Woodlawn Virginia Map

About Woodlawn, Virginia

Woodlawn is a locality in Colonial Heights (city), Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,045. The population density is 41.1 people per km². Woodlawn is located at 36.7388°N, 80.8095°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 24153, 24381, 22405.

Woodlawn unfolds across a landscape of quiet, agrarian expanse where the horizon is defined by the steady, unadorned presence of the inland plains. It lies 1.7 miles north-northwest of Colonial Heights, VA (from Colonial Heights, VA: bearing 347°T), and is situated 2.9 miles north-northwest of Petersburg. Oldtown Creek carves a narrow, rhythmic path through the earth, its water reflecting the pale, shifting light of a sky that seems to stretch further here than in the crowded corridors of the north. At Lakeview Park, the air holds a stillness that speaks to the surrounding woodlands, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the far western boundary of the world. The soil here is heavy and dark, sustaining a terrain that favors the slow growth of timber and the patient cultivation of fields that have remained largely unchanged by the frantic pace of modern expansion.

Woodlawn carries a weight of memory within its boundaries, a history defined by the steady labor of those who worked the land long before the reach of Pocahontas State Forest became a fixed reference for the region. The economy remains tethered to this legacy, favoring agricultural traditions and localized trade that move at the speed of the seasons rather than the clock. Life in Woodlawn is measured by the transition of the light across the fields and the seasonal maintenance of the land, leaving little room for the artifice of industrial centers. Four miles to the north, the quiet surface of Andrews Pond serves as a mirror for the changing foliage, a silent witness to the generations that have built their lives in the shadow of these hills, finding a deliberate, grounded contentment in the permanence of the earth.

About This Woodlawn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Woodlawn, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.738767, -80.809459. 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 Woodlawn includes the ZIP code (24153, 24381, 22405), telephone area code (540, 703, 571), county seat of Colonial Heights (city), and school district assignment (Carroll 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.