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Virginia counties that are not listed operate under the provisions of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia.<br /><br /></p> <article id="charters" class="content"> <div id="printStuff"><div id='printHeader'>Charters</div><div id='printDate'>11/24/2024</div></div> <div class="slot-0-1" id="slot01"><h2>Counties</h2><ul class='list'><li><a href='/charters/chesterfield/'>Chesterfield</a></li><li><a href='/charters/james-city/'>James City</a></li><li><a href='/charters/roanoke-county/'>Roanoke County</a></li></ul><h2>Cities</h2><ul class='list'><li><a href='/charters/alexandria/'>Alexandria</a></li><li><a href='/charters/bristol/'>Bristol</a></li><li><a href='/charters/buena-vista/'>Buena Vista</a></li><li><a href='/charters/charlottesville/'>Charlottesville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/chesapeake/'>Chesapeake</a></li><li><a href='/charters/colonial-heights/'>Colonial Heights</a></li><li><a href='/charters/covington/'>Covington</a></li><li><a href='/charters/danville/'>Danville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/emporia/'>Emporia</a></li><li><a href='/charters/fairfax/'>Fairfax</a></li><li><a href='/charters/falls-church/'>Falls Church</a></li><li><a href='/charters/franklin/'>Franklin</a></li><li><a href='/charters/fredericksburg/'>Fredericksburg</a></li><li><a href='/charters/galax/'>Galax</a></li><li><a href='/charters/hampton/'>Hampton</a></li><li><a href='/charters/harrisonburg/'>Harrisonburg</a></li><li><a href='/charters/hopewell/'>Hopewell</a></li><li><a href='/charters/lexington/'>Lexington</a></li><li><a href='/charters/lynchburg/'>Lynchburg</a></li><li><a href='/charters/manassas/'>Manassas</a></li><li><a href='/charters/manassas-park/'>Manassas Park</a></li><li><a href='/charters/martinsville/'>Martinsville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/newport-news/'>Newport News</a></li><li><a href='/charters/norfolk/'>Norfolk</a></li><li><a href='/charters/norton/'>Norton</a></li><li><a href='/charters/petersburg/'>Petersburg</a></li><li><a href='/charters/poquoson/'>Poquoson</a></li><li><a href='/charters/portsmouth/'>Portsmouth</a></li><li><a href='/charters/radford/'>Radford</a></li><li><a href='/charters/richmond/'>Richmond</a></li><li><a href='/charters/roanoke/'>Roanoke</a></li><li><a href='/charters/salem/'>Salem</a></li><li><a href='/charters/staunton/'>Staunton</a></li><li><a href='/charters/suffolk/'>Suffolk</a></li><li><a href='/charters/virginia-beach/'>Virginia Beach</a></li><li><a href='/charters/waynesboro/'>Waynesboro</a></li><li><a href='/charters/williamsburg/'>Williamsburg</a></li><li><a href='/charters/winchester/'>Winchester</a></li></ul><h2>Towns</h2><ul class='list'><li><a href='/charters/abingdon/'>Abingdon</a></li><li><a href='/charters/accomac/'>Accomac</a></li><li><a href='/charters/alberta/'>Alberta</a></li><li><a href='/charters/altavista/'>Altavista</a></li><li><a href='/charters/amherst/'>Amherst</a></li><li><a href='/charters/appalachia/'>Appalachia</a></li><li><a href='/charters/appomattox/'>Appomattox</a></li><li><a href='/charters/ashland/'>Ashland</a></li><li><a href='/charters/bedford/'>Bedford</a></li><li><a href='/charters/belle-haven/'>Belle Haven</a></li><li><a href='/charters/berryville/'>Berryville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/big-stone-gap/'>Big Stone Gap</a></li><li><a href='/charters/blacksburg/'>Blacksburg</a></li><li><a href='/charters/blackstone/'>Blackstone</a></li><li><a href='/charters/bloxom/'>Bloxom</a></li><li><a href='/charters/bluefield/'>Bluefield</a></li><li><a href='/charters/boones-mill/'>Boones Mill</a></li><li><a href='/charters/bowling-green/'>Bowling Green</a></li><li><a href='/charters/boyce/'>Boyce</a></li><li><a href='/charters/boydton/'>Boydton</a></li><li><a href='/charters/boykins/'>Boykins</a></li><li><a href='/charters/branchville/'>Branchville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/bridgewater/'>Bridgewater</a></li><li><a href='/charters/broadway/'>Broadway</a></li><li><a href='/charters/brodnax/'>Brodnax</a></li><li><a href='/charters/brookneal/'>Brookneal</a></li><li><a href='/charters/buchanan/'>Buchanan</a></li><li><a href='/charters/burkeville/'>Burkeville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/cape-charles/'>Cape Charles</a></li><li><a href='/charters/capron/'>Capron</a></li><li><a href='/charters/cedar-bluff/'>Cedar Bluff</a></li><li><a href='/charters/charlotte-court-house/'>Charlotte Court House</a></li><li><a href='/charters/chase-city/'>Chase City</a></li><li><a href='/charters/chatham/'>Chatham</a></li><li><a href='/charters/cheriton/'>Cheriton</a></li><li><a href='/charters/chilhowie/'>Chilhowie</a></li><li><a href='/charters/chincoteague/'>Chincoteague</a></li><li><a href='/charters/christiansburg/'>Christiansburg</a></li><li><a href='/charters/claremont/'>Claremont</a></li><li><a href='/charters/clarksville/'>Clarksville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/cleveland/'>Cleveland</a></li><li><a href='/charters/clifton/'>Clifton</a></li><li><a