Matoaca is a census-designated place (CDP) in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States.

[4] It was near the site of an Appomattoc village Matoka or Matoks, which was reputedly her girlhood home, and the palace town of the weroansqua Oppussoquionuske.

Because the Appomattox runs into the James River, it was a crucial port in Virginia during the Civil War as it allowed for larger ships to dock when necessary.

In the spring of 1865, after the town of Petersburg had been taken over and destroyed during the Appomattox Campaign, the Confederates attempted to slow the persecution by the Union Army by burning the high bridge that ran across the Appomattox River.

Failing to do so, the Confederate Army was later forced to surrender at Appomattox Court House.

In relation to education levels in Matoaca, Virginia, roughly 89% of residents have earned a high school diploma.

Of those who furthered their education beyond high school, about 10% have graduated and received a college degree.