King William County is a county in Virginia, United States, on the Middle Peninsula between Richmond and the Chesapeake Bay. It had a population of 17,810 at the 2020 census and covers 274 square miles (710 km2) of land centred near 37\u00b042\u2032N 77\u00b006\u2032W.<\/p>\n
King William is the county seat, and its postal code is 23086. The county has one incorporated town, West Point, and about three dozen unincorporated communities and river landings. It sits in the Eastern time zone.<\/p>\n
King William County has one incorporated town and roughly three dozen unincorporated places, most of them small crossroads hamlets or historic landings along the Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers. The table below uses CDP for Census-designated place and Unincorp. for a named but unincorporated community.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Point<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23181<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| King William<\/td>\n | Unincorp. · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23086<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Aylett<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Manquin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23106<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Aylett Mill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 23009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Beulahville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Calno<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Central Garage<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chericoke<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cohoke<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Corinth Fork<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Duane<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Duane Fork<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Elsing Green<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Enfield<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Epworth<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Etna Mills<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Globe<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gordon Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Horse Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Johnson Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Keith<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lanesville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mangohick<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Midway<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pointers Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pollards Corner<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Poplar Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Port Richmond<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Riverview Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Romancoke<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rosespout<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rumford<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Scotland Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tuck Fork<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Turpin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Upshaw<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Venter<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wakema<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| White Oak Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Whitebank<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n West Point is the county’s only incorporated town and its largest population center; King William, the seat, is an unincorporated crossroads community that gives the county its name. Many of the “Landing” names \u2014 Gordon, Horse, Johnson, Pointers, Poplar, Riverview, Scotland, White Oak \u2014 mark old steamboat and ferry stops on the Mattaponi and Pamunkey rivers, a reminder that the county’s rivers were once its main roads.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nMost of the county’s smaller landings and crossroads share a ZIP with the nearest of these four post-office towns rather than carrying their own code.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nKing William County occupies the Middle Peninsula, the neck of land between two of Virginia’s tidal rivers. The Mattaponi River forms its northern boundary and the Pamunkey River its southern boundary; the two meet at West Point to form the York River, which then flows to the Chesapeake Bay. The land is flat to gently rolling coastal-plain terrain, much of it wooded, with tidal marsh and swamp forest along the river bottoms. Of the county’s 286 square miles, 274 square miles are land and 12 square miles are water.<\/p>\n King William County borders Caroline County<\/a> to the northwest, King and Queen County<\/a> to the northeast, New Kent County<\/a> to the south, and Hanover County<\/a> to the southwest.<\/p>\n King William County had 17,810 residents at the 2020 census, a density of about 65 people per square mile. Aylett and King William’s crossroads area are the largest unincorporated concentrations of population outside the town of West Point. No verified county-level median household income figure is available for this profile; Virginia’s statewide 2023 ACS median household income is $89,931, and King William, a rural county without a major employment center of its own, sends many commuters west to the Richmond metro area.<\/p>\n Agriculture and forestry remain part of the county’s economy, alongside county and school-system government employment and a working waterfront at West Point, historically a paper-mill and shipping town on the York River. Much of the workforce commutes toward Richmond and the I-95 corridor to the west, or toward Newport News and the Hampton Roads shipyards to the southeast. The county is also home to two of Virginia’s federally recognized tribal reservations, the Pamunkey and Mattaponi, the only Indian reservations remaining in the state.<\/p>\n King William County was formed in 1702 from King and Queen County and named for King William III of England. Its courthouse, built in 1725 at the county seat, is one of the oldest courthouses in continuous use in the United States. The Pamunkey and Mattaponi tribes, whose reservations sit along their namesake rivers within the county, trace their treaty relationship with Virginia’s colonial government back to the 17th century, among the oldest continuous such relationships in the country.<\/p>\n U.S. Route 360 and Virginia Route 30 are the county’s main roads, crossing near Aylett and King William.<\/p>\n Richmond International Airport is the nearest commercial airport.<\/p>\n Where is King William County?<\/strong> What is the population of King William County?<\/strong> How big is King William County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of King William County?<\/strong> How many towns are in King William County?<\/strong> |