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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83_(%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="تشيسابيك (فرجينيا) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="تشيسابيك (فرجينيا)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B2%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%A6%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="چزئیپئیک، ویرجینیا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="چزئیپئیک، ویرجینیا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (Virginia) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BA" title="Чэсапік – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Чэсапік" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D1%8D%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BA" title="Чэсапік – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Чэсапік" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BA_(%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Чесапийк (Вирджиния) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Чесапийк (Вирджиния)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake" title="Chesapeake – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Chesapeake" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (Virginia) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virg%C3%ADnia)" title="Chesapeake (Virgínia) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Chesapeake (Virgínia)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(kapital_sa_kondado)" title="Chesapeake (kapital sa kondado) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Chesapeake (kapital sa kondado)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginie)" title="Chesapeake (Virginie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake" title="Chesapeake – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Chesapeake" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake" title="Chesapeake – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Chesapeake" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (Virginia) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%AD%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%B7%CE%BA_(%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BB%CE%B7)" title="Τσέσαπηκ (πόλη) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τσέσαπηκ (πόλη)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (Virginia) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginio)" title="Chesapeake (Virginio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (Virginia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="چساپیک، ویرجینیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چساپیک، ویرجینیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginie)" title="Chesapeake (Virginie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virxinia" title="Chesapeake, Virxinia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Chesapeake, Virxinia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-glk mw-list-item"><a href="https://glk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B3%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%A9_(%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7)" title="چسپيک (ويرجينيا) – Gilaki" lang="glk" hreflang="glk" data-title="چسپيک (ويرجينيا)" data-language-autonym="گیلکی" data-language-local-name="Gilaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>گیلکی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%B4%EC%84%9C%ED%94%BC%ED%81%AC_(%EB%B2%84%EC%A7%80%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84%EC%A3%BC)" title="체서피크 (버지니아주) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="체서피크 (버지니아주)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA_(%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8)" title="Чесапик (Вирджини) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Чесапик (Вирджини)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (Virginia) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%27%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A7_(%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%92%27%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94)" title="צ'ספיק (וירג'יניה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צ'ספיק (וירג'יניה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9A%E0%B3%86%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D" title="ಚೆಸ್ಪೀಕ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಚೆಸ್ಪೀಕ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Vijini" title="Chesapeake, Vijini – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Chesapeake, Vijini" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake" title="Chesapeake – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Chesapeake" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesapikas" title="Česapikas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Česapikas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(v%C3%A1ros,_Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (város, Virginia) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Chesapeake (város, Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D" title="ചെസാപീക്ക് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ചെസാപീക്ക്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (Virginia) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B5%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF_(%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E5%B7%9E)" title="チェサピーク (バージニア州) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="チェサピーク (バージニア州)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA_(%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8)" title="Чесапик (Виргини) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Чесапик (Виргини)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (Virginia) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake" title="Chesapeake – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Chesapeake" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (Virginia) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Wirginia)" title="Chesapeake (Wirginia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Chesapeake (Wirginia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virg%C3%ADnia)" title="Chesapeake (Virgínia) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Chesapeake (Virgínia)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA_(%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Чесапик (Виргиния) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Чесапик (Виргиния)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8E%D8%B3%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="چێسپیک – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="چێسپیک" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Чесепик – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Чесепик" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virginia)" title="Chesapeake (Virginia) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginia)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Чесапик – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Чесапик" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BA_(%D0%92%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Чесапік (Вірджинія) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Чесапік (Вірджинія)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%8C_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="چساپیک، ورجینیا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="چساپیک، ورجینیا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_(Virgin%C3%A4n)" title="Chesapeake (Virginän) – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="Chesapeake (Virginän)" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake,_Virginia" title="Chesapeake, Virginia – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Chesapeake, Virginia" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%87%E8%90%A8%E7%9A%AE%E5%85%8B%EF%BC%88%E5%BC%97%E5%90%89%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E5%B7%9E%EF%BC%89" title="切萨皮克（弗吉尼亚州） – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="切萨皮克（弗吉尼亚州）" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%87%E8%90%A8%E7%9A%AE%E5%85%8B_(%E5%BC%97%E5%90%89%E5%B0%BC%E4%BA%9A%E5%B7%9E)" title="切萨皮克 (弗吉尼亚州) 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class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Chesapeake,_Virginia&params=36_42_51_N_76_14_18_W_region:US-VA_type:city(249422)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°42′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°14′18″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.71417°N 76.23833°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.71417; -76.23833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1963 (1919 as <a href="/wiki/South_Norfolk,_Virginia" title="South Norfolk, Virginia">South Norfolk</a>, 1634 as <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Virginia" title="Norfolk County, Virginia">Norfolk County, Virginia</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council%E2%80%93manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayor–council–manager">Mayor–council–manager</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Chesapeake,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of mayors of Chesapeake, Virginia">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rick_West_(Virginia_politician)" title="Rick West (Virginia politician)">Rick West</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">R</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2019_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">Independent city</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">350.95 sq mi (908.95 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">338.51 sq mi (876.74 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">12.44 sq mi (32.21auto279.26 km<sup>2</sup>)  2.9%</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">Independent city</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">249,422</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population" title="List of United States cities by population">90th</a> in the United States<br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Virginia">2nd</a> in Virginia</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">710/sq mi (270/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,799,674</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%925" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−5">UTC−5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Standard_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Standard Time Zone">EST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%E2%88%924" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC−4">UTC−4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Daylight_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Daylight Time">EDT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">23320-23328</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_codes_757_and_948" title="Area codes 757 and 948">757 and 948</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">51-16000<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">1496841<sup id="cite_ref-GR3_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR3-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cityofchesapeake.net/">www.cityofchesapeake.net</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chesapeake</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">independent city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, United States. At the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020 census</a>, the population was 249,422, making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Virginia">second-most populous city in Virginia</a>, the tenth largest in the <a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic (United States)">Mid-Atlantic</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population" title="List of United States cities by population">89th-most populous city in the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-QF_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-QF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chesapeake is included in the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads metropolitan area</a>. One of the cities in the <a href="/wiki/South_Hampton_Roads" title="South Hampton Roads">South Hampton Roads</a>, Chesapeake was organized in 1963 by voter referendums approving the political consolidation of the <a href="/wiki/South_Norfolk,_Virginia" title="South Norfolk, Virginia">city of South Norfolk</a> with the remnants of the former <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Virginia" title="Norfolk County, Virginia">Norfolk County</a>, which dated to 1691. (Much of the territory of the county had been annexed by other cities.) Chesapeake is the second-largest city by land area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_area" title="List of United States cities by area">17th-largest in the United States</a>. </p><p>Chesapeake is a diverse city in which a few urban areas are located; it also has many square miles of protected farmland, forests, and <a href="/wiki/Wetlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Wetlands">wetlands</a>, including a substantial portion of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge">Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</a>. Extending from the rural border with <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> to the harbor area of <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> adjacent to the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach, Chesapeake is located on the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Intracoastal_Waterway" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway">Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway</a>. It has miles of waterfront industrial, commercial and residential property. In 2011, Chesapeake was named the 21st best city in the United States by Bloomberg <i>Businessweek.</i><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chesapeake is home to the international headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Dollar_Tree" title="Dollar Tree">Dollar Tree</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Norfolk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Norfolk.jpg/260px-Norfolk.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Norfolk.jpg/390px-Norfolk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Norfolk.jpg/520px-Norfolk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="521" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Virginia" title="Norfolk County, Virginia">Norfolk County, Virginia</a> (from 1895 map), existed from 1691 to 1963, now extinct</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1963, the new <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">independent city</a> of Chesapeake was created when the former independent city of <a href="/wiki/South_Norfolk,_Virginia" title="South Norfolk, Virginia">South Norfolk</a> consolidated with <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County,_Virginia" title="Norfolk County, Virginia">Norfolk County</a>. The consolidation was approved, and the new name selected by the voters of each community by referendum and authorized by the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia General Assembly</a>. </p><p>Formed in 1691 in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Colony">Virginia Colony</a>, Norfolk County had originally included essentially all the area which became the towns and later cities of <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth</a>, and South Norfolk. Its area was reduced after 1871 as these cities added territory through annexations. Becoming an independent city was a method for the former county to stabilize borders with neighbors, as