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A city and county that share a name may be completely unrelated in geography. For example, Richmond County is nowhere near the City of Richmond, and Franklin County is even farther from the City of Franklin. More Virginia counties are named for women than in any other state. [4] Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA and its FIPS state code is 51.
The other county that has reached Attainment status, as of 2013, is in Virginia. The national 3-year average unemployment rate for the United States was 5.0% in the period 2006–2008. The national per capita market income was $32,930 in 2007. The national poverty rate was 12.4% in 2000.
Virginia has 95 counties, covering all of the territory not within the independent cities.Under Virginia law, counties may be chartered, although most are not. [2] Their populations vary widely; in 2022 estimated populations ranged from 2,301 for Highland County to 1,138,331 for Fairfax County.
Hellertown is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its population was 6,131 at the 2020 census. Its population was 6,131 at the 2020 census. Hellertown is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of 2020.
Nelson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 14,775. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Lovingston . [ 2 ]
Loudoun County (/ ˈ l aʊ d ən /) is in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. In 2020, the census returned a population of 420,959, [3] making it Virginia's third-most populous county.
Westmoreland County on Northern Neck was the birthplace of George Washington, who later became the first President of the United States (born at the former settlement of Bridges Creek, Virginia); [4] of James Monroe, the fifth President; and of Robert E. Lee, general and commander of the Confederate armies during the American Civil War of 1861 ...
The county was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1648 during a period of rapid population growth and geographic expansion. Settlement began in this area of the Northern Neck around 1635. Originally, known as the Indian district Chickacoan , the area was first referred to as Northumberland (a namesake of Northumberland County, England ...