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Contents. List of cities and counties in Virginia. 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.
However, all local governments (counties, independent cities, and incorporated towns) are political subdivisions of the state. According to the 2002 Census of Governments, Virginia ranked 43rd among the 50 states in the number of local governments, with 521 as of June 2002.
Ironically, Virginia has twice named a county for one of its most revered sons, Thomas Jefferson, and lost the county each time to the formation of another state. List of lost counties. The 50 Virginia counties lost when West Virginia was admitted to the Union as the 35th state in 1863 were (alphabetically):
Albemarle County, Virginia (8 C, 27 P) Alleghany County, Virginia (7 C, 8 P) Amelia County, Virginia (8 C, 8 P) Amherst County, Virginia (8 C, 10 P) Appomattox County, Virginia (8 C, 7 P) Arlington County, Virginia (15 C, 35 P) Augusta County, Virginia (8 C, 18 P)
The large majority of counties and equivalents were organized by 1970. Since that time, most creations, boundary changes and dissolutions have occurred in Alaska and Virginia. Among the 50 states, 44 are partitioned entirely into counties, with no county equivalents.
The population density of Virginia counties and cities as of 2020. Virginia is divided into 95 ... 50–59% 60–69% 70 ...
Fairfax County, Virginia. / 38.83; -77.28. Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. With a population of 1,150,309 as of the 2020 census, [1] it is the most populous county in Virginia, the most populous jurisdiction in the Washington metropolitan area, and the most populous location in the ...
Roanoke County (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) is a county in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census , its population was 96,929. [2] Its county seat is Salem , but the county administrative offices are located in the census-designated place of Cave Spring .