second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties. For some counties, for statistical...
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changes and dissolutions have occurred in Alaska and Virginia. Among the 50 states, 44 are partitioned entirely into counties, with no county equivalents...
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Former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia are those that existed within the English Colony of Virginia or, after statehood, the Commonwealth of Virginia...
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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,...
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File: Virginia, United States Census Bureau, 2016. Accessed February 17, 2017. List of Counties with Towns and Adjacent Cities Functions of Counties, Cities...
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Bureau's listing of incorporated places. Consolidated city-counties represent a distinct type of government that includes the entire population of a county, or...
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capital of West Virginia and its most populous city Huntington Parkersburg Morgantown Wheeling Martinsburg Fairmont Beckley Clarksburg County seat ...
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(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...
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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...
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cities are considered county-equivalent by the Census Bureau. As of 2020, Loudoun County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. in Northern Virginia...
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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...
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“balance”) of such consolidated city-counties that are not a part of another incorporated place; these are indicated with asterisks (*). Cities that are...
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States. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, all municipalities incorporated as "cities" have been "independent cities", also called "free cities", since...
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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...
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North Carolina to the harbor area of Hampton Roads adjacent to the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Chesapeake is located on...
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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...
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Columbiana County, and Washington Township, Franklin County. Virginia cities are all independent cities and are not located in any county, but several...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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† County seat †† State capital and county seat List of townships in Minnesota List of census-designated places in Minnesota List of counties in Minnesota...
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sciences and engineering. A Governor's School, TJHSST draws students from five counties Fairfax County and other Northern Virginia counties, cities, and towns...
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independent cities in the United States. In Virginia, any municipality that is incorporated as a city legally becomes independent of any county. Where indicated...
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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...
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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...
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The Tri-Cities of Virginia (also known as the Tri-City area or the Appomattox Basin) is an area in the Greater Richmond Region which includes the three...
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Northern Virginia, locally referred to as NOVA or NoVA, comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United...
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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...
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Arlington County, or simply Arlington, is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county is located in Northern Virginia on the southwestern bank of the...
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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...
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