Gloucester County is a county in Virginia, United States, on the Middle Peninsula between the Rappahannock and York rivers. It had a population of 38,711 at the 2020 census and covers 288 square miles (750 km2) centred near 37°24′N 76°31′W.<\/p>\n
Gloucester Courthouse is the county seat, and its postal code is 23061. The county has no incorporated towns — it comprises two census-designated places, Gloucester Courthouse and Gloucester Point, plus more than 80 unincorporated communities. Gloucester County observes Eastern time and carries FIPS code 51073.<\/p>\n
Gloucester County has no incorporated cities or towns. Its two census-designated places, Gloucester Courthouse (the seat) and Gloucester Point (home to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science), are the only communities with their own census population counts; everything else below is an unincorporated place recognised in federal and state gazetteers. Population is shown only where a place has its own census figure.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achilles<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Adner<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Allmondsville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ark<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23003<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Baileys<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Batt<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bellamy<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Belroi<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bena<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Beulah<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brays Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Broad Marsh<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Capahosic<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Carters Cove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clay Bank<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clay Bank Acres<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clopton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Clopton Heights<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Concord<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Country Village<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Crab<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Creekwood Cove Estates<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dutton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23050<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Edgehill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Elmington<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Freeport<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Glen Roy Estates<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Glenns<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gloucester Courthouse<\/td>\n | CDP · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23061<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gloucester Point<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23062<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gum Fork<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Harbor Hills<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Harcum<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hayes<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23072<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hermitage<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hermitage Banks<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hockley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hornets Nest<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lands End<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Marlfield<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Marshall Heights<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Maryus<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mill Creek<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Millwood<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Money<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Naxera<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Neva Terrace<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| New Upton<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nuttall<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Oakdale<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Olivers Estates<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ordinary<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23131<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Owl Trap<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Oyster Cove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pampa<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Perrin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pinero<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pinetta<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Point Lookout<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Powhatan Shores<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Quiet Cove<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Roanes<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Robert Heights<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rosemont<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rosewell<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rosewell Harbor<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rowes Haven<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sassafras<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Schley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Selden<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Severn<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Severn Manor<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Signpine<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tidemill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Victory Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ware Neck<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| West End<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| White Marsh<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23183<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wicomico<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Woods Crossroads<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| York River Farms<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| York River Pines<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| York View<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Zanoni<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n A handful of names are neighbourhood- or subdivision-scale places rather than historic crossroads communities — Clay Bank Acres sits beside the older Clay Bank, and Hermitage Banks and Rosewell Harbor sit beside Hermitage and Rosewell — but all are carried over from the county’s gazetteer entries and kept distinct rather than merged.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost of the smaller unincorporated places above share a ZIP with their nearest post office town rather than carrying their own code.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nGloucester County occupies the tip of Virginia’s Middle Peninsula, bounded by the Rappahannock River to the north, Mobjack Bay and the Chesapeake Bay to the east, and the York River to the south. The land is low and flat, cut by tidal creeks, marshes and necks running down to the water, with the North River and Ware River draining the county’s interior into Mobjack Bay.<\/p>\n Gloucester borders Middlesex County<\/a> to the north across the Piankatank River, Mathews County<\/a> to the east, King and Queen County<\/a> to the west, and York County<\/a> and James City County<\/a> across the York River to the south.<\/p>\n Gloucester County had 38,711 residents at the 2020 census, giving a density of about 178 people per square mile of land. Gloucester Point, anchored by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and William & Mary’s marine campus, and Gloucester Courthouse, the seat and commercial center, are the county’s two largest named communities; the rest of the population lives across small waterfront and rural crossroads communities such as Hayes and White Marsh. The county’s household income runs below the Virginia median of $89,931, consistent with its rural and small-town economic base outside the Hampton Roads commuting corridor.<\/p>\n Gloucester County Public Schools is among the county’s largest employers, alongside Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester Courthouse and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester Point, a research and teaching arm of William & Mary that anchors the county’s marine-science and seafood economy. Rappahannock Community College operates a campus at Glenns. Watermen still work the Ware, North and York rivers for crab and oyster, and retail along US 17 in Gloucester Courthouse serves the county’s rural population. The annual Gloucester County Fair and Daffodil Festival are the area’s best-known local events.<\/p>\n Gloucester County was formed from York County in 1651, one of the older subdivisions of the Virginia Colony, and was named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, the third son of King Charles I. Colonial-era tobacco plantations lined its rivers; the ruins of Rosewell, once among the grandest brick mansions in colonial Virginia, still stand near Carters Creek. Werowocomoco, the seat of the Powhatan paramount chiefdom encountered by the Jamestown colonists, sat on the Purtan Bay shoreline in what is now Gloucester County and is preserved today as a National Historic Landmark.<\/p>\n US Route 17 runs the length of the county and is its main commercial corridor, crossed by Virginia Routes 3, 14, 33, 198, 216 and 374. The York River crossing at Coleman Bridge links Gloucester Point directly to Yorktown.<\/p>\n The nearest commercial airport is Newport News\/Williamsburg International Airport, roughly 25 miles south.<\/p>\n Where is Gloucester County, Virginia?<\/strong> What is the population of Gloucester County?<\/strong> How big is Gloucester County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Gloucester County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Gloucester County?<\/strong> What ZIP codes are in Gloucester County?<\/strong> |