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  2. List of towns in Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The newest town and newest former town are Bedford in Bedford County, which ceased to be an independent city in 2013, and St. Charles in Lee County, which disincorporated in 2022. [3] For a complete list of independent cities, see List of cities in Virginia. For major unincorporated population centers, see List of unincorporated communities in ...

  3. 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.

  4. File:Map of Virginia Counties and Independent Cities.svg

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    Virginia counties and independent cities map.gif licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0-migrated-with-disclaimers, GFDL-en 2006-10-16T20:34:33Z JosN 1009x491 (71702 Bytes) Map of Virginia counties and independant cities. Map of Virginia highlighting Floyd County.svg licensed with PD-self

  5. File:Map of Virginia counties and cities.svg - Wikipedia

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    Map of all counties and independent cities in Virginia. Derived from Image:Map of Virginia highlighting Richmond County.svg, but with highlighting removed and all internal ids for counties changed to include "_County" to avoid conflicts with cities with the same name. Date: 21 April 2007 (original upload date) Source: No machine-readable source ...

  6. Administrative divisions of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    A town can be formed from any area with a defined boundary having a population of 1,000 or more. The method for forming towns is the same as for cities, petitioning the state legislature to grant a charter. As of 2014, there are 191 incorporated towns in Virginia. Virginia also has unincorporated communities which are also called towns ...

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

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    The lost incorporated towns of Virginia were: Town of Barton Heights (incorporated 1896) in Henrico County was annexed by the City of Richmond in 1914. [3] [4] Town of Basic City (1890–1923) consolidated with town and later the independent City of Waynesboro; Town of Berkley (unknown–1906) became part of City of Norfolk by annexation in 1906

  8. Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Virginia's state legislature is the Virginia General Assembly, which was established in July 1619, making it the oldest current law-making body in North America. Unlike other states, cities and counties in Virginia function as equals, but the state government manages most local roads.

  9. Clarke County, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The first settlement of the Virginia Colony in the future Clarke County was in 1736 by Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron who built a home, Greenway Court, on part of his 5 million acres (20,000 km 2) property, near what is now the village of White Post. White Post was named for the large signpost pointing the way to Lord Fairfax's home.