Somerton Historic District
Suffolkis an independent cityin the Commonwealthof Virginia, and as such has no county. As of the 2020 census, the population was 94,324.[4] It is the 10th most populous city in Virginiaand the largest city in Virginia by boundary land area as well as the 14th largest in the country.
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Suffolk, city, southeastern Virginia, U.S., at the head of navigation of the Nansemond River. It lies near the Great Dismal Swamp , immediately southwest of the cities of Portsmouth and Chesapeake in the Hampton Roads region.
Suffolk is the largest city by area in Virginia, United States, and is located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 84,585. Its median household income was $57,546. Suffolk was founded by English colonists in 1742 as a port town on the Nansemond River in the Virginia Colony.
Isle of Wight County is a county located in the Hampton Roads region of the U.S. state of Virginia. It was named after the Isle of Wight , England, south of the Solent , from where many of its early colonists had come. [2]
Independent cities and Counties of Virginia; Location: Commonwealth of Virginia: Number: 95 Counties 38 Independent cities: Populations (Counties): 2,226 – 1,139,720 (Independent cities): 3,687 – 457,672 (Virginia Beach) Areas (Counties): 26 square miles (67 km 2) – 978 square miles (2,530 km 2) (Pittsylvania)
CountyFips Code [4]County Seat [5] [6]Est. [5]1663174418221735- 95 Counties, 38 Independent cities
- Commonwealth of Virginia
- County government
- (Counties): 2,226 (Highland) – 1,139,720 (Fairfax), (Independent cities): 3,666 (Norton) – 457,672 (Virginia Beach)
