Virgilina Virginia Map

About Virgilina, Virginia

Virgilina is a locality in Halifax County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 126. The population density is 79.2 people per km². Virgilina is located at 36.5435°N, 78.7750°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Virgilina is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 24598.

Virgilina occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the North Fork carves a patient, steady path through the red clay and tangled thickets. It lies 34.5 miles east of Danville, VA (from Danville, VA: bearing 95°T), and is situated 9.4 miles west-southwest of Henrico. The horizon remains low and uncomplicated, defined by the slow transition of fields into dense woodlands that hold the afternoon heat long after the sun has begun its descent toward the western tree line. Five miles to the east, the stillness of the Mayo Reservoir offers a mirror to the sky, its surface often undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a passing breeze. In the distance, the faint, hazy contours of the Appalachian Mountains suggest a grandeur that Virgilina acknowledges only as a distant, blue-tinted memory on the farthest edge of the visible world.

Farmers once tethered the prosperity of Virgilina to the cultivation of bright-leaf tobacco, an industry that dictated the rhythm of the seasons and left behind the weathered skeletons of curing barns to mark the passage of time. Today, the economy has shifted toward a more modest equilibrium, finding its modern pulse in the quiet stewardship of the land and the nearby protection of the Mayo Game Land. Life here follows the deliberate tempo of a place that has seen the booms of copper mining and the cyclical nature of agricultural demand fade into a landscape of resilient, sun-drenched pastures. A certain dignity persists in the way the light catches the dust on a country road, reflecting a heritage that prefers the weight of deep roots over the frantic pace of the outside world.

About This Virgilina Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Virgilina, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.543474, -78.775006. 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 Virgilina includes the ZIP code (24598), telephone area code (276), county seat of Halifax County (Halifax), 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.