cities could not annex territory from each other. </p><p>The relatively small city of South Norfolk had become an <a href="/wiki/Incorporated_town" title="Incorporated town">incorporated town</a> within Norfolk County in 1919 and became an independent city in 1922. Its residents wanted to make a change to put their jurisdiction on a more equal footing in other aspects with the much larger cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth. In addition, by the late 1950s, although immune from annexation by the bigger cities, South Norfolk was close to losing all the county land adjoining it to the city of Norfolk in another annexation suit. </p><p>The consolidation that resulted in the city of Chesapeake was part of a wave of changes in the structure of local government in <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">southeastern Virginia</a> which took place between 1952 and 1975. </p><p>The Chesapeake region was among the first areas settled in the state's <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Colony">colonial era</a>, when settlement started from the coast. Along Chesapeake's segment of the <a href="/wiki/Intracoastal_Waterway" title="Intracoastal Waterway">Intracoastal Waterway</a>, where the <a href="/wiki/Great_Bridge,_Virginia" title="Great Bridge, Virginia">Great Bridge</a> <a href="/wiki/Lock_(water_transport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lock (water transport)">locks</a> marks the transition between the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Branch_Elizabeth_River" title="Southern Branch Elizabeth River">Southern Branch Elizabeth River</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Albemarle_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal">Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal</a>, lies the site of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Great_Bridge" title="Battle of Great Bridge">Battle of Great Bridge</a>. Fought on December 9, 1775, in the early days of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>, the battle resulted in the removal of <a href="/wiki/Lord_Dunmore" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Dunmore">Lord Dunmore</a> and all vestiges of English Government from the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dismal_Swamp01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dismal_Swamp01.jpg/220px-Dismal_Swamp01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dismal_Swamp01.jpg/330px-Dismal_Swamp01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Dismal_Swamp01.jpg/440px-Dismal_Swamp01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Photograph of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Drummond" title="Lake Drummond">Lake Drummond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge">Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge</a>, Virginia</figcaption></figure> <p>Until the late 1980s and early 1990s, much of Chesapeake was either suburban or rural, serving as a <a href="/wiki/Bedroom_community" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedroom community">bedroom community</a> of the adjacent cities of <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a> with residents commuting to these locations. Beginning in the late 1980s and accelerating in the 1990s, however, Chesapeake saw significant growth, attracting numerous and significant industries and businesses of its own. This explosive growth quickly led to strains on the municipal infrastructure, ranging from intrusion of saltwater into the city's water supply to congested roads and schools. </p><p>Chesapeake made national headlines in 2003 when, under a court-ordered <a href="/wiki/Change_of_venue" title="Change of venue">change of venue</a>, the community hosted the first trial of alleged <a href="/wiki/Beltway_sniper_attacks" class="mw-redirect" title="Beltway sniper attacks">Beltway sniper</a> <a href="/wiki/Lee_Boyd_Malvo" title="Lee Boyd Malvo">Lee Boyd Malvo</a> for shootings in 2002. A jury convicted him of murder but spared him a potential <a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment" title="Capital punishment">death sentence</a>; it chose a sentence of "life in prison without parole" for the young man, who was 17 years old at the time of the crime spree. A jury in neighboring Virginia Beach convicted his older partner <a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Muhammad" title="John Allen Muhammad">John Allen Muhammad</a> and sentenced him to death for another of the attacks. </p><p>On November 22, 2022, <a href="/wiki/2022_Chesapeake_shooting" title="2022 Chesapeake shooting">a mass shooting</a> occurred in a <a href="/wiki/Walmart" title="Walmart">Walmart</a> off of <a href="/wiki/Battlefield_Boulevard" class="mw-redirect" title="Battlefield Boulevard">Battlefield Boulevard</a> in Chesapeake. Seven people were killed, including the gunman who committed suicide, and four others were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chesapeake is located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Chesapeake,_Virginia&params=36_46_2_N_76_17_14_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°46′2″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°17′14″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.76722°N 76.28722°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.76722; -76.28722</span></span></span></a></span></span> (36.767398, -76.287405). </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 351 square miles (910 km<sup>2</sup>), of which 341 square miles (880 km<sup>2</sup>) is land and 10 square miles (26 km<sup>2</sup>) (2.9%) is water.<sup id="cite_ref-GR1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The northeastern part of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp" title="Great Dismal Swamp">Great Dismal Swamp</a> is located in Chesapeake. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chesapeake is one of the larger cities in Virginia and the nation in terms of land area. This poses challenges to city leaders in supporting infrastructure to serve this area. In addition, the city has many historically and geographically distinct communities. City leaders are faced with conflicts between development of residential, commercial and industrial areas and preservation of virgin forest and <a href="/wiki/Wetlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Wetlands">wetlands</a>. Within the city limits in the southwestern section is a large portion of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp" title="Great Dismal Swamp">Great Dismal Swamp</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjacent_counties_and_cities">Adjacent counties and cities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjacent counties and cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth, Virginia</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a> (north)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach, Virginia</a> (east)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Currituck_County,_North_Carolina" title="Currituck County, North Carolina">Currituck County, North Carolina</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_County,_North_Carolina" title="Camden County, North Carolina">Camden County, North Carolina</a> (south)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk,_Virginia" title="Suffolk, Virginia">Suffolk, Virginia</a> (west)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Communities">Communities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Communities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chesapeake consists of six boroughs: South Norfolk, Butts Road, Deep Creek, Pleasant Grove, Western Branch and Washington. One of the boroughs, South Norfolk, used to be its own independent city and consolidated the surrounding portions of Norfolk County (extinct) into the City of Chesapeake. