List of independent cities: (partial, add as known) http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Independent_city Anchorage, Alaska Baltimore, Maryland (separate from Baltimore County, Maryland) Carson City, Nevada (formerly seat of Ormsby County, Nevada) Saint Louis, Missouri (separate from Saint Louis County, Missouri) In the Commonwealth of Virginia, all municipalities incorporated as cities are by law (since 1871) independent cities. Other Virginia municipalities, even though they may be more populous than some existing independent cities, are incorporated as towns, which are always located within a county. All municipalities incorporated as cities in Virginia are independent, even if they are the seat of a county: Alexandria, Virginia Bedford, Virginia Bristol, Virginia Buena Vista, Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Chesapeake, Virginia Colonial Heights, Virginia Covington, Virginia Danville, Virginia Emporia, Virginia Fairfax, Virginia Falls Church, Virginia Franklin, Virginia Fredericksburg, Virginia Galax, Virginia Hampton, Virginia Harrisonburg, Virginia Hopewell, Virginia Lexington, Virginia Lynchburg, Virginia Manassas, Virginia Manassas Park, Virginia Martinsville, Virginia Newport News, Virginia Norfolk, Virginia Norton, Virginia Petersburg, Virginia Poquoson, Virginia Portsmouth, Virginia Radford, Virginia Richmond, Virginia Roanoke, Virginia Salem, Virginia Staunton, Virginia Suffolk, Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia Waynesboro, Virginia Williamsburg, Virginia Winchester, Virginia Sally Rolls Pavia Sun City, AZ sallypavia2001@yahoo.com “We will not be remembered by our words, but by our kind deeds." List Owner: GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES-L-request@rootsweb.com Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/GENEALOGYBITSANDPIECES "All incoming and outgoing email checked by Norton Anti-Virus"