Wakefield Virginia Map

About Wakefield, Virginia

Wakefield is a locality in Charlottesville (city), Virginia, United States. It has a population of 11,805. The population density is 1208.0 people per km². Wakefield is located at 38.8247°N, 77.2430°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 22304, 23888, 22003.

Wakefield unfolds across a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of Meadow Creek as it carves a path through the verdant expanse of the Meadow Creek Valley. It lies 2.8 miles north of Charlottesville, VA (from Charlottesville, VA: bearing 4°T), and is situated 3.1 miles northeast of University of Virginia. The land here rises in measured, earthy swells that eventually sharpen toward the distant silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains, visible as a faint, jagged bruised-purple line against the afternoon sky. Sunlight settles over the fields in a heavy, golden amber, catching the moisture rising from the low-lying basin of the Madison Bowl and casting long, cooling shadows across the tall grasses. The earth is dense and dark, holding the memory of seasons past, while the air carries a crisp, inland stillness that settles deep into the surrounding woodlands.

Wakefield maintains a rhythm dictated by the harvest and the slow, deliberate turn of the agricultural year. The local economy remains tethered to the soil, where generations have worked the land to extract a living that values endurance over rapid expansion. While the presence of the South Fork Rivanna River Reservoir provides a necessary stillness to the nearby terrain, the human history of the place is marked by the modest brickwork and wooden structures that have stood against the weathering of time. People move through the day with a focused, quiet industry, respectful of the boundaries set by the terrain and the long, communal memory of the region. There is a distinct, unadorned grace in how the local life persists, grounded firmly in the geography that sustains it.

About This Wakefield Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wakefield, Virginia. Coordinates: 38.824691, -77.242953. 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 Wakefield includes the ZIP code (22304, 23888, 22003), telephone area code (804, 571, 703), county seat of Charlottesville (city), and school district assignment (Fairfax 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.