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen Climate Classification</a> system, Chesapeake has a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a>, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Chesapeake, Virginia (1980–2010) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49.7<br />(9.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.7<br />(11.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">60.6<br />(15.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.0<br />(21.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.5<br />(25.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85.2<br />(29.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.7<br />(31.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.7<br />(30.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.1<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.0<br />(22.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.9<br />(17.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.2<br />(11.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">70.0<br />(21.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(−0.9) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(0.3) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">38.6<br />(3.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4CA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.0<br />(8.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.9<br />(13.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.0<br />(18.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.5<br />(20.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.9<br />(19.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">61.8<br />(16.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.4<br />(10.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.5<br />(5.3) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.5<br />(0.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">49.5<br />(9.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(86) </td> <td style="background: #6969FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.0<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(89) </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(99) </td> <td style="background: #6565FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(130) </td> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(130) </td> <td style="background: #4646FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">4.9<br />(120) </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(89) </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(84) </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">48.4<br />(1,209) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: USA.com<sup id="cite_ref-USA_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USA-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224496135">.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop{border-spacing:1px;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:0.3em;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop caption{background-color:lavender;color:black;padding-right:0.2em;padding-left:0.2em;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop th[scope=col]{border-bottom:1px solid black}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(2){text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td.us-census-pop-estimate{padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(3){padding-left:0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop td:nth-child(4){padding-left:0.5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-footnote{border-top:1px solid black;font-size:85%;text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0 1em 1em 0}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.mw-parser-output .us-census-pop-none{float:none;margin:0 1em 1em 0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1790_United_States_census" title="1790 United States census">1790</a></th><td>14,524</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1800_United_States_census" title="1800 United States census">1800</a></th><td>19,419</td><td></td><td>33.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1810_United_States_census" title="1810 United States census">1810</a></th><td>22,872</td><td></td><td>17.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1820_United_States_census" title="1820 United States census">1820</a></th><td>23,936</td><td></td><td>4.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1830_United_States_census" title="1830 United States census">1830</a></th><td>24,806</td><td></td><td>3.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1840_United_States_census" title="1840 United States census">1840</a></th><td>27,569</td><td></td><td>11.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1850_United_States_census" title="1850 United States census">1850</a></th><td>33,036</td><td></td><td>19.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1860_United_States_census" title="1860 United States census">1860</a></th><td>36,227</td><td></td><td>9.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>46,702</td><td></td><td>28.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>58,657</td><td></td><td>25.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1890_United_States_census" title="1890 United States census">1890</a></th><td>77,038</td><td></td><td>31.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>50,780</td><td></td><td>−34.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>52,744</td><td></td><td>3.9%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>57,358</td><td></td><td>8.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>30,082</td><td></td><td>−47.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>35,828</td><td></td><td>19.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>99,537</td><td></td><td>177.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>51,612</td><td></td><td>−48.1%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">Population of Norfolk County</td></tr> </tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224496135"> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>7,724</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>7,857</td><td></td><td>1.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>8,038</td><td></td><td>2.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>10,434</td><td></td><td>29.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>22,035</td><td></td><td>111.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote">Population of South Norfolk</td></tr> </tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224496135"> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>89,580</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>114,486</td><td></td><td>27.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>151,976</td><td></td><td>32.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>199,184</td><td></td><td>31.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>222,209</td><td></td><td>11.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>249,422</td><td></td><td>12.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center">U.S. Decennial Census<sup id="cite_ref-DecennialCensus_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DecennialCensus-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1790-1960<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1900-1990<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />1990-2000<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=PEP_2015_PEPANNRES&prodType=table">[2]</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USA_Chesapeake_city,_Virginia_age_pyramid.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/USA_Chesapeake_city%2C_Virginia_age_pyramid.svg/220px-USA_Chesapeake_city%2C_Virginia_age_pyramid.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/USA_Chesapeake_city%2C_Virginia_age_pyramid.svg/330px-USA_Chesapeake_city%2C_Virginia_age_pyramid.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/USA_Chesapeake_city%2C_Virginia_age_pyramid.svg/440px-USA_Chesapeake_city%2C_Virginia_age_pyramid.