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Map showing the population density of Virginia. Many towns are as large as cities but are not incorporated as cities and are situated within a parent county or counties. Seven independent cities had 2020 populations of less than 10,000 with the smallest, Norton having a population of only 3,687. [2] In 2020, the largest towns were Leesburg ...
Incorporated cities in Virginia are independent jurisdictions and separate from any county. As of 2022, there are 189 incorporated towns and 227 municipalities, [1] some of which are more populous than many independent cities, but are not incorporated as cities and are therefore situated within a parent county or counties. New towns may be ...
Local government is thus divided between the town and the county. 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.
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. [4] Some other Virginia municipalities, even though they may be more populous than some existing independent cities, are incorporated towns. These towns always form part of a county.
The "lost" independent cities of Virginia (alphabetically) were: City of Bedford (1968–2013) reverted to become an incorporated town in Bedford County; City of Clifton Forge (1906–2001) reverted to become an incorporated town in Alleghany County; City of Manchester (1874–1910) consolidated with the independent City of Richmond
Cities in Virginia thus are the equivalent of counties, as they have no higher local government intervening between them and the state government. The equivalent in Virginia to what would normally be an incorporated city in any other state, e.g. a municipality subordinate to a county, is a town.
This is a list of unincorporated communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia that are not incorporated as independent cities or towns as of 2005. Bolded places are census-designated places ; there are 362 of them as of the 2010 United States Census .
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Towns in Virginia. ... Towns in Lee County, Virginia (2 P) Towns in Loudoun County, Virginia (2 C, 7 P)