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e. Virginia counties and cities by year of establishment. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes, totaling 133 second-level subdivisions. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.
The first Ruritan Club, the Holland Ruritan Club, was founded on April 16, 1928 at the Hollland Hotel in Holland, Virginia, now part of Suffolk, Virginia. [2][3][4] Its founders, Thomas V. Downing and Jack Gwaltney, wanted to established a civic organization for rural communities. [2][4][5] Its purpose was "to make the rural community a better ...
Woodbridge, Virginia. Woodbridge is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William County, Virginia, United States, located 20 miles (32 km) south of Washington, D.C. [3] Bounded by the Occoquan and Potomac rivers, Woodbridge had 44,668 residents at the 2020 census. [4] Woodbridge offers a variety of amenities for residents and visitors ...
51-00148 [ 3 ] GNIS feature ID. 1498444 [ 4 ] Website. www.abingdon-va.gov. Abingdon is a town in Washington County, Virginia, United States, 133 miles (214 km) southwest of Roanoke. The population was 8,376 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. [ 5 ]
Buckingham County is part of the Piedmont region of Virginia, and the county seat is Buckingham. [1] Buckingham County was created in 1761 from the southeastern portion of Albemarle County and was predominantly farmland. The county was probably named in honor of the Duke of Buckingham, though the precise origin is uncertain.
Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. First settled in 1757 by ferry owner John Lynch, the city's population was 79,009 at the 2020 census, making Lynchburg the 11th most populous city in Virginia. [3] Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River ...
A sundown town is an all-white community that shows or has shown hostility toward non-whites. Sundown town practices may be evoked in the form of city ordinances barring people of color after dark, exclusionary covenants for housing opportunity, signage warning ethnic groups to vacate, unequal treatment by local law enforcement, and unwritten rules permitting the harassment of non-whites.
Ashland is a town in Hanover County, Virginia, United States, located 16 miles (26 km) north of Richmond along Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 1. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 7,565, [5] up from 7,225 at the 2010 census. Ashland is named after the Lexington, Kentucky estate of Hanover County native and statesman Henry Clay.