Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes. In Virginia, cities...

changes and dissolutions have occurred in Alaska and Virginia. Among the 50 states, 44 are partitioned entirely into counties, with no county equivalents...

The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War,...

Former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia are those that existed within the English Colony of Virginia or, after statehood, the Commonwealth of Virginia...

Virginia, United States Census Bureau, 2016. Accessed 2017-02-17. List of Counties with Towns and Adjacent Cities Functions of Counties, Cities and Towns...

Bureau's listing of incorporated places. Consolidated city-counties represent a distinct type of government that includes the entire population of a county, or...

There are 114 counties and one independent city in the U.S. State of Missouri. Following the Louisiana Purchase and the admittance of Louisiana into the...

(including Virginia's independent cities). The original motivation for having so many counties was to ensure that residents in the days of poor roads and horseback...

Independent cities are considered county-equivalent by the Census Bureau. Before the American Civil War, the wealthiest counties were primarily located in Louisiana...

capital of West Virginia and its most populous city Huntington Parkersburg Morgantown Martinsburg Wheeling Fairmont Beckley Clarksburg   County seat  ...

“balance”) of such consolidated city-counties that are not a part of another incorporated place; these are indicated with asterisks (*). Cities that are...

are 102 counties in Illinois. The most populous of these is Cook County, the second-most populous county in the United States and the home of Chicago...

States. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, all municipalities incorporated as "cities" have been "independent cities", also called "free cities", since...

Columbiana County, and Washington Township, Franklin County. Virginia cities are all independent cities and are not located in any county, but several...

99 counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The first two counties, Des Moines County and Dubuque County, were created in 1834 when Iowa was still part of the...

areas List of counties in Iowa List of unincorporated communities in Iowa List of townships in Iowa For cities located in more than one county, the primary...

following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities...

Prince George County yielded most of those other counties and independent cities. Charles City County was one of the original Virginia shires of 1634. As the...

many cities and villages do, but only Summit and Cuyahoga counties have done so, the latter having been approved by voters in November 2009. Counties do...

independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,485. A community of both Southside and Southwest...

 †  County seat  ††  State capital and county seat List of townships in Minnesota List of census-designated places in Minnesota List of counties in Minnesota...

North Carolina to the harbor area of Hampton Roads adjacent to the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Chesapeake is located on...

This is a list of counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. Select from the links at right to go directly to an article, or browse the listing below for additional...

Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United...

legislative act; counties whose territory is no longer considered part of the state; and counties whose names have been changed. Buchel County, formed in 1887 from...

provinces, counties, cities, and royalty; early American statesmen and military personnel; and New York State politicians. The county boundaries in New York...

one of ten counties that was won by McAuliffe, though it was his smallest margin of victory in Northern Virginia. Like many counties in Virginia, Loudoun...

independent cities in the United States. In Virginia, any municipality that is incorporated as a city legally becomes independent of any county. Where indicated...

"sister cities" are sometimes used instead), and while most of the places included are towns, the list also includes villages, cities, districts, counties, etc...

This is a list of fictional settlements, including fictional towns, villages and cities, organized by each city's medium. This list should include only...