Virginia · Census place 5102072
Appomattox, Virginia
Appomattox is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia with an estimated 2,003 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 99th largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,003
- #99 of 137 in Virginia
- Change since 2020
- +4.4%
- +84 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Density
- 902 / sq mi
- State median 1,784
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Appomattox population, 2020 to 2024
Appomattox added 84 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.4%. In the latest year it moved by +12.
Appomattox covers 2.22 square miles of land, for 902 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Appomattox is less dense than the typical town.
What county Appomattox is in
All of Appomattox's residents live in Appomattox County, which had 16,957 residents in 2024. Appomattox holds 11.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Appomattox
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Appomattox by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 24522. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Appomattox is
The Census internal point of Appomattox is at 37.358700, -78.826400. Richmond, the capital, is 77.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Amherst, VA (2,128 people), 19.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 75.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.358700, -78.826400
- DMS
- 37°21'31.32"N 78°49'35.04"W
- UTM
- 17N 692498.4E 4136881.6N
- Geohash
- dnxuw2bq5
- Plus code
- 8793955F+FC
Daylight in Appomattox
At 37.36° N, Appomattox gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Appomattox
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Amherst, 19.8 miles away, with 2,128 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Appomattox, VA?
2,003 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 84 (4.4%) from 1,919 in July 2020.
What county is Appomattox in?
Appomattox County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Appomattox?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 24522.
How far is Appomattox from Richmond?
77.4 miles (124.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Appomattox.
What is the nearest larger city to Appomattox?
Amherst, VA, with 2,128 residents, 19.8 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.