Woodlawn Virginia Map

About Woodlawn, Virginia

Woodlawn is a locality in Hanover County, 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 sustains a quiet gravity, anchored by the slow, deliberate movement of Matadequin Creek as it carves a path through the dense, verdant terrain. It lies 7.4 miles northeast of Highland Springs, VA (from Highland Springs, VA: bearing 45°T), and is situated 7.7 miles east of Mechanicsville. The landscape is defined by an inland stillness, where the earth rises and falls in modest, measured swells, far removed from the reach of any saltwater influence. At the edge of the property lines, Wests Pond holds the sky in a mirror of dark glass, its surface undisturbed save for the occasional ripple of a passing shadow. The light here in the late afternoon possesses a particular clarity, filtering through the heavy canopy to cast long, thin fingers of amber across the damp soil, while the distant, hazy silhouette of the Blue Ridge Mountains marks the western horizon like a fading memory of high ground.

Woodlawn carries the weight of a long-settled interior, where the patterns of industry and agriculture have been refined by generations of quiet persistence. The local economy remains tethered to the land’s capacity for growth, favoring the steady, predictable cycles of the seasons over the frantic pulse of the modern corridor. A short distance away, the quiet boundaries of ABT Holding provide a sanctuary of managed wilderness, offering a rare reprieve from the intrusion of development. Life in Woodlawn moves with a deliberate, unhurried cadence, marked by the simple sounds of local trade and the soft rustle of leaves in the humid air, preserving a character that values the permanence of the soil and the legacy of the families who have long tended these fields.

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 Hanover County (Hanover Courthouse), 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.