List of towns in Virginia
Settlements in Virginia |
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This is a complete list of towns in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. An incorporated town in Virginia is the equivalent of a city in most other states, e.g. a municipality which is part of a county. Incorporated cities in Virginia are independent jurisdictions and separate from any county. As of 2014, there are 191 incorporated towns,[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 incorporated but must have a minimum population of 1,000 residents. Cities with populations of less than 50,000 are eligible to become towns through reversion.[2] On July 1, 2013, Bedford became the 191st town in Virginia. For a complete list of independent cities, see List of cities in Virginia. For major unincorporated population centers, see List of unincorporated communities in Virginia.
This list is complete, do not add or remove any municipalities from this list unless that place has legally changed its incorporation. |
Pop. rank |
Town | Population in 2014[3] |
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1 | Leesburg | 49,496 |
2 | Blacksburg | 43,985 |
3 | Herndon | 24,554 |
4 | Christiansburg | 21,805 |
5 | Culpeper | 17,411 |
6 | Vienna | 16,459 |
7 | Front Royal | 15,038 |
8 | Warrenton | 9,907 |
9 | Purcellville | 8,929 |
10 | Pulaski | 8,909 |
11 | Smithfield | 8,287 |
12 | Farmville | 8,229 |
13 | Vinton | 8,180 |
14 | Abingdon | 8,146 |
15 | Wytheville | 8,133 |
16 | South Boston | 7,986 |
17 | Ashland | 7,328 |
18 | Strasburg | 6,559 |
19 | Bedford | 6,466 |
20 | Bridgewater | 5,951 |
21 | Marion | 5,875 |
22 | Richlands | 5,583 |
23 | Big Stone Gap | 5,457 |
24 | Bluefield | 5,302 |
25 | Woodstock | 5,226 |
A
- Abingdon (wash city)
- Accomac (Accomack County)
- Alberta (Brunswick County)
- Altavista (Campbell County)
- Amherst (Amherst County)
- Appalachia (Wise County)
- Appomattox (Appomattox County)
- Ashland (Hanover County)
B
- Bedford (Bedford County) (independent city until 2013)
- Belle Haven (Accomack & Northampton Counties)
- Berryville (Clarke County)
- Big Stone Gap (Wise County)
- Blacksburg (Montgomery County)
- Blackstone (Nottoway County)
- Bloxom (Accomack County)
- Bluefield (Tazewell County)
- Boones Mill (Franklin County)
- Bowling Green (Caroline County)
- Boyce (Clarke County)
- Boydton (Mecklenburg County)
- Boykins (Southampton County)
- Branchville (Southampton County)
- Bridgewater (Rockingham County)
- Broadway (Rockingham County)
- Brodnax (Brunswick & Mecklenburg Counties)
- Brookneal (Campbell County)
- Buchanan (Botetourt County)
- Burkeville (Nottoway County)
C
- Cape Charles (Northampton County)
- Capron (Southampton County)
- Cedar Bluff (Tazewell County)
- Charlotte Court House (Charlotte County)
- Chase City (Mecklenburg County)
- Chatham (Pittsylvania County)
- Cheriton (Northampton County)
- Chilhowie (Smyth County)
- Chincoteague (Accomack County)
- Christiansburg (Montgomery County)
- Claremont (Surry County)
- Clarksville (Mecklenburg County)
- Cleveland (Russell County)
- Clifton (Fairfax County)
- Clifton Forge (Alleghany County) (independent city until 2001)
- Clinchco (Dickenson County)
- Clinchport (Scott County)
- Clintwood (Dickenson County)
- Coeburn (Wise County)
- Colonial Beach (Westmoreland County)
- Columbia (Fluvanna County)
- Courtland (Southampton County)
- Craigsville (Augusta County)
- Crewe (Nottoway County)
- Culpeper (Culpeper County)
D
- Damascus (Washington County)
- Dayton (Rockingham County)
- Dendron (Surry County)
- Dillwyn (Buckingham County)
- Drakes Branch (Charlotte County)
- Dublin (Pulaski County)
- Duffield (Scott County)
- Dumfries (Prince William County)
- Dungannon (Scott County)
E
- Eastville (Northampton County)
- Edinburg (Shenandoah County)
- Elkton (Rockingham County)
- Exmore (Northampton County)
F
- Farmville (Prince Edward & Cumberland Counties)
- Fincastle (Botetourt County)
- Floyd (Floyd County)
- Fries (Grayson County)
- Front Royal (Warren County)
G
- Gate City (Scott County)
- Glade Spring (Washington County)
- Glasgow (Rockbridge County)
- Glen Lyn (Giles County)
