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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.
Gate City is a town in Scott County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,034 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Scott County. [5] Gate City is part of the Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol metropolitan area, which is a component of the "Tri-Cities" region. Some scenes from The River were shot here.
In 2007 AOL announced it would move its headquarters from Loudoun County to New York City; it would continue to operate its Virginia offices. [35] Orbital Sciences Corporation has its headquarters in Dulles. [36] Loudoun County houses over 60 massive data centers, many of which correspond to Amazon Web Services’s (AWS) us-east-1 region.
There are 99 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 7 National Historic Landmarks. Another property was once listed but has been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 21, 2025. [2]
Tysons Corner has more Fortune 500 company headquarters than Washington, D.C. [1]. This is a list of notable companies headquartered in Northern Virginia.The majority of the following companies are located in Fairfax County and Loudoun County the most populous jurisdictions in Northern Virginia, Virginia state, and the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.
The property includes a number of outbuildings, including an ice house and a kitchen. [3] Virginia ordered the sale of all glebes in 1802, but the parish resisted. Legal action was not settled until 1830, and the property was finally sold in 1840. [3] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 1, 1975. [1]
Woodburn is a farm complex that was built beginning about 1777 for the Nixson family near Leesburg, Virginia.The first structure on the property was a stone gristmill, built by George Nixson, followed by a stone miller's residence in 1787, along with a stable.
South Riding is a census-designated place and planned community in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States.The population was 33,877 at the 2020 census, [3] The South Riding homeowner association was founded in January 1995 to provide services to the community. [4]