Central Virginia
Central Virginia, also known as the Piedmont, is the largest region of the state of Virginia and contains the state capital, Richmond. It is marked on the east by the Fall Line, and on the west by the Appalachian Mountains.Tap on the map to travel |
Photo: Morgan Riley, CC BY 3.0.
Popular Destinations
Richmond
Photo: jeff horne, CC BY 2.0.
Richmond is the capital of Virginia. Richmond has a population of 227,000 and the adjacent counties of Henrico and Chesterfield combine to create a local population of more than 1.3 million people.
Charlottesville
Charlottesville, in central Virginia, is a lovely university town of about 40,000 with lots to offer.Destinations
Fredericksburg
Photo: Justinandsarah, Public domain.
Fredericksburg is a city nearly halfway between Washington, D.C., and Richmond, Virginia.
Franklin and Southampton County
Photo: Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Franklin and Southampton County are a statistical region in Central Virginia made up by Franklin, an independent city with around 8,500 citizens, and Southampton County, a county just short of 20,000 citizens.
Petersburg
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
Danville
Photo: MarmadukePercy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Danville is a city of 40,000 people in the state of Virginia on the Banks of the Dan River close to the border with North Carolina.
Bedford
Bedford is a town and former independent city in the county of the same name in Central Virginia of the Southern United States of America.Culpeper
Photo: Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Public domain.
Culpeper is a town of almost 19,000 people in the center of Culpeper County in Central Virginia.
Crewe
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crewe is a town in Nottoway County, Virginia, United States.
Amherst
Photo: Annette Teng, CC BY 3.0.
Amherst is a town in Amherst County, Virginia, United States.
Ashland
Ashland is a town in Hanover County, Virginia, United States, located 16 miles north of Richmond along Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1.Farmville
Photo: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Farmville is a town in Prince Edward and Cumberland counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Hanover
Photo: Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hanover is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hanover County, Virginia, United States.
Doswell
Doswell is an unincorporated community in Hanover County in the Central Region of the U.S.Central Virginia
- Type: metropolitan statistical area with 1,310,000 residents
- Description: region and metropolitan area in Virginia, United States
- Location: Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
37.809° or 37° 48' 32" northLongitude of centre
-78.178° or 78° 10' 41" westPopulation
1,310,000Wikidata ID
Q5600736Central Virginia Satellite Map
© OpenStreetMap, Mapbox and Maxar
Also Known As
- Chinese: 大里士满地区
- Chinese: 大里士滿地區
- English: Greater Richmond Region
- English: Richmond, VA Metro Area
- English: Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area
- English: Richmond metropolitan area
- German: Metropolregion Richmond
- Italian: Virginia centrale
- Japanese: リッチモンド都市圏
- Persian: منطقه ریچموند بزرگ
- Spanish: Area metropolitana de Richmond
- Spanish: Área metropolitana de Richmond
- Spanish: Área metropolitana de Richmond–Petersburg
- Urdu: گریٹر رچمنڈ خطہ
Popular Destinations in Virginia
Escape to a Random Place
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Central Virginia. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.