Manquin Virginia Map

About Manquin, Virginia

Manquin is a locality in King William County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 8.0 people per km². Manquin is located at 37.7101°N, 77.1528°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23106.

Manquin rests in the lowlands where King and Queen County shoulders the Pamunkey River. It lies 14.0 miles east-northeast of Mechanicsville, VA (from Mechanicsville, VA: bearing 60°T), and is situated 20.0 miles east-northeast of Richmond. The land here is flat, mostly, a rich, dark soil that yields readily to cultivation, crisscrossed by drainage ditches that gleam like silver threads under the wide Virginia sky. Ancient pines stand sentinel along the few gravel roads, their needles carpeting the ground with a soft, fragrant hush, and in the late afternoon, the air hangs heavy and sweet with the scent of honeysuckle and the distant, earthy tang of the river. Oak and maple trees, their branches gnarled and reaching, offer a dappled shade, and the occasional weathered barn, its paint peeling like sunburnt skin, speaks of generations that have worked this soil. The history of Manquin is as deeply rooted as the ancient trees, tied to the ebb and flow of the Pamunkey and the agricultural ambitions of those who settled here centuries ago. This was land carved from the wild, a place where tobacco once dominated the landscape and the economy, leaving behind a legacy of grand, if now often faded, plantation homes. Today, that legacy is subtly present, a quiet echo in the slower pace of life, though the land’s bounty still sustains it. While the grand estates are fewer, the fertile ground continues to support a farming community, a dependable hum of activity that keeps the heart of Manquin beating, a quiet resilience that can be felt in the steady rhythm of the seasons.

About This Manquin Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Manquin, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.710142, -77.152752. 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 Manquin and King William County.

Detailed location data for Manquin includes the ZIP code (23086), telephone area code (804), county seat of King William County (King William), 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 Manquin is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.