There are 43 or so independent cities in the US. See these web sites (found in 0.21 seconds of a Google search) for further details. http://www.answers.com/topic/independent-city http://www.pettitcompany.com/html/va_cities_and_counties.html Gary Templeman ----- Original Message ----- From: Jenealogy To: PAF-5-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 6:22 PM Subject: [PAF-5] Independent Cities Independent Cities are something new for me. What makes a city independent? How can you tell or find out which cities are independent? - Karl ==== PAF-5-USERS Mailing List ==== PAF @ FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/