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Age distribution in Chesapeake</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2020_census">2020 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2020 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Chesapeake city, Virginia – Racial and ethnic composition<b><br /><small><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.</i></span></small></b> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Race / Ethnicity <small>(<i>NH = Non-Hispanic</i>)</small> </th> <th>Pop 2000<sup id="cite_ref-2000Census_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2000Census-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Pop 2010<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">Pop 2020<sup id="cite_ref-2020CensusP2_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2020CensusP2-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>% 2000 </th> <th>% 2010 </th> <th style="background:#FFB; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-partial">% 2020 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino whites">Non-Hispanic White</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>131,200 </td> <td>134,251 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">135,679 </td> <td>65.87% </td> <td>60.42% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">54.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_or_Latino_African_Americans" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans">Black or African American</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>56,442 </td> <td>65,204 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">70,885 </td> <td>28.34% </td> <td>29.34% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">28.42% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a> or <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Native" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Native">Alaska Native</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>722 </td> <td>720 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">731 </td> <td>0.36% </td> <td>0.32% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.29% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Asian_Americans" title="Asian Americans">Asian</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>3,638 </td> <td>6,289 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">8,868 </td> <td>1.83% </td> <td>2.83% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">3.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_Americans" title="Pacific Islander Americans">Pacific Islander</a> alone (NH) </td> <td>92 </td> <td>147 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">312 </td> <td>0.05% </td> <td>0.07% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Some Other Race alone (NH) </td> <td>251 </td> <td>266 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">1,223 </td> <td>0.13% </td> <td>0.12% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">0.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Multiracial_Americans" title="Multiracial Americans">Mixed Race or Multi-Racial</a> (NH) </td> <td>2,763 </td> <td>5,626 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">13,900 </td> <td>1.39% </td> <td>2.53% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">5.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanic or Latino</a> (any race) </td> <td>4,076 </td> <td>9,706 </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">17,824 </td> <td>2.05% </td> <td>4.37% </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;">7.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b> </td> <td><b>199,184</b> </td> <td><b>222,209</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>249,422</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td><b>100.00%</b> </td> <td style="background: #ffffe6;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR8_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR8-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 222,209 people, 69,900 households, and 54,172 families residing in the city. The population density was 584.6 inhabitants per square mile (225.7/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 72,672 housing units at an average density of 213.3 units per square mile (82.4 units/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 62.6% <a href="/wiki/White_American" class="mw-redirect" title="White American">White</a>, 29.8% <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">Black or African American</a>, 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native American</a>, 2.9% <a href="/wiki/Asian_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian American">Asian</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Islander_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific Islander American">Pacific Islander</a>, 1.2% from <a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States Census">other races</a>, and 3.0% from two or more races. 4.4% of the population were <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans" title="Hispanic and Latino Americans">Hispanics or Latinos</a> of any race. According to 2012 estimates 59.7% of the population is <a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_whites" title="Non-Hispanic whites">non-Hispanic white</a>. </p><p>There were 69,900 households, out of which 41.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 14.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.5% were non-families. 18.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.17. </p><p>The age distribution was: 28.8% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 32.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 91.0 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $50,743, and the median income for a family was $56,302. Males had a median income of $39,204 versus $26,391 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $20,949. About 6.1% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 9.7% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_employers">Top employers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Top employers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to Chesapeake's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and other sources (as indicated),<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the top employers in the city are: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>#</th> <th>Employer</th> <th># of Employees </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_City_Public_Schools" title="Chesapeake City Public Schools">Chesapeake City Public Schools</a></td> <td>6,248 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>City of Chesapeake</td> <td>3,927 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Regional_Medical_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Chesapeake Regional Medical Center">Chesapeake Regional Medical Center</a></td> <td>2,038 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Walmart</td> <td>1,783 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dollar_Tree" title="Dollar Tree">Dollar Tree</a></td> <td>1,292<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sentara_Healthcare" class="mw-redirect" title="Sentara Healthcare">Sentara Healthcare</a></td> <td>1,478 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cox_Communications" title="Cox Communications">Cox Communications</a></td> <td>1,137 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Tidewater Staffing</td> <td>1,259 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>Capital One Services LLC</td> <td>827 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a></td> <td>1,037 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Food Lion</td> <td>758 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>USAA</td> <td>667 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td>YMCA of South Hampton Roads</td> <td>644 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics" title="General Dynamics">General Dynamics</a> Information Technology</td> <td>604 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Commonwealth of Virginia</td> <td>469 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Home Depot USA, Inc.