College Park

College Park is a neighborhood in Chesterfield, Virginia. College Park is situated nearby to the neighborhood West Chesterfield Heights, as well as near the village Ettrick.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Petersburg station and Ettrick Elementary School.

Petersburg station

Railway station

Photo: CZmarlin, Public domain.

Petersburg station is an Amtrak railroad station located in Ettrick, Virginia, just outside the city of Petersburg. The station, adjacent to the campus of Virginia State University, is served by five Amtrak routes: the Carolinian, Floridian, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, and Silver Meteor.

Ettrick Elementary School

School

Photo: Packer1028, CC0.

City Market

Marketplace

Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.

City Market, also known as Farmers Market, is an historic public market located at 9 East Old Street in Petersburg, Virginia. It was built in 1878–1879 through a land given in trust by merchant Robert Balling.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ettrick and Colonial Heights.

Ettrick

Village

Photo: Jweaver28, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ettrick is a census-designated place in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,241. The town is home to Virginia State University and the Petersburg Amtrak train station.

Colonial Heights

Town

Photo: Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Colonial Heights is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,170. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the City of Colonial Heights with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes.

Pocahontas Island

Neighborhood

Photo: Taber Andrew Bain, CC BY 2.0.

Pocahontas Island is a peninsula in Petersburg, Virginia, once on the opposite side of the Appomattox River from Petersburg. Since 1915 a new channel for the river separated it from Chesterfield County and the former channel no longer separates it from the city.

College Park

Type: Neighborhood
Category: locality
Location: Chesterfield, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.2446° or 37° 14′ 41″ north

Longitude

-77.42304° or 77° 25′ 23″ west

Elevation

102 feet (31 metres)

Open location code

87946HVG+RQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158223095

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4753580

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