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  2. List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia

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    In Virginia, beginning in 1871, under state constitutional changes after the American Civil War (1861–1865), cities became politically independent of the counties. An independent city in Virginia since then has been comparable to a county. Many agencies of the U.S. Government consider Virginia's independent cities county-equivalents.

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia

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    Map of Virginia. Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Virginia listed on the National Register of Historic Places: . As of September 18, 2017, there are 3,027 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 95 Virginia counties and 37 of the 38 independent cities, including 120 National Historic Landmarks and National Historic Landmark Districts, four ...

  4. History of state highways in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Outside cities, some towns, and two counties, every road is state-maintained. These roads are split into primary and secondary State Routes, and receive different levels of funding. Inside cities, most primary State Routes are locally maintained. Highway names; Interstates: Interstate X (I-X) US Highways: U.S. Route X (US X) State

  5. Category:Historic trails and roads in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Historic trails and roads in Virginia" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.

  6. Transportation in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Map of Virginia's major cities and roads. The Virginia State Highway System is an integrated system of roads maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). As of 2005, the VDOT maintains 57,082 miles (91,865 km) of state highways — the third largest system in the United States, after Texas and North Carolina.

  7. List of cities and counties in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.

  8. U.S. Route 29 in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Many road maps of the 1930s and 1940s list the Seminole Trail on highways in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and ultimately Florida. [ 7 ] In an October 4, 2006, meeting of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, the University of Virginia athletic department and basketball coach Dave Leitao suggested that Seminole Trail in Charlottesville ...

  9. List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    May 11, 1976 (Arlington: Arlington: A boundary stone associated with Benjamin Banneker, (1731–1806), an African American surveyor, mathematician and astronomer who assisted Andrew Ellicott during the first two months of Ellicott's 1791–1792 survey of the boundaries of the original District of Columbia.