Belle Meade, Virginia

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Belle Meade, Virginia
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Belle Meade
Location within Warren county
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Belle Meade
Belle Meade (Virginia)
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Belle Meade
Belle Meade (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°39′27″N77°43′01″W / 38.65750°N 77.71694°W / 38.65750; -77.71694
CountryUnited States
State Virginia
County Warren
Time zone UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
22643

Belle Meade is a small, unincorporated community in Fauquier County, Virginia, situated on State Route 55, and bypassed by Interstate 66. The hamlet is east of the Warren County line in the vicinity of Distillery Road. The Norfolk Southern Railway B-line runs through it, as well as being near the Appalachian Trail and the G Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area.

The term 'Belle Meade' is losing local use.

Belle Meade is also the name of a small suburban community in Roanoke County, Southwest Virginia, with the zip code of 24018.


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