Oilville Virginia Map

About Oilville, Virginia

Oilville is a locality in Goochland County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Oilville is located at 37.7040°N, 77.7853°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 23129.

Oilville rests in a gentle fold of the Piedmont, where the land breathes in long, slow sighs of green. It lies 9.5 miles west of Wyndham, VA (from Wyndham, VA: bearing 272°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north-northwest of Manakin Sabot. The terrain here is a study in muted earth tones, the soil a deep, fertile red that stains the tires of passing trucks and clings to the soles of walking shoes. Ancient oaks, their branches thick as a man's waist, stand sentinel over fields that stretch to the horizon, interrupted only by the occasional glint of a meandering creek or the dark, cool shadow of a wooded hollow. The air itself often carries a faint, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil, pine needles, and the distant sweetness of honeysuckle, particularly potent in the humid embrace of a Virginia summer afternoon. The story of Oilville is one of quiet resilience, a narrative woven from the rich clay of its soil and the enduring spirit of its people. While its name might evoke images of vast, gushing wells, the "oil" in Oilville’s past referred to the lucrative linseed oil industry that once sustained its early economy, a trade that has since faded into the annals of local lore. Today, the economic pulse of Oilville beats with a more agrarian rhythm, its farms producing a bounty of corn, soybeans, and tobacco, their verdant rows a familiar sight under the wide, often startlingly blue sky. The town’s historic general store, a weathered sentinel on Main Street, still serves as a gathering place, its floors creaking with the weight of decades, a silent witness to the slow, steady evolution of life in this corner of the Old Dominion.

About This Oilville Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Oilville, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 37.704034, -77.785272. 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 Oilville and Goochland County.

Detailed location data for Oilville includes the ZIP code (23129), telephone area code (804), county seat of Goochland County (Goochland), 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 Oilville is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.