List of towns in Virginia

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 they are near or even within.

As of 2014, there are 191 incorporated towns,[1] some of which are as large as independent cities, but are not incorporated as cities and are therefore situated within a parent county or counties. Eight independent cities had 2010 populations of less than 10,000 with the smallest, Norton, having a population of only 3958.[2] In 2010, the largest towns were Blacksburg (with 42,620 people) and Leesburg (42,616). Four other towns also had populations of over 10,000 souls.[2] New towns may be incorporated but must have minimum population of 1,000. 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 towns in Virginia.

This list is complete, do not add or remove any municipalities from this list unless that place has legally changed its incorporation.
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Pop.
rank		 Town Population
in 2012 [3]
1 Leesburg 45,936
2 Blacksburg 42,627
3 Herndon 24,268
4 Christiansburg 21,458
5 Culpeper 16,633
6 Vienna 16,188
7 Front Royal 14,666
8 Warrenton 9,803
9 Pulaski 8,999
10 Purcellville 8,300
11 Wytheville 8,196
12 Abingdon 8,183
13 Farmville 8,188
14 Smithfield 8,130
15 Vinton 8,092
16 South Boston 8,068
17 Ashland 7,389
18 Strasburg 6,489
19 Bedford[a 1] 5,964
20 Marion 5,869
21 Bridgewater 5,774
22 Richlands 5,694
23 Big Stone Gap 5,580
24 Bluefield 5,365
25 Woodstock 5,171
26 Dumfries 5,144
  1. ↑ Bedford was an independent city in 2012. It gave up its city charter and reincorporated as a town effective July 1, 2013.[4]

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Note

The towns of Castlewood (Russell County) and Clover (Halifax County) were disincorporated in 1997 and 1998 respectively.

References

  1. ↑ "List of Towns and their Parent Counties". Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development website. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Population and Area of All Virginia Local Governments, 1790-2010". Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development website. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  3. ↑ http://quickfacts.census.gov/
  4. ↑ Faulconer, Justin (July 1, 2013). "Bedford reversion to town becomes official today". The News & Advance (Lynchburg, VA). Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2013.

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