{"id":8577,"date":"2023-10-02T17:58:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T17:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=8577"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:59:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T18:59:38","slug":"spotsylvania-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/spotsylvania-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotsylvania County, Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spotsylvania County is a county in Virginia, United States, about 10 miles south of the
\nindependent city of Fredericksburg. It had a population of 140,032 at the 2020 census, an
\nestimated 155,388 by 2025, and covers 414 square miles (1,070 km2) centred near 38\u00b011\u2032N 77\u00b039\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Spotsylvania Courthouse is the county seat and largest community; its postal code is 22553.
\nSpotsylvania has no incorporated towns or cities — the county holds 2 census-designated
\nplaces and roughly three dozen named unincorporated communities, and it runs on Eastern Time.
\nVirginia counties have no civil-township layer of government, so places here answer directly to
\nthe county Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Spotsylvania County<\/h2>\n

Spotsylvania County has 36 named places on record: 2 census-designated places (CDPs) with
\ntheir own Census Bureau population counts, and 34 unincorporated communities —
\ncrossroads, mill sites and rural neighborhoods with no population figure or municipal
\ngovernment of their own.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Spotsylvania Courthouse<\/td>\nCDP · seat<\/td>\n5,610<\/td>\n22553<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lake Wilderness<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n2,960<\/td>\n22551<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alsop<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arcadia<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Artillery Ridge<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Belmont<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blades Corner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brandon<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brockroad<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brokenburg<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carters Store<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chancellor<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n22407<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chancellor Green<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chancellorsville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chewnings Corner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cookstown<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cosner’s Corner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunavant<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Five Mile Fork<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Four Mile Fork<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Granite Springs<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lanes Corner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leavells<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marye<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Massaponax<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n22408<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
McHenry<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Trap<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olivers Corner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Partlow<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n22534<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paytes<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Post Oak<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shady Grove Corner<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Snell<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stubbs<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thornburg<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n22565<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Todds Tavern<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Massaponax and Chancellor are not incorporated but sit inside larger USPS delivery ZIPs
\nshared with the city of Fredericksburg. Thornburg’s ZIP, 22565, is a post-office-box-only code
\n— it has no residential delivery route of its own, unlike the county’s other ZIPs.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n