Ettrick, Virginia

About Ettrick

Ettrick, VA is a small unincorporated community located in southern Virginia.

Ettrick holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.95 square miles.

📰 Ettrick News Today

• 5 people shot at Virginia State University WJLA · Aug 15
• Police find shooting suspect hidden in closet on VSU campus WEAU · Aug 15
• Police looking for additional people who fired guns in Virginia university shooting that wounded 5 Hometown Stations · Aug 16
• Virginia State University locked down after shooting; Manassas murder charge dropped FOX 5 DC · Aug 15
• Arrest made after 5 shot at Virginia State University days before classes begin NBC News · Aug 16

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Ettrick Unique

• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Virginia — one of 688 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Ettrick

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Ettrick

• Adrade's International Restaurant — mexican
• Bella Pizza — pizza
• Blue Willow Tea Room (café)
• Longstreet's Deli — deli
• Lucky Garden — chinese
• Maria's Old Town 21 Ristorante Italiano — italian
• Old Towne's Alibi — bar and grill
• Restored Cup Coffee Shop (café)
• Shut Yo Mouf Soulfood — southern
• Soul Rebel — southern

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Farmers' Bank Museum · Museum
• Petersburg Area Art League · Art gallery
• Siege Museum · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Ettrick

• Ettrick Park reviews ★
• Appamatuck Park reviews ★
• Low Street Park reviews ★
• McKenzie Street Park reviews ★
• Petersburg Old Town Historic District reviews ★
• Petersburg Patton Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Ettrick

• Ettrick Elementary
• Matoaca High

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Ettrick

🏘️ Nearby Communities