- Gordonsville (Orange County)
- Goshen (Rockbridge County)
- Gretna (Pittsylvania County)
- Grottoes (Augusta & Rockingham Counties)
- Grundy (Buchanan County)
H
- Halifax (Halifax County)
- Hallwood (Accomack County)
- Hamilton (Loudoun County)
- Haymarket (Prince William County)
- Haysi (Dickenson County)
- Herndon (Fairfax County)
- Hillsboro (Loudoun County)
- Hillsville (Carroll County)
- Honaker (Russell County)
- Hurt (Pittsylvania County)
I
- Independence (Grayson County)
- Iron Gate (Alleghany County)
- Irvington (Lancaster County)
- Ivor (Southampton County)
J
K
- Keller (Accomack County)
- Kenbridge (Lunenburg County)
- Keysville (Charlotte County)
- Kilmarnock (Lancaster & Northumberland Counties)
L
- La Crosse (Mecklenburg County)
- Lawrenceville (Brunswick County)
- Lebanon (Russell County)
- Leesburg (Loudoun County)
- Louisa (Louisa County)
- Lovettsville (Loudoun County)
- Luray (Page County)
M
- Madison (Madison County)
- Marion (Smyth County)
- McKenney (Dinwiddie County)
- Melfa (Accomack County)
- Middleburg (Loudoun County)
- Middletown (Frederick County)
- Mineral (Louisa County)
- Monterey (Highland County)
- Montross (Westmoreland County)
- Mount Crawford (Rockingham County)
- Mount Jackson (Shenandoah County)
N
- Narrows (Giles County)
- Nassawadox (Northampton County)
- New Castle (Craig County)
- New Market (Shenandoah County)
- Newsoms (Southampton County)
- Nickelsville (Scott County)
O
- Occoquan (Prince William County)
- Onancock (Accomack County)
- Onley (Accomack County)
- Orange (Orange County)
P
- Painter (Accomack County)
- Pamplin City (Appomattox & Prince Edward Counties)
- Parksley (Accomack County)
- Pearisburg (Giles County)
- Pembroke (Giles County)
- Pennington Gap (Lee County)
- Phenix (Charlotte County)
- Pocahontas (Tazewell County)
- Port Royal (Caroline County)
- Pound (Wise County)
- Pulaski (Pulaski County)
- Purcellville (Loudoun County)
Q
R
- Remington (Fauquier County)
- Rich Creek (Giles County)
- Richlands (Tazewell County)
- Ridgeway (Henry County)
- Rocky Mount (Franklin County)
- Round Hill (Loudoun County)
- Rural Retreat (Wythe County)
S
- St. Charles (Lee County)
- St. Paul (Wise & Russell Counties)
- Saltville (Smyth & Washington Counties)
- Saxis (Accomack County)
- Scottsburg (Halifax County)
- Scottsville (Albemarle & Fluvanna Counties)
- Shenandoah (Page County)
- Smithfield (Isle Of Wight County)
- South Boston (Halifax County) (independent city until 1995)
- South Hill (Mecklenburg County)
- Stanardsville (Greene County)
- Stanley (Page County)
- Stephens City (Frederick County)
- Stony Creek (Sussex County)
- Strasburg (Shenandoah County)
- Stuart (Patrick County)
- Surry (Surry County)
T
- Tangier (Accomack County)
- Tappahannock (Essex County)
- Tazewell (Tazewell County)
- The Plains (Fauquier County)
- Timberville (Rockingham County)
- Toms Brook (Shenandoah County)
- Troutdale (Grayson County)
- Troutville (Botetourt County)
U
V
- Victoria (Lunenburg County)
- Vienna (Fairfax County)
- Vinton (Roanoke County)
- Virgilina (Halifax County)
W
- Wachapreague (Accomack County)
- Wakefield (Sussex County)
- Warrenton (Fauquier County)
- Warsaw (Richmond County)
- Washington (Rappahannock County)
- Waverly (Sussex County)
- Weber City (Scott County)
- West Point (King William County)
- White Stone (Lancaster County)
- Windsor (Isle Of Wight County)
- Wise (Wise County)
- Woodstock (Shenandoah County)
- Wytheville (Wythe County)
Note
- The towns of Castlewood (Russell County) and Clover (Halifax County) were disincorporated in 1997 and 1998 respectively.
References
- ↑ "List of Towns and their Parent Counties". Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development website. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
- ↑ Commonwealth of Virginia. "§ 15.2-4100. City may change to town status.". Code of Virginia. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ↑ "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
External links
- List of Towns and their Parent Counties
- List of Counties with Towns and Adjacent Cities
- Functions of Counties, Cities and Towns
- Virginia Commission on Local Government