Madison Virginia Map

About Madison, Virginia

Madison is a locality in Madison County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 273. The population density is 202.3 people per km². Madison is located at 38.3804°N, 78.2575°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22727.

Madison unfurls itself across the rolling Piedmont, a landscape painted in broad strokes of verdant fields and the deeper hues of distant Blue Ridge foothills. It lies 15.5 miles west-southwest of Culpeper, VA (from Culpeper, VA: bearing 246°T), and is situated 12.3 miles northwest of Orange. The air here, particularly in the languid afternoons of late summer, carries a scent of sun-baked earth and the faint sweetness of ripening corn, a palpable warmth that seems to seep into the very stones of the older buildings. The Rapidan River, a ribbon of shimmering silver, carves its gentle path through the surrounding countryside, its banks often fringed with willows that droop with a certain elegant weariness, their branches whispering secrets to the passing breeze. The quality of light in Madison, especially as dusk begins to settle, is a phenomenon of hushed golds and deepening purples, transforming the ordinary into something profoundly beautiful. The history of Madison is deeply entwined with the agricultural cycles and the enduring legacy of the Old Dominion. Once a vital hub for tobacco and later for diversified farming, its economy now hums with a blend of the traditional and the contemporary, a quiet evolution rather than a dramatic upheaval. Local businesses, many of them family-owned for generations, continue to anchor the community, their storefronts offering a tangible connection to Madison's past. One can still sense the long colonial and Civil War memory in the very architecture, in the stoic facades of older homes that have witnessed so much, a quiet resilience that defines the character of this particular locality. The pace of life in Madison, while not entirely untouched by the demands of the modern world, retains a certain courteous deliberateness, a reflection of the enduring spirit of its people.

About This Madison Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Madison, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 38.380406, -78.257504. 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 Madison and Madison County.

Detailed location data for Madison includes the ZIP code (22727), telephone area code (540), county seat of Madison County (Madison), and school district assignment (Madison County Public Schools). 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 Madison is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.