List of counties in Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties and 39 independent cities, which are considered county-equivalents for census purposes. For some counties, for statistical purposes, the Bureau of Economic Analysis combines any independent cities with the county that it was once part of (before the legislation creating independent cities took place in 1871).

It is also worthy of note that there are several counties and cities which have the same name, but are separate politically. These currently include Bedford, Fairfax, Franklin, Richmond, and Roanoke, and in the past included Norfolk and Alexandria, whose counties changed their names, ostensibly to end some of the confusion. Similarity in their names does not necessarily mean that the current counties and cities which share names are close geographically. Richmond County is nowhere near the City of Richmond, and Franklin County is even further from the City of Franklin.

For historical purposes, do not forget to review the breakaway counties that formed West Virginia.

 List of 95  counties in the U.S. state of Virginia (link shown under Fips County Code are for the U.S. Census Bureau Statistics Info Page for that county):

39 INDEPENDENT CITIES: (link shown under Fips County Code are for the U.S. Census Bureau Statistics Info Page for that independent city):