</td> <td>470 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Oceaneering International</td> <td>449 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td>Xerox HR Solutions, LLC</td> <td>477 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td>US Department of Homeland Security</td> <td>511 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td>Tecnico Corporation</td> <td>521 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military">Military</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Military"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chesapeake is home to two Navy bases: </p> <ul><li>Northwest Annex, located in the Hickory area<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Auxiliary_Landing_Field_Fentress" title="Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress">NALF Fentress</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Points_of_interest">Points of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Points of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Arboretum" title="Chesapeake Arboretum">Chesapeake Arboretum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Albemarle_Canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal">Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dismal_Swamp_Canal" title="Dismal Swamp Canal">Dismal Swamp Canal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chesapeake's daily newspaper is <i><a href="/wiki/The_Virginian-Pilot" title="The Virginian-Pilot">The Virginian-Pilot</a></i>. Other papers include the <i><a href="/wiki/Port_Folio_Weekly" title="Port Folio Weekly">Port Folio Weekly</a></i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Journal_and_Guide" title="New Journal and Guide">New Journal and Guide</a></i>, and the <i><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads_Business_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampton Roads Business Journal">Hampton Roads Business Journal</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hampton_Roads_News_Links_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampton_Roads_News_Links-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Hampton Roads Magazine</i> serves as a bi-monthly regional magazine for Chesapeake and the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-Hampton_Roads_Magazine_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampton_Roads_Magazine-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Hampton Roads Times</i> serves as an online magazine for all the Hampton Roads cities and counties. Chesapeake is served by a variety of radio stations on the AM and FM dials, with towers located around the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-Hampton_Roads_Radio_Links_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hampton_Roads_Radio_Links-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chesapeake is also served by several television stations. The Hampton Roads <a href="/wiki/Designated_market_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Designated market area">designated market area</a> (DMA) is the 42nd largest in the U.S. with 712,790 homes (0.64% of the total U.S.).<sup id="cite_ref-nielsen_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nielsen-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The major network television affiliates are <a href="/wiki/WTKR-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WTKR-TV">WTKR-TV</a> 3 (<a href="/wiki/Columbia_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Columbia Broadcasting Service">CBS</a>), <a href="/wiki/WAVY" class="mw-redirect" title="WAVY">WAVY</a> 10 (<a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>), <a href="/wiki/WVEC-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WVEC-TV">WVEC-TV</a> 13 (<a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>), <a href="/wiki/WGNT" title="WGNT">WGNT</a> 27 (<a href="/wiki/The_CW_Television_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="The CW Television Network">CW</a>), <a href="/wiki/WTVZ" class="mw-redirect" title="WTVZ">WTVZ</a> 33 (<a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a>), <a href="/wiki/WVBT" title="WVBT">WVBT</a> 43 (<a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>), and <a href="/wiki/WPXV" class="mw-redirect" title="WPXV">WPXV</a> 49 (<a href="/wiki/ION_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="ION Television">ION Television</a>). The <a href="/wiki/Public_Broadcasting_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Public Broadcasting Service">Public Broadcasting Service</a> station is <a href="/wiki/WHRO-TV" title="WHRO-TV">WHRO-TV</a> 15. Chesapeake residents also can receive independent stations, such as <a href="/wiki/WSKY-TV" title="WSKY-TV">WSKY</a> broadcasting on channel 4 from the Outer Banks of North Carolina and <a href="/wiki/WGBS-LD" title="WGBS-LD">WGBS-LD</a> broadcasting on channel 11 from <a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton</a>. Chesapeake is served by <a href="/wiki/Cox_Communications" title="Cox Communications">Cox Communications</a> which provides <a href="/wiki/LNC_5" class="mw-redirect" title="LNC 5">LNC 5</a>, a local 24-hour <a href="/wiki/United_States_cable_news" title="United States cable news">cable news</a> television network. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chesapeake is a competitive region. It has voted for the winner of the electoral college in every presidential election since 1972, except in 1992, 1996, and 2024. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible floatright" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>United States presidential election results for Chesapeake, Virginia<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Year </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </th> <th scope="col" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third party(ies)</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">%</th> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2024 United States presidential election in Virginia">2024</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">59,227 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">47.32% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">63,966 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.11%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,971 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.57% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2020 United States presidential election in Virginia">2020</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">58,180 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">45.77% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">66,377 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>52.22%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2,551 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">2.01% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2016 United States presidential election in Virginia">2016</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">54,047 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>47.97%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">52,627 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.71% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5,988 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2012 United States presidential election in Virginia">2012</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">53,900 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.81% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">55,052 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>49.85%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,473 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2008 