Riverdale Virginia Map

About Riverdale, Virginia

Riverdale is a locality in Roanoke (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 red clay and tangled thickets where the Roanoke River carves a deliberate, muscular arc through the landscape. It lies 1.9 miles southeast of Roanoke, VA (from Roanoke, VA: bearing 126°T), and is situated 5.8 miles east-northeast of Cave Spring. The Roanoke River Greenway provides a verdant corridor for the morning mist to linger, clinging to the sycamores long after the sun has climbed above the horizon. To the west, the Appalachian Mountains stand as a serrated silhouette against the bruised purple of an approaching dusk, while the cooling air carries the scent of damp earth and pine. Two miles to the north, the surface of Niagara Reservoir remains a flat, dark mirror, undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a rising fish or the drift of a stray leaf. Beyond the immediate banks, the land rises into modest, stubborn ridges that cradle the quietude of the Virginia interior, far removed from the reach of any tide.

Riverdale holds the memory of a hard-wrought industrial heritage in its brick facades and the rusted iron skeletons of mills that once turned with the current. The regional economy, having shifted from the labor of the loom and the tobacco shed, now finds a steadier pulse in the commerce of the Piedmont, where the cadence of daily life is measured by the steady flow of the river rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. Seven miles away, the descent of Falling Rock Falls provides a sharp, percussive counterpoint to the sluggish pace of Cattail Hollow, where the shadows stretch long and thin across the dormant fields. People here walk with a deliberate gravity, acknowledging neighbors with a nod that honors a long, shared lineage of resilience. In the quiet transition between the afternoon heat and the evening cool, Riverdale settles into a stillness that feels less like an absence of motion and more like a patient, internal rhythm.

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 Roanoke (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.