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Virginia's two highest security state prisons are located in Wise County: Red Onion State Prison, opened in 1998, and Wallens Ridge State Prison, opened in 1999. [3] In July 2012 Dominion Energy built Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center in Wise County, a hybrid power plant that burns 80% coal and up to 20% biomass. In 2014, the plant was fined ...
The population was 2,970 at the 2020 census. [4] It is the county seat of Wise County. [5] It was originally incorporated as the town of Gladeville in 1874. The town's name was changed to Wise in 1924, after Henry A. Wise, the last Virginia governor before the American Civil War and the first governor to hail from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. [6]
Norton is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in the far western tip of the state in Wise County, Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,687, [6] making it the least populous city in Virginia. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Norton with surrounding Wise County for statistical purposes.
Pages in category "Census-designated places in Wise County, Virginia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Big Stone Gap East is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Wise County, Virginia, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 687. [4] [2] The CDP is in the southwest part of the county, on the east edge of the town of Big Stone Gap, outside the town limits.
Dunbar is an unincorporated community, census-designated place, and coal town located in Wise County, Virginia, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 79. [2]
Tacoma is a Census-designated place and coal town located in Wise County, Virginia, United States with a population of 204 at the 2020 census. It is located within the town of Coeburn . Demographics
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.