_The Hornbook of Virginia History_ lists 41 independent cities. This list (except for Fairfax, and Manassas) has links on the VAGenWeb homepage for pages separate from the county. Also Manchester and Martinsville are linked. The list in "Hornbook" is Alexandria Bedford Bristol Buena Vista Charlottesville Chesapeake Clifton Forge 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 South Boston Staunton Suffolk Virginia Beach Waynesboro Williamsburg Winchester Freddie S. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Can someone confirm that these are all independent cities, and if I've > left any out? > > Alexandria > Chesapeake > Fairfax > Fredricksburg > Lynchburg > Manassas > Newport News > Petersburg > Poquoson > Richmond > Salem > > Thanks! > > Linda > >

Thanks to all who answered. :) Linda