[3] Jarratt is located on the border of Greensville and Sussex counties, just west of Interstate 95, which provides access from Exit 20 (Henry Road).

It also contained a junction with the main line of the Virginian Railway, which was acquired by the Norfolk and Western Railway, and later abandoned, with the exception of a short spur west from the North End Subdivision to the Georgia-Pacific Jarratt Sheathing Plant.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.3 km2), all land.

[4] The United States Postal Service operates the Jarratt Post Office,[5] which is directly on the Sussex-Greensville County Line.

[6] Greensville houses the Commonwealth of Virginia execution chamber, which has been obsolete since the abolition of capital punishment in 2021.

[7][8] The largest employer in Jarratt was a Boar's Head plant that closed in September 2024 following a listeria outbreak that killed seven people who consumed deli meat produced there.