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Colonial Beach, Virginia

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The coastal town of Colonial Beach is located in Westmoreland County.

Typical abbreviation for Colonial Beach: Colonial Bch.

Colonial Beach is near sea level<1>.

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

Florida has a community that is also named Colonial Beach.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Colonial Beach had a population of 3,228 people<2> (or 19.34% of the total population of Westmoreland County). The population of Colonial Beach represented 0.05% of the total of Virginia, making it the state's 79th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Colonial Beach had a population of 3,789 people. This is an increase of 17.38% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Colonial Beach.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
20083,789+17.38%+2.13% since 2007
20073,710+14.93%+2.6% since 2006
20063,616+12.02%+4.99% since 2005
20053,444+6.69% 
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20003,228The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Charlotte Hall (MD)   NE18 mi [28.97 km]---
 La Plata (MD)   N18 mi [28.97 km]8,87935.54% increase
 Leonardtown (MD)   E19 mi [30.58 km]2,21416.77% increase
 Port Tobacco Village (MD)   N17 mi [27.36 km]1926.67% increase
 Bryant Town   SE12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Dahlgren   NW5 mi [8.05 km]---

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Colonial Beach.




Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Colonial Beach. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Colonial Beach:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Colonial Beach? Please visit the Map Page for Colonial Beach.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Colonial Beach - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Colonial Beach.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Colonial Beach and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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