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Welcome to Virginia Beach ...



Google driving directions from your current location to Virginia Beach (Patience, this may take a moment).


While we don't have a date for the founding of Virginia Beach, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Virginia Beach: Virginia Bch.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Virginia Beach has a population of 450,766 people<1> (see below for details).

The coastal city of Virginia Beach is near sea level<2>.

Time Zone: Virginia Beach lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Virginia Beach: 757 & 948<3>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Virginia Beach had an population of 450,766 people. This is an increase of 2.92% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 6% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Virginia Beach had a population of 437,994 people.

The population of Virginia Beach represents 5.47% of the population of Virginia (which has 8,001,024 people), making it the state's most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 437,994 people, the population of Virginia Beach increased 3% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 425,257 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Virginia Beach.

Communities Also Named Virginia Beach ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Virginia Beach - it's located in Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Virginia Beach.

Websites for Virginia Beach ...

Official Website:   www.vbgov.com/

Junior League:   www.jlnvb.org/

Communities near Virginia Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Virginia Beach.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Virginia Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Virginia Beach.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Virginia Beach. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Virginia Beach.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Virginia Beach. Our list includes 16 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Virginia Beach.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Virginia Beach ...

Looking for more information about Virginia Beach? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Virginia Beach, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Virginia Beach.

Adding Virginia Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Virginia Beach in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Virginia Beach was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Virginia Beach.

The official website for Virginia Beach: www.vbgov.com/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Virginia Beach.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Virginia Beach - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 757 code has been Overlayed with the 948 area code. New phone numbers in the Virginia Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 757 or 948. As a result, placing a call in the Virginia Beach area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.









 

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