Virginia County Map

About Virginia County Map

The U.S. state of Virginia has 95 counties along with 38 independent cities. The county map of Virginia is showing 95 counties with their county seats and 38 independent cities.

About Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is segregated in 95 counties. Moreover, it comprises 38 independent cities, which are regarded as equivalents to counties for the census. The Virginia county map in this article reflects the political reality. In Virginia, the cities are equal to levels of the governments in the counties. But towns are a part of the counties. For statistical objectives, in some towns, the Bureau of Economic Analysis combines any independent cities with the county that it was once an integral part of.

A large number of county seats are not a part of the counties served. Under Virginia law, all municipalities incorporated as big cities are known as independent cities. They are not part of any county. Some cities in the Hampton Roads area, like Virginia Beach, Newport News, etc., were developed from the entire county. These cities are no longer county seats. This is because the counties stopped existing after the formation of the cities. In Virginia, a county seat may be an independent city surrounded by the county of which it is the administrative center. For instance, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County. However, the city is politically independent of the county.

In Virginia, there are 38 independent cities that are regarded as equal to the counties for census purposes. Many towns are as large as the cities but are not known as cities. Moreover, these towns are located within the parent counties. Eight independent cities, which also include Bedford, gave up their city charter in 2013 and became a town. Norton has a population of only 3958. In 2010, the most significant towns were Blacksburg and Leesburg. Four different towns also have a population of over 10,000 people.

The independent cities of Virginia were differentiated by the Virginia General Assembly in 1871. They were classified as the first class and second class cities. The Virginia Constitution of 1902 defined first-class cities as those with a population of 10,000 or more on the basis of the census enumeration. On the other hand, the second-class cities were those which had a population of less than 10,000. A city which was previously granted a charter but didn’t have the population has its status grandfathered in. The second-class cities usually didn’t possess a court of record and were needed to share the court cost with the county. They also shared the cost of the three constitutional officers of the court. The clerk, the sheriff, and the commonwealth attorney were the three officers who stood for election. These officers were to be elected in both the counties. At least two constitutional officers, the treasurer, and the revenue commissioner were needed to be elected solely by the citizens. The differentiation between the first and second-class cities ended with the implementation of the Virginia Constitution of 1971. But the cities that were classified as the second-class cities at the time of the adoption of the Virginia Constitution in 1971 were given the authority to share their court’s system along with the three constitutional officers of the adjacent county.

In Virginia, there are various cities and counties which carry the same name. However, they are politically separate. These include Fairfax, Richmond, etc. In the past, they also had Alexandria and Norfolk. Even Bedford changed its name to avoid confusion as a county of the same name surrounded it. A county or a city that shares the same name may be entirely unrelated in Geography. For instance, the County of Richmond is nowhere near to Richmond City. Moreover, Franklin County is quite far away from Franklin City.

A large number of Virginia Counties are named on the basis of women.

The postal abbreviation of Virginia is VA. The FIPS state code is 51.

