Burgess Virginia Map

About Burgess, Virginia

Burgess is a locality in Northumberland County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Burgess is located at 37.8832°N, 76.3477°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22432.

Burgess rests in a broad, fertile valley where the land begins its gentle incline toward the distant, hazy blue of the Appalachian foothills. It lies 44.2 miles north of Gloucester Point, VA (from Gloucester Point, VA: bearing 11°T), and is situated 15.4 miles south of Saint Marys. The soil here is a deep, almost bruised umber, testament to centuries of cultivation, and it gives way to fields of corn and soybeans that shimmer in the humid summer air, broken by stands of oak and maple that hold their leaves like cupped hands against the sky. The Shenandoah River, a ribbon of pewter under a pale sun, meanders nearby, its banks often fringed with weeping willows whose branches trail in the slow-moving water, creating a constantly shifting mosaic of light and shadow. Even on the driest days, there’s a certain dampness that clings to the air, a cool breath rising from the earth that whispers of subterranean springs and the enduring moisture of this verdant stretch of Virginia. The history of Burgess is as deeply furrowed as the fields that surround it, a place where the echoes of colonial settlement and the quiet anxieties of the Civil War still seem to linger in the weathered clapboard of its older homes. The local economy, once heavily reliant on tobacco and timber, has gracefully adapted, with small family farms still thriving alongside a growing number of artisan workshops that produce everything from handcrafted furniture to locally distilled spirits. Travelers might notice the old general store, its porch worn smooth by generations of leaning elbows, and the modest brick courthouse, a silent witness to decades of local governance. Burgess has a particular quietude, a pace that allows for the recognition of small beauties—the way the late afternoon sun paints the silos in hues of honey and rust, or the contented lowing of cattle drifting across the fields as evening draws in.

About This Burgess Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Burgess, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.883186, -76.347725. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Burgess and Northumberland County.

Detailed location data for Burgess includes the ZIP code (22432), telephone area code (540), county seat of Northumberland County (Heathsville), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Burgess is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.