href='/charters/clifton-forge/'>Clifton Forge</a></li><li><a href='/charters/clinchco/'>Clinchco</a></li><li><a href='/charters/clinchport/'>Clinchport</a></li><li><a href='/charters/clintwood/'>Clintwood</a></li><li><a href='/charters/coeburn/'>Coeburn</a></li><li><a href='/charters/colonial-beach/'>Colonial Beach</a></li><li><a href='/charters/columbia/'>Columbia</a></li><li><a href='/charters/courtland/'>Courtland</a></li><li><a href='/charters/craigsville/'>Craigsville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/crewe/'>Crewe</a></li><li><a href='/charters/culpeper/'>Culpeper</a></li><li><a href='/charters/damascus/'>Damascus</a></li><li><a href='/charters/dayton/'>Dayton</a></li><li><a href='/charters/dendron/'>Dendron</a></li><li><a href='/charters/dillwyn/'>Dillwyn</a></li><li><a href='/charters/drakes-branch/'>Drakes Branch</a></li><li><a href='/charters/dublin/'>Dublin</a></li><li><a href='/charters/duffield/'>Duffield</a></li><li><a href='/charters/dumfries/'>Dumfries</a></li><li><a href='/charters/dungannon/'>Dungannon</a></li><li><a href='/charters/eastville/'>Eastville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/edinburg/'>Edinburg</a></li><li><a href='/charters/elkton/'>Elkton</a></li><li><a href='/charters/exmore/'>Exmore</a></li><li><a href='/charters/farmville/'>Farmville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/fincastle/'>Fincastle</a></li><li><a href='/charters/floyd/'>Floyd</a></li><li><a href='/charters/fries/'>Fries</a></li><li><a href='/charters/front-royal/'>Front Royal</a></li><li><a href='/charters/gate-city/'>Gate City</a></li><li><a href='/charters/glade-spring/'>Glade Spring</a></li></ul></ul></div> <div class="slot-2-3" id="slot23"><h2>Towns (continued)</h2><ul class='list'><li><a href='/charters/glasgow/'>Glasgow</a></li><li><a href='/charters/glen-lyn/'>Glen Lyn</a></li><li><a href='/charters/gordonsville/'>Gordonsville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/goshen/'>Goshen</a></li><li><a href='/charters/gretna/'>Gretna</a></li><li><a href='/charters/grottoes/'>Grottoes</a></li><li><a href='/charters/grundy/'>Grundy</a></li><li><a href='/charters/halifax/'>Halifax</a></li><li><a href='/charters/hallwood/'>Hallwood</a></li><li><a href='/charters/hamilton/'>Hamilton</a></li><li><a href='/charters/haymarket/'>Haymarket</a></li><li><a href='/charters/haysi/'>Haysi</a></li><li><a href='/charters/herndon/'>Herndon</a></li><li><a href='/charters/hillsboro/'>Hillsboro</a></li><li><a href='/charters/hillsville/'>Hillsville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/honaker/'>Honaker</a></li><li><a href='/charters/hurt/'>Hurt</a></li><li><a href='/charters/independence/'>Independence</a></li><li><a href='/charters/iron-gate/'>Iron Gate</a></li><li><a href='/charters/irvington/'>Irvington</a></li><li><a href='/charters/ivor/'>Ivor</a></li><li><a href='/charters/jarratt/'>Jarratt</a></li><li><a href='/charters/jonesville/'>Jonesville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/keller/'>Keller</a></li><li><a href='/charters/kenbridge/'>Kenbridge</a></li><li><a href='/charters/keysville/'>Keysville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/kilmarnock/'>Kilmarnock</a></li><li><a href='/charters/la-crosse/'>La Crosse</a></li><li><a href='/charters/lawrenceville/'>Lawrenceville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/lebanon/'>Lebanon</a></li><li><a href='/charters/leesburg/'>Leesburg</a></li><li><a href='/charters/louisa/'>Louisa</a></li><li><a href='/charters/lovettsville/'>Lovettsville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/luray/'>Luray</a></li><li><a href='/charters/madison/'>Madison</a></li><li><a href='/charters/marion/'>Marion</a></li><li><a href='/charters/mckenney/'>McKenney</a></li><li><a href='/charters/melfa/'>Melfa</a></li><li><a href='/charters/middleburg/'>Middleburg</a></li><li><a href='/charters/middletown/'>Middletown</a></li><li><a href='/charters/mineral/'>Mineral</a></li><li><a href='/charters/monterey/'>Monterey</a></li><li><a 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Gap</a></li><li><a href='/charters/phenix/'>Phenix</a></li><li><a href='/charters/plains,-the/'>Plains, The</a></li><li><a href='/charters/pocahontas/'>Pocahontas</a></li><li><a href='/charters/port-royal/'>Port Royal</a></li><li><a href='/charters/pound/'>Pound</a></li><li><a href='/charters/pulaski/'>Pulaski</a></li><li><a href='/charters/purcellville/'>Purcellville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/quantico/'>Quantico</a></li><li><a href='/charters/remington/'>Remington</a></li><li><a href='/charters/rich-creek/'>Rich Creek</a></li><li><a href='/charters/richlands/'>Richlands</a></li><li><a href='/charters/ridgeway/'>Ridgeway</a></li><li><a href='/charters/rocky-mount/'>Rocky Mount</a></li><li><a href='/charters/round-hill/'>Round Hill</a></li><li><a href='/charters/rural-retreat/'>Rural Retreat</a></li><li><a href='/charters/saint-paul/'>Saint Paul</a></li><li><a href='/charters/saltville/'>Saltville</a></li><li><a href='/charters/saxis/'>Saxis</a></li><li><a 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