yielded rows of tobacco and grain, shaping the early commerce that defined the region’s growth. Modern life here proceeds with a deliberate pace, moving between the remnants of older homesteads and the newer, pragmatic infrastructure that supports a changing economy. Families often spend their weekends near the fringes of Pocahontas State Forest, finding shade beneath the dense canopy that marks the transition into more wooded terrain. The character of the place is found in the polite, measured speech of its residents and the way the evening shadows lengthen across the porch boards, signaling a day’s work concluded in the quietude of the interior landscape.

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 Prince George County (Prince George), 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.