List of Counties in Virginia

County	FIPS Code	County Seat	Established in	Population	Area (sq mi)	Area (km2)
Accomack County	1	Accomac	1663	32,973	455	1,178
Albemarle County	3	Charlottesville	1744	105,703	723	1,873
Alleghany County	5	Covington	1822	15,677	446	1,155
Amelia County	7	Amelia	1735	12,903	357	925
Amherst County	9	Amherst	1761	31,914	475	1,230
Appomattox County	11	Appomattox	1845	15,414	334	865
Arlington County	13	Arlington	1846	229,164	26	67
Augusta County	15	Staunton	1738	74,314	971	2,515
Bath County	17	Warm Springs	1791	4,470	532	1,378
Bedford County	19	Bedford	1754	77,724	755	1,955
Bland County	21	Bland	1861	6,561	359	930
Botetourt County	23	Fincastle	1770	33,347	543	1,406
Brunswick County	25	Lawrenceville	1720	16,698	566	1,466
Buchanan County	27	Grundy	1858	22,776	504	1,305
Buckingham County	29	Buckingham	1761	17,032	581	1,505
Campbell County	31	Rustburg	1782	55,086	504	1,305
Caroline County	33	Bowling Green	1728	29,984	533	1,380
Carroll County	35	Hillsville	1842	29,724	476	1,233
Charles City County	36	Charles City	1634	7,040	182	471
Charlotte County	37	Charlotte Court House	1765	12,201	475	1,230
Chesterfield County	41	Chesterfield	1749	335,687	426	1,103
Clarke County	43	Berryville	1836	14,363	177	458
Craig County	45	New Castle	1851	5,211	330	855
Culpeper County	47	Culpeper	1749	49,432	381	987
Cumberland County	49	Cumberland	1749	9,719	298	772
Dickenson County	51	Clintwood	1880	15,115	333	862
Dinwiddie County	53	Dinwiddie	1752	27,852	504	1,305
Essex County	57	Tappahannock	1692	11,130	258	668
Fairfax County	59	Fairfax	1742	1,142,234	396	1,026
Fauquier County	61	Warrenton	1759	68,782	650	1,683
Floyd County	63	Floyd	1831	15,651	382	989
Fluvanna County	65	Palmyra	1777	26,235	287	743
Franklin County	67	Rocky Mount	1786	56,264	692	1,792
Frederick County	69	Winchester	1738	83,199	415	1,075
Giles County	71	Pearisburg	1806	16,708	358	927
Gloucester County	73	Gloucester	1651	37,143	217	562
Goochland County	75	Goochland	1728	22,253	284	736
Grayson County	77	Independence	1793	16,012	443	1,147
Greene County	79	Stanardsville	1838	19,162	157	407
Greensville County	81	Emporia	1781	11,885	296	767
Halifax County	83	Halifax	1752	35,125	814	2,108
Hanover County	85	Hanover	1721	103,227	473	1,225
Henrico County	87	Laurel	1617	325,155	238	616
Henry County	89	Martinsville	1777	51,881	382	989
Highland County	91	Monterey	1847	2,214	416	1,077
Isle of Wight County	93	Isle of Wight	1634	36,314	316	818
James City County	95	Williamsburg	1617	73,147	143	370
King and Queen County	97	King and Queen	1691	7,158	316	818
King George County	99	King George	1721	25,515	180	466
King William County	101	King William	1702	16,269	275	712
Lancaster County	103	Lancaster	1651	10,965	133	344
Lee County	105	Jonesville	1793	24,742	437	1,132
Loudoun County	107	Leesburg	1757	375,629	520	1,347
Louisa County	109	Louisa	1742	34,602	498	1,290
Lunenburg County	111	Lunenburg	1746	12,299	432	1,119
Madison County	113	Madison	1793	13,134	322	834
Mathews County	115	Mathews	1791	8,862	86	223
Mecklenburg County	117	Boydton	1765	31,081	624	1,616
Middlesex County	119	Saluda	1673	10,606	130	337
Montgomery County	121	Christiansburg	1777	97,653	388	1,005
Nelson County	125	Lovingston	1808	14,785	472	1,222
New Kent County	127	New Kent	1654	20,392	210	544
Northampton County	131	Eastville	1634	12,155	207	536
Northumberland County	133	Heathsville	1648	12,232	192	497
Nottoway County	135	Nottoway	1789	15,673	315	816
Orange County	137	Orange	1734	35,385	342	886
Page County	139	Luray	1831	23,726	311	805
Patrick County	141	Stuart	1791	18,045	483	1,251
Pittsylvania County	143	Chatham	1767	62,194	978	2,533
Powhatan County	145	Powhatan	1777	28,031	261	676
Prince Edward County	147	Farmville	1754	22,952	353	914
Prince George County	149	Prince George	1703	37,862	266	689
Prince William County	153	Manassas	1731	451,721	338	875
Pulaski County	155	Pulaski	1839	34,332	321	831
Rappahannock County	157	Washington	1833	7,378	267	692
Richmond County	159	Warsaw	1692	8,908	192	497
Roanoke County	161	Salem	1838	94,409	251	650
Rockbridge County	163	Lexington	1778	22,354	600	1,554
Rockingham County	165	Harrisonburg	1778	78,593	851	2,204
Russell County	167	Lebanon	1786	27,891	475	1,230
Scott County	169	Gate City	1814	22,126	537	1,391
Shenandoah County	171	Woodstock	1772	43,190	512	1,326
Smyth County	173	Marion	1832	31,470	452	1,171
Southampton County	175	Courtland	1749	18,109	600	1,554
Spotsylvania County	177	Spotsylvania Courthouse	1721	130,475	401	1,039
Stafford County	179	Stafford	1664	142,003	270	699
Surry County	181	Surry	1652	6,709	279	723
Sussex County	183	Sussex	1754	11,715	491	1,272
Tazewell County	185	Tazewell	1800	42,899	520	1,347
Warren County	187	Front Royal	1836	39,083	214	554
Washington County	191	Abingdon	1777	54,591	564	1,461
Westmoreland County	193	Montross	1653	17,629	229	593
Wise County	195	Wise	1856	39,718	403	1,044
Wythe County	197	Wytheville	1790	29,119	463	1,199
York County	199	Yorktown	1634	67,837	106	275

List of Independent Cities in Virginia

City	FIPS Code	Established in	Population	Area (sq mi)	Area (km2)
Alexandria	510	1870	147,391	15	39
Bristol	520	1890	17,367	12	31
Buena Vista	530	1892	6,349	7	18
Charlottesville	540	1888	45,049	10	26
Chesapeake	550	1963	222,209	341	883
Colonial Heights	570	1948	16,897	8	21
Covington	580	1952	6,303	4	10
Danville	590	1870	48,411	43	111
Emporia	595	1967	5,665	7	18
Fairfax	600	1961	21,498	6	16
Falls Church	610	1948	12,332	2.1	5
Franklin	620	1961	8,346	8	21
Fredericksburg	630	1870	24,286	10	26
Galax	640	1953	6,837	8	21
Hampton	650	1908	146,437	52	135
Harrisonburg	660	1916	40,468	18	47
Hopewell	670	1916	22,354	10	26
Lexington	678	1966	6,867	2.5	6
Lynchburg	680	1870	65,269	49	127
Manassas	683	1975	40,605	10	26
Manassas Park	685	1975	14,273	2.5	6
Martinsville	690	1928	15,416	11	28
Newport News	700	1896	180,726	68	176
Norfolk	710	1845	245,782	54	140
Norton	720	1954	3,904	7	18
Petersburg	730	1870	33,740	23	60
Poquoson	735	1975	11,566	16	41
Portsmouth	740	1858	96,470	33	85
Radford	750	1892	15,859	10	26
Richmond	760	1870	210,309	60	155
Roanoke	770	1884	94,911	43	111
Salem	775	1968	24,747	15	39
Staunton	790	1870	23,853	20	52
Suffolk	800	1910	63,677	400	1,036
Virginia Beach	810	1963	447,021	248	642
Waynesboro	820	1948	19,520	14	36
Williamsburg	830	1902	14,068	9	23
Winchester	840	1874	23,585	9	23