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] |
|---|---|---|
| 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