The Independent Cities of the Commonwealth of Virginia Return Below are the links to the Independent Cities of Virginia. As stated before, although these cities are located in one of the various Virginia counties, they have no political connection to that county and are treated as counties by most federal government agencies While all of the Independent Cities are linked from this page, the ones in grey still have only basic start pages. While the ones in color have some data posted. If you think you might like to host one of our cities, read the volunteer information page for further information. Any cities marked with an * are reserved pending approval.   Alexandria   Bedford   Bristol   Buena Vista   Charlottesville   Chesapeake   Colonial Heights   Covington   Danville   Emporia   Fairfax   Falls Church   Franklin   Fredericksburg   Galax   Hampton   Harrisonburg   Hopewell   Lexington   Lynchburg   Manassas   Manassas Park   Martinsville   Newport News   Norfolk   Norton   Petersburg   Poquoson   Portsmouth   Radford   Richmond   Roanoke   Salem   Staunton   Suffolk   Virginia Beach   Waynesboro   Williamsburg   Winchester    The number of Independent cities may change from time to time as some may consolidate with other political entities and disappear, The so called "Lost" independent cities of Virginia are: City of Clifton Forge (1906-2001) reverted to become an incorporated town in Alleghany County City of Manchester (1874-1910) consolidated with the independent City of Richmond City of Nansemond (1972-1974) consolidated with the independent City of Suffolk City of South Boston (1960-1998) reverted to become an incorporated town in Halifax County City of South Norfolk (1919-1963) consolidated with Norfolk County to form (new) independent City of Chesapeake City of Warwick (1952-1958) consolidated with the independent City of Newport News Return Copyright © 2007 by Genealogy Trails - All Rights reserved