Remmie Pittman
REALTOR® & THG Elite Agent
Northern Neck38.1100° N 76.8000° W
Westmoreland.
18,477 residents across 253 square miles, seated at Montross.
One of 6 areas our Northern Neck team works.
At a glanceMontross
The publicrecord.
What the county and the census hold on Westmoreland — quoted, not estimated.
Farming still carries the local economy — soybeans, corn and wheat lead a roughly $57 million agricultural market — alongside tourism built on two genuinely significant birthplaces: George Washington's, run by the National Park Service, and Robert E. Lee's at Stratford Hall, a working 1,900-acre plantation operated by a private nonprofit since 1929.
Colonial Beach adds a different identity entirely — a Potomac River resort town with more than two miles of public beach, the second-longest in Virginia, and a history as a mid-century gaming destination.
Westmoreland State Park protects 1,321 acres and about a mile and a half of Potomac shoreline, including Horsehead Cliffs — 150-foot bluffs exposing Miocene-era whale and shark fossils up to 15 million years old.
- Type
- County
- County seat
- Montross
- Population (2020)
- 18,477
- Land area
- 253 sq mi
- Communities we cover
- 5
- Established
- 1653
- Real estate tax rate (FY2025–26)
- $0.68 per $100
Figures from Wikidata, population as of 2020. The tax rate is published by the county and set annually; check the current year before budgeting.
Where it is38.1100° N 76.8000° W
Where isWestmoreland?
The nearest of our other Northern Neck areas is Richmond County, 13 miles off.
21 mi
Central Northern Neck
north-west of center
48 mi
Fredericksburg
north-west
53 mi
Richmond
south-west
54 mi
Williamsburg
south
Distances are straight-line, not driving.
Getting around.
Two state routes carry most of the traffic, and Colonial Beach adds real distance to the drive from the rest of the county.
Route 3
The county's primary east–west corridor, crossing US-301 at Office Hall.
Route 205
Runs about 18.5 miles from Route 3 near Oak Grove down to Colonial Beach and US-301.
Richmond International Airport
Roughly 70–77 miles from Colonial Beach by road.
Washington, D.C.
Close enough that some residents use Dulles or Reagan National instead, though no precise countywide mileage was found.
Inside the county5 communities
Every communitywe cover.
4 of them have homes on the market today. Each figure is live, and opens that search.
- 78Colonial BeachSee the homes
A Potomac River resort town with more than two miles of public beach — the second-longest in Virginia — a boardwalk, and a history as a mid-century gaming destination.
- 51MontrossSee the homes
The county seat since the 1680s, population just over 550.
- 0Oak Grovenone on the market today
An unincorporated former stagecoach stop, with several National Register properties nearby including St. Peter's Episcopal Church.
- 6HagueSee the homes
A small unincorporated community near the Potomac, home to two National Register sites — a 1677 pottery kiln and the Mount Pleasant estate.
- 7KinsaleSee the homes
A historic deepwater port village dating to the early 1700s, with a National Register historic district and a small museum on local maritime history.
Living here6 reasons
The case forWestmoreland.
The figures above read plainly, and what they look like day to day. Where something is a trade-off, it says so.
Space
73 people to the square mile.
Westmoreland is the 2nd densest of the 6 Northern Neck areas we hold both figures for. Things are close together here, which is the trade: less land, less driving.
Scale
18,477 people, as of 2020.
The 2nd largest of the 6 Northern Neck areas we hold a count for — big enough for a steady market without being the busiest one.
The line that matters
Westmoreland, seated at Montross.
In Virginia the county sets the rate, runs the school division and maintains the roads — and the lines do not follow the place names, so two houses a mile apart can sit under different rates and different schools.
Two founding fathers, one county
George Washington and Robert E. Lee were both born here.
Washington's birthplace is run by the National Park Service; Lee's, Stratford Hall, is a working 1,900-acre plantation operated by a private nonprofit since 1929 — genuinely different operating models for two of the country's best-known birthplaces.
A real beach town
Colonial Beach has Virginia's second-longest public beach.
More than two miles of it, with a boardwalk and town pier — a resort identity that sets this corner of the county apart from the rest of the rural Northern Neck.
Fossils in the cliffs
Horsehead Cliffs expose 15-million-year-old whale and shark remains.
The 150-foot bluffs inside Westmoreland State Park are a working fossil site as much as a scenic one — beach access sits right below them.
SchoolsWestmoreland County Public Schools
Schools andcolleges.
About 1,580 students across four schools, with the nearest public college over the county line.
Westmoreland County Public Schools
Four schools, central office in Montross.
Rappahannock Community College
Its Warsaw campus, in neighboring Richmond County, is the nearest public two-year college.
Outdoors4 of them
Where theweekends go.
A major state park and a national monument cover a real share of the county's Potomac shoreline.
Westmoreland State Park
1,321 acres with about 1.5 miles of Potomac shoreline and 6 miles of trail, including the fossil-bearing Horsehead Cliffs.
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
551 acres including the Memorial House Museum, a colonial kitchen exhibit, and a nature trail down to a Potomac beach.
Stratford Hall
Robert E. Lee's birthplace, a 1,900-acre working plantation open for guided and self-guided tours.
Colonial Beach
More than two miles of public Potomac beachfront, the second-longest in Virginia.
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Questions5 answered
What peopleask us.
Asked often enough by people moving to Westmoreland to be worth answering in writing.
Mostly rural farmland with two real destinations inside it — a serious concentration of colonial and founding-era history, and Colonial Beach's genuine resort-town identity on the Potomac.
$0.68 per $100 of assessed value combined for FY2025–26 — $0.42 general government plus $0.26 for schools.
Westmoreland County Public Schools — about 1,580 students across four schools. Rappahannock Community College's nearest campus is in neighboring Richmond County.
Yes — Washington's, run by the National Park Service, and Lee's at Stratford Hall, a private working plantation open to visitors, are both in Westmoreland County.
Westmoreland State Park for Potomac beach access and real fossil-hunting at Horsehead Cliffs, plus Colonial Beach's own two-mile public beach and boardwalk.
Sources · checked September 14, 2026
Tax rate · Westmoreland State Park · George Washington Birthplace · Stratford Hall · Colonial Beach · Montross · Kinsale · Economic development
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What is your Westmoreland homeactually worth?
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