Sussex Virginia Map

About Sussex, Virginia

Sussex is a locality in Norfolk (city), Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 181. The population density is 14.9 people per km². Sussex is located at 36.9174°N, 77.2719°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 23505, 23882.

Sussex carries the damp, heavy breath of the Atlantic Ocean, which exerts a quiet pull on the atmosphere from only fifteen miles away. It lies 4.9 miles north of Norfolk, VA (from Norfolk, VA: bearing 359°T), and is situated 6.8 miles north of Chesapeake. The land here remains low and yielding, defined by the slow, humid pulse of the Lafayette River that carves its path just a mile from the center. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the terrain flattens into the dark, moisture-rich soil of the Ludlow Flats, five miles out, while the distant, jagged silhouette of Blackwalnut Ridge offers a faint, gray promise of elevation sixteen miles to the west. On clear afternoons, the light hits the reeds and the brackish marsh grass with a sharp, silver clarity, turning the horizon into a smear of muted bronze before the evening shadows claim the North Shore Road Playground.

Sussex maintains an economy tethered to the slow accumulation of seasons, where the legacy of the soil still dictates the rhythm of the day. Charters Island sits like a quiet anchor in the nearby waters, a relic of a landscape that has shifted and settled over generations of agricultural labor. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of a place that has seen the rise and fall of various trades, favoring the steady work of the present over the ghosts of the past. Residents often gather near the banks or walk the perimeter of Lake Whitehurst, five miles distant, where the water reflects the stillness of a region that keeps its own counsel. The character of Sussex is found in these quiet margins, in the salt-stung air that persists despite the distance from the coast, and in the way the local life bends, rather than breaks, against the weight of the tides.

About This Sussex Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Sussex, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.917359, -77.271869. 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 Sussex includes the ZIP code (23505, 23882), telephone area code (757, 804), county seat of Norfolk (city), and school district assignment (Sussex 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.