Morattico is an unincorporated former post office town along the Rappahannock River in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States.

"Morattico" is an anglicized version of "Moraughtacund", the name of a Native American tribe whose primary village may have been on or near this site.

[2] Eventually, James W.P Downman would die at a young age in 1834, leaving neither an heir nor a will.

[2] In 1835, his surviving siblings petitioned to have Morattico Plantation to be divided into eight equal parts, which succeeded.

[2] Littleton Downman Mitchell, Sarah's nephew, would inherit the plantation after her death in 1849.

[4] It is located east of the local village and north side of Morattico Road.

[4] Frog Pond is a swampy area located westside of Mulberry Creek Road.