Windsor Virginia Map

About Windsor, Virginia

Windsor is a locality in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,746. The population density is 264.3 people per km². Windsor is located at 36.8112°N, 76.7384°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Windsor is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 22936, 23150, 23487.

Windsor occupies a quiet expanse of the Piedmont where the earth holds the heat of the day long into the cooling shadows of evening. It lies 5.7 miles north of Charlottesville, VA (from Charlottesville, VA: bearing 0°T), and is situated 5.4 miles north-northeast of University of Virginia. Schroeder Branch carves a slender, rhythmic path through the local terrain, its waters mirroring the silvered gray of the sky as the sun descends toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains. A mile away, the Ivy Creek Natural Area offers a sanctuary of tangled brush and hardwood, providing a stillness that defines the perimeter of the landscape. Five miles further, the depression of Rocky Hollow marks a subtle shift in the elevation, where the land dips into a basin that has long been shaped by the slow, persistent work of rain and wind. The light here has a weight to it, thickening in the hollows and catching on the dust of the backroads, lending a momentary, golden gravity to the ordinary movement of the day.

Windsor maintains a character formed by the steady, industrious pulse of local agriculture and the quiet endurance of those who work the soil. The economy remains rooted in the land, reflecting a heritage where the patterns of harvest and growth dictate the pace of life far more than the frantic demands of the modern corridor. History is not a loud proclamation here but a quiet accumulation of days, felt in the solid, unadorned architecture and the deliberate, courteous nature of the residents. While the South Fork Rivanna River Reservoir remains a constant presence for those who seek the water’s edge, the focus of the locality stays firmly on the maintenance of its fields and the preservation of its modest, steady industry. Life in Windsor moves with the measured cadence of a clock that has long since stopped worrying about the hour, favoring instead the deep, quiet satisfaction of tasks completed and seasons observed.

About This Windsor Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Windsor, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.81119, -76.73841. 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 Windsor includes the ZIP code (22936, 23150, 23487), telephone area code (804, 757), county seat of Albemarle County (Charlottesville), and school district assignment (Isle of Wight 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.