Goochland is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Goochland County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 861. The community is as a consequence known as Goochland Courthouse or by an exchange spelling, Goochland Court House. It derives its state from the fact that the community is the location of the county’s court house, while the county in face is named for Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet, the royal lieutenant executive of Virginia from 1727 to 1749.

Goochland is located just south of the center of Goochland County and just north of the James River. U.S. Route 522 passes through the middle of the community, leading north 27 miles (43 km) to Mineral and south 10 miles (16 km) to its southern terminus at U.S. Route 60 close Powhatan. Virginia Route 6 follows US 522 through the middle of Goochland, but leads east 29 miles (47 km) to Richmond and west 16 miles (26 km) to Columbia. Interstate 64 passes 7 miles (11 km) to the northeast of Goochland, with permission from Exit 159 at Gum Spring (US 522) and from Exit 167 at Oilville.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Goochland CDP has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.7 km), of which 4.5 square miles (11.6 km²) are land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km), or 1.18%, are water.

A fictionalized, larger version of Goochland is depicted in the “Escape from Goochland” episode of The Cleveland Show, as the home of Stoolbend’s arch-rival tall school.