Ordinary, Virginia

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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Ordinary is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. Ordinary is located along U.S. Route 17, {{convert|4.5|mi|km}} north of Gloucester Point. Ordinary has a post office with ZIP code 23131.[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=23131&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup]

The community was named after the local ordinary (i.e. public dining hall).{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=99|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=95}} Woodville School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}