Staunton (/ ˈ s t æ n t ən / STAN-tən) is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,750. In Virginia, independent cities are separate jurisdictions from the counties that surround them, so the government offices of Augusta County are in Verona, which is contiguous to Staunton. Staunton is a principal city of the …

Augusta County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia.The second-largest county of Virginia by total area, it completely surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro.Its county seat is Staunton, but most of the administrative services have offices in neighboring Verona.. The county was created in 1738 …

Covington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,737, making it the second-least populous city in Virginia. It is surrounded by Alleghany County, of which it is also the county seat. Located at the confluence of Jackson River and Dunlap Creek, Covington is one of three cities (with Roanoke and Salem) in the Roanoke …

Newport News (/ ˌ nj uː p ɔːr t-,-p ər t-/) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia.At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the 5th most populous city in Virginia and 140th most populous city in the United States.. Newport News is included in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. It is at the southeastern end of the …

Bedford County is a United States county located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia.Its county seat is the town of Bedford, which was an independent city from 1968 until rejoining the county in 2013.. Bedford County was created in 1753 from parts of Lunenburg County, and several changes in alignment were made until the present borders were …

Occupied by varying cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years, in historic times English colonists encountered Siouan language Native Americans. Halifax County was established in 1752 by English colonists from Lunenburg County.The county was named for George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax.. Through the 1990 Census, South Boston was an …

History. Greensville County was established in 1781 from Brunswick County.The county is probably named for Sir Richard Grenville, leader of the settlement on Roanoke Island, 1585.There is also belief that it may be named after Nathanael Greene, a major general of the Continental Army and one of George Washington's brightest officers.. An early chapter of the National …

King William County, Virginia - Demographic Profile (NH = Non-Hispanic) Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010 Pop 2020 % 2010 % 2020 White alone (NH) 12,107 13,499 75.98% 75.79% Black or African American alone (NH) 2,806 2,585 17.61% 14.51% Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 223 277 1.40% 1.56% Asian alone (NH) 118

The Virginia Central Railroad was an early railroad in the U.S. state of Virginia that operated between 1850 and 1868 from Richmond westward for 206 miles (332 km) to Covington.Chartered in 1836 as the Louisa Railroad by the Virginia General Assembly, the railroad began near the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad's line and expanded westward to Orange …

Wise is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.The population was 3,286 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Wise County. It was originally incorporated as the town of Gladeville in 1874. The town's name was changed to Wise in 1924, after Henry A. Wise, the last Virginia governor before the American Civil War and the first governor to hail from the Eastern …