United States presidential election in Virginia">2008</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">52,625 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.94% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">53,994 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>50.22%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">902 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.84% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2004 United States presidential election in Virginia">2004</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">52,283 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>57.11%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38,744 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">42.32% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">514 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="2000 United States presidential election in Virginia">2000</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39,684 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>53.21%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">33,578 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.02% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,323 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1.77% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1996 United States presidential election in Virginia">1996</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29,251 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46.66%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">28,713 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">45.80% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4,722 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">7.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1992_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1992 United States presidential election in Virginia">1992</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">28,909 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>46.73%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">23,495 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.98% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">9,464 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">15.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1988 United States presidential election in Virginia">1988</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29,738 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>60.87%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">18,828 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">38.54% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">289 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.59% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1984 United States presidential election in Virginia">1984</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">27,542 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>61.64%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">16,740 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">37.46% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">402 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.90% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1980 United States presidential election in Virginia">1980</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17,888 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>48.47%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,155 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">46.49% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,861 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.04% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1976_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1976 United States presidential election in Virginia">1976</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">12,851 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">39.96% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">17,651 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>54.89%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,655 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">5.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b><a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1972 United States presidential election in Virginia">1972</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">17,722 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><b>67.95%</b> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">7,289 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.95% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">1,069 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">4.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#D99FE8"><b><a href="/wiki/1968_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1968 United States presidential election in Virginia">1968</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">6,234 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">25.18% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">6,843 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">27.64% </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">11,683 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;"><b>47.18%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b><a href="/wiki/1964_United_States_presidential_election_in_Virginia" title="1964 United States presidential election in Virginia">1964</a></b> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">9,038 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">48.54% </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">9,532 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><b>51.19%</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">51 </td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#F0FFF0;">0.27% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_City_Public_Schools" title="Chesapeake City Public Schools">Chesapeake City Public Schools</a> is the local school district. </p><p>The Chesapeake Public Library System includes seven branches and one lending kiosk. After getting a library card, resources can be checked out online or in person at any of the branches. Additionally, Interlibrary Loan requests can be made in person or online if a resource you want is available at a different branch.<sup id="cite_ref-Chesapeake_Public_Library_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chesapeake_Public_Library-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Chesapeake Public Library offers a variety of educational, career, and literary services to community members. A core part of the mission of the Chesapeake Public Library is to “support learners at every level to succeed in their education and career paths”.<sup id="cite_ref-CPL_Strategic_Plan_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPL_Strategic_Plan-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This mission is accomplished in many ways, including free online classes for children and adults, access to a wide variety of digital educational resources, career help events, and creative/artistic programming. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transportation">Transportation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CA2158_30July2008_WilliamGrimes.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/CA2158_30July2008_WilliamGrimes.JPG/200px-CA2158_30July2008_WilliamGrimes.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/CA2158_30July2008_WilliamGrimes.JPG/300px-CA2158_30July2008_WilliamGrimes.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/CA2158_30July2008_WilliamGrimes.JPG/400px-CA2158_30July2008_WilliamGrimes.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="727" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_and_Albemarle_Railroad" title="Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad">Chesapeake and Albemarle Railroad</a> is a shortline railroad in Chesapeake.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Toll_road">Toll road</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Toll road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Toll_road" title="Toll road">Tolls</a> in Chesapeake are currently limited to the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Expressway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chesapeake Expressway">Chesapeake Expressway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Veterans_Bridge_(Chesapeake,_Virginia)" title="Veterans Bridge (Chesapeake, Virginia)">Veterans Bridge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Bridge" title="Jordan Bridge">Jordan Bridge</a>, but new ones may be imposed on some existing facilities to help generate revenue for transportation projects in the region. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Airports">Airports</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Airports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chesapeake is served by the nearby <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_International_Airport" title="Norfolk International Airport">Norfolk International Airport</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">City of Norfolk</a> with <a href="/wiki/Airline" title="Airline">commercial airline</a> passenger service. </p><p>Within the city limits, <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Regional_Airport" title="Chesapeake Regional Airport">Chesapeake Regional Airport</a> is a <a href="/wiki/General_aviation" title="General aviation">general aviation</a> facility located just south of Great Bridge. Also, within the city, is the Hampton Roads Executive Airport located near Bowers Hill and the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads_Beltway" title="Hampton Roads Beltway">Hampton Roads Beltway</a>. This airport caters to private airplane owners and enthusiasts. East of <a href="/wiki/Great_Bridge,_Virginia" title="Great Bridge, Virginia">Great Bridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naval_Auxiliary_Landing_Field_Fentress" title="Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Fentress">NALF Fentress</a> is a facility of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> and is an auxiliary landing field which is part of the large facility at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Oceana" title="Naval Air Station Oceana">NAS Oceana</a> in neighboring <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="River_and_ports">River and ports</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: River and ports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Intracoastal_Waterway" title="Intracoastal Waterway">Intracoastal Waterway</a> passes through Chesapeake. Chesapeake also has extensive frontage and port facilities on the navigable portions of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Branch_Elizabeth_River" title="Western Branch Elizabeth River">Western</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Branch_Elizabeth_River" title="Southern Branch Elizabeth River">Southern</a> Branches of the <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_River_(Virginia)" title="Elizabeth River (Virginia)">Elizabeth River</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Dismal_Swamp_Canal" title="Dismal Swamp Canal">Dismal Swamp Canal</a> runs through Chesapeake as well. The site of this canal was surveyed by <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, among others, and is known as "Washington's Ditch". It is the oldest continuously used man made canal in the United States today and has been in service for over 230 years. The canal begins in the <a href="/wiki/Deep_Creek,_Virginia" title="Deep Creek, Virginia">Deep Creek</a> section of the city branching off from the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River. The canal runs through Chesapeake paralleling <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_17" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 17">U.S. Highway 17</a> into <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> and connects to <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_City,_North_Carolina" title="Elizabeth City, North Carolina">Elizabeth City, North Carolina</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rail">Rail</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Five <a href="/wiki/Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad">railroads</a> currently pass through portions of Chesapeake and handle some intermodal traffic at port facilities on Hampton Roads and navigable portions of several of its tributary rivers. The two major <a href="/wiki/Class_1_railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Class 1 railroad">Class 1 railroads</a> are <a href="/wiki/CSX_Transportation" title="CSX Transportation">CSX Transportation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Southern" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Southern">Norfolk Southern</a>, joined by three <a href="/wiki/Short_line_railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Short line railroad">short line railroads</a>. </p><p>Chesapeake is located on a potential line for high-speed passenger rail service between Richmond and <a href="/wiki/South_Hampton_Roads" title="South Hampton Roads">South Hampton Roads</a> which is being studied by the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Department_of_Rail_and_Public_Transportation" title="Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation">Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation</a>. A new suburban passenger station near Bowers Hill would potentially be included to supplement a terminal in downtown Norfolk. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Highways">Highways</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Highways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/I-64.svg/24px-I-64.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/I-64.svg/36px-I-64.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/I-64.svg/48px-I-64.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/I-464.svg/30px-I-464.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/I-464.svg/45px-I-464.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/I-464.svg/60px-I-464.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/I-664.svg/30px-I-664.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/I-664.svg/45px-I-664.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/I-664.svg/60px-I-664.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="751" data-file-height="601" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/US_13.svg/24px-US_13.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/US_13.svg/36px-US_13.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/US_13.svg/48px-US_13.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/US_17.svg/24px-US_17.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/US_17.svg/36px-US_17.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/US_17.svg/48px-US_17.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/US_58.svg/24px-US_58.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/US_58.svg/36px-US_58.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/US_58.svg/48px-US_58.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/US_460.svg/30px-US_460.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/US_460.svg/45px-US_460.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/US_460.svg/60px-US_460.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Virginia_168.svg/30px-Virginia_168.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Virginia_168.svg/45px-Virginia_168.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Virginia_168.svg/60px-Virginia_168.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_64_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 64 (Virginia)">I-64</a> / <a href="/wiki/Interstate_464_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 464 (Virginia)">I-464