Mathews Virginia Map

About Mathews, Virginia

Mathews is a locality in Mathews County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 941. The population density is 222.9 people per km². Mathews is located at 37.4371°N, 76.3199°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23109.

Mathews, a place where the land remembers the sea, breathes with a quiet, salty air. It lies 16.0 miles northeast of Gloucester Point, VA (from Gloucester Point, VA: bearing 37°T), and is situated 11.5 miles east of Gloucester Courthouse. The landscape is a soft exhale of pine and marsh, a gentle surrender of earth to water. Creeks, like silver veins, thread through the low-lying terrain, their brackish waters reflecting a sky that can shift from the pale, watery blue of morning to the bruised, dramatic grays of an approaching squall. Ancient live oaks, their limbs gnarled and draped with Spanish moss, stand sentinel over fields that lie fallow or are given over to the patient cultivation of corn and soybeans. The very air here is a texture, thick with the scent of damp earth and the distant, almost imperceptible hum of unseen life in the tidal flats. The history of Mathews is etched not in grand monuments, but in the weathered clapboard of its homes and the enduring rhythm of its working waterfront. For generations, the oyster and the crab have been the lifeblood of this county, a legacy that continues to shape its economy and the character of its people. Fishing boats, their paint faded by sun and salt, still bob in the harbors, a tangible link to a past where the bounty of the Chesapeake Bay sustained families and fueled a maritime tradition. There's a certain grace in the slow unfolding of a day in Mathews, a recognition that time here moves not by the frantic ticking of a clock, but by the ebb and flow of the tide and the patient turning of the seasons.

About This Mathews Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mathews, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.43708, -76.319943. 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 Mathews and Mathews County.

Detailed location data for Mathews includes the ZIP code (23109), telephone area code (804), county seat of Mathews County (Mathews), and school district assignment (Mathews 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 Mathews is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.