Rodgers & Burton

Distinctive Waterfront Real Estate

  • Waterfront Homes & Estates
  • MLS Data
  • About
    • Rodgers & Burton
    • Chesapeake Voice Blog
    • Isabell K. Horsley Real Estate
    • Chesapeake Bay Waterfront Towns
    • Portfolio of Sold Homes
    • Press Room
    • Testimonials
  • Contact Us

Mathews County

Mathews Courthouse historical markerMathews County is perhaps best known for its 214 miles of water front , and its prominent location on the Chesapeake Bay. Surrounded almost completely by water, it is bordered by Middlesex County to the North and separated by the Piankatank River and Gloucester County to the West. The Southern, SE, and SW sides of the county border on the Chesapeake and Mobjack Bays. With its 252 sq miles of which 66% consists of water, it is land wise the smallest county of Virginia.

Mathews County is one of the few counties in Virginia without a traffic signal. It has around 9000 inhabitants, 10% living in Mathews Courthouse. Tourism, leisure, and fishing industries are the major sources of employment. Its first inhabitants were the Chiskiake Indians and many Indian artifacts can still be found. Mathews was populated around the early 1600s by the English and was part of Gloucester County until Mathews County was established in 1791, named after a Revolutionary war hero, General Thomas Mathews.

In those days Mathews was waterman’s country, known for its ship building and fishing. There were a few estates, but basically there was too little land for any large plantations. Downtown Mathews still retains much of its late 18th-early 20th C flavor and the folks still treat you like family. The old Fish Market is now the home of Mathews Art Gallery, Richardson’s Drugstore houses Richardson’s Restaurant, the Bank is now Mathews Library, winning the prize of the best rural library in the US, and Sibley’s General Store has a new use: the Visitors Centre.

Noteworthy is that a sizeable artist and artisan community settled in Mathews in the mid 1900’s, attracted by the rural and scenic setting. Local artists are actively represented at the Mathews Art Group and the Bay School of Arts, both located on Main Street. Mathews is also the home of Donk’s Theatre, an amazing old-fashioned live country music show. Mathews County hosts the annual Tour De Chesapeake. This bicycling event is a benefit for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Official Mathews County Website: www.co.mathews.va.us
Mathews County Tourist Information: Visit Mathews

Mathews County is located on Virginia’s Middle Peninsula.

Rodgers & Burton BlogChesapeake Voice Blog

Area Information

Cruising Urbanna Harbor

Virginia's Chesapeake Bay offers some of the finest waterfront real estate in the country. … Learn About the Area

Sort Listings by Feature

Neena Rodgers

Best of Virginia Living Winner
Neena’s team are your agents of choice for waterfront real estate in Virginia. Why? – Because we collaborate with all waterfront brokers, agents and lenders to bring you only the finest waterfront real estate throughout the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck. We’ll stop at nothing to find the Virginia waterfront property of your dreams.
Learn more about how we work.

Virginia’s finest waterfront property… all in one place.

Neena Rodgers

Distinctive Virginia waterfront homes, estates, and land on the Chesapeake Bay from the York River in Gloucester to the Piankatank River in Mathews and beyond to the great Rappahannock River in the Northern Neck including Urbanna, White Stone, and Kilmarnock. Learn more about the Middle Peninsula and Northern Neck

Several Office Locations to Serve You

Offices strategically located on the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula of Virginia.

Deltaville, VA
17229 General Puller Hwy
Deltaville, VA 23043
Call: (804) 436-2326
Contact Us
Mathews, VA
208 Main Street
Mathews, VA 23109
Call: (804) 436-2326
Contact Us
White Stone, VA
608 Rappahannock Drive
White Stone, VA 22578
Call: (804) 436-2326
Contact Us
Urbanna, VA
61 Cross Street
Urbanna, VA 23175
Call: (804) 436-2326
Contact Us

Contents © 2023 Rodgers & Burton - VA Licensed Realtors Isabell K. Horsley Real Estate - Mathews & Deltaville Offices

Information deemed accurate but not guaranteed. Contact Us for up to the minute details on any listing.
New Listings & Price Reductions

Join our mailing list and you’ll be the first to know!



We will never share your information.