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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.
Of the 41 independent U.S. cities, [3] 38 are in Virginia, whose state constitution makes them a special case. The three independent cities outside Virginia are Baltimore, Maryland; St. Louis, Missouri; and Carson City, Nevada. Baltimore is the most populous independent city in the United States.
This is a complete list of towns in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. An incorporated town in Virginia is the equivalent of a city in most other states, i.e. a municipality which is part of a county. Incorporated cities in Virginia are independent jurisdictions and separate from any county.
An independent city in Virginia may serve as the county seat of an adjacent county, even though the city by definition is not part of that county. An example is Fairfax, which is an independent city as well as the seat of Fairfax County. A city can be formed from any area with a defined boundary having a population of 5,000 or more. Cities have ...
The 19 United States statistical areas, 95 counties and 38 independent cities of the State of Virginia [a] ... 1,734,096 (VA) City of Virginia Beach, Virginia: 453,649
Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 33,458 with a majority black American population. [ 4 ] The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines Petersburg (along with the city of Colonial Heights ) with Dinwiddie County for statistical purposes.
Fairfax, Virginia (/ ˈ f ɛər f æ k s / FAIR-faks), [a] is an independent city in Virginia and the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia, in the United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,146. [5] Fairfax is part of both the Washington metropolitan area and Northern Virginia regions.
Fredericksburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,982. [4] It is 48 miles (77 km) south of Washington, D.C., and 53 miles (85 km) north of Richmond.