Virginia · Census place 5127440

Farmville, Virginia

Farmville is a town in 2 counties of Virginia with an estimated 7,578 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 51st largest of 137 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,578
#51 of 137 in Virginia
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+27 people
Land area
7.7 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
987 / sq mi
State median 1,784
Orange pin: Farmville. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Richmond.

Farmville population, 2020 to 2024

Farmville added 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +43. Among 63 Virginia places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 35th; the median place changed by +1.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Virginia has 16,562 people, so Farmville is 46% of it.

7,55120207,55020217,52720227,53520237,5782024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,543. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Farmville covers 7.68 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 987 people per square mile of land. The median Virginia place of 5,000+ has 1,784, so Farmville is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Farmville spans

Farmville crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 7,578 residents as follows; Prince Edward County holds 93.1% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Prince Edward County7,056
  2. 02Cumberland County522
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Farmville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Farmville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 23901, 23909. 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 Farmville is

The Census internal point of Farmville is at 37.296100, -78.400400. Richmond, the capital, is 55.6 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lynchburg, VA (80,301 people), 44.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Richmond, VA, 53.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.296100, -78.400400
DMS
37°17'45.96"N 78°24'1.44"W
UTM
17N 730423.4E 4130889.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
87937HWX+CR

Daylight in Farmville

At 37.30° N, Farmville gets about 14 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 36 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 Farmville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Virginia, measured between internal points. The closest is Crewe, 16.8 miles away, with 2,248 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Farmville, VA?

7,578 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 27 (0.4%) from 7,551 in July 2020.

What county is Farmville in?

It spans 2 counties: Prince Edward County (7,056 residents), Cumberland County (522 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Farmville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 23901, 23909.

How far is Farmville from Richmond?

55.6 miles (89.5 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Farmville.

What is the nearest larger city to Farmville?

Lynchburg, VA, with 80,301 residents, 44.2 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.