Thornburg Virginia Map
Explore Thornburg, Virginia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thornburg, VA street map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
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| City | Thornburg |
| State | Virginia (VA) |
| County | Spotsylvania |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 38.133466 |
| Longitude | -77.521651 |
| Population | 480 |
| Density | 12.0 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code(s) | 22551, 22565 |
| Area Code | 540 |
| County Seat | Spotsylvania Courthouse |
About Thornburg, Virginia
Thornburg is a locality in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States. It is a small community with a population of 480. The population density is 12.0 people per km². Thornburg is located at 38.1335°N, 77.5217°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 22565.
Thornburg rests in the gentle, rolling landscape of Virginia's Piedmont, where the broad, sun-drenched fields of agriculture bleed into the deepening shadows of hardwood forests. It lies 12.2 miles south-southwest of Fredericksburg, VA (from Fredericksburg, VA: bearing 196°T), and is situated 8.7 miles south-southwest of Massaponax. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, earthy sweetness, a perfume of turned soil and distant pine, and the very light seems to thicken, casting long, painterly strokes across the land. The terrain, a soft undulation of earth, speaks of patient cultivation and the slow, persistent work of water carving its way through the clay-rich soil, giving the impression that the land itself breathes with a quiet, enduring spirit. This corner of Virginia, long marked by the rhythms of tobacco and then the quiet hum of trucking, still carries echoes of a more distant past in the very way the roads meander, as if remembering the hoofbeats of cavalry or the creak of wagons. The local economy, a sturdy blend of agricultural enterprises and the steady flow of commerce along nearby arterial routes, lends Thornburg a sense of grounded prosperity, a place where the present is built on the foundations of what has been. One might notice, on a clear evening, how the vast expanse of sky above Thornburg seems particularly deep, a canvas for the slow drift of clouds that have witnessed generations of life unfold in this placid, unassuming stretch of the Old Dominion.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Mattaponi Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.1 mi, 119° SE
- Patriot Park (Local Recreation) — 4.1 mi, 350° N
- Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 17.9 mi, 083° E · 24k acres
- Fredericksburg and Spot. National Military Park (National Park) — 11.5 mi, 015° N · 48 acres
- Lake Anna State Park (State Park) — 15.3 mi, 271° W
- Oakley Forest Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.9 mi, 310° NW
- Central Virginia Battlefield Trust Holding (Conservation Area) — 4.9 mi, 331° NW
- Shenandoah National Park (National Park) — 49.8 mi, 304° NW · 197k acres
- Caledon State Park (State Park) — 22.7 mi, 054° NE
- Widewater State Park (State Park) — 21.6 mi, 029° NE
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About This Thornburg Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Thornburg, Virginia — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 38.133466, -77.521651. 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 Thornburg and Spotsylvania County.
Detailed location data for Thornburg includes the ZIP code (22551), telephone area code (540), county seat of Spotsylvania County (Spotsylvania Courthouse), 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 Thornburg is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. Location verified by proximity — not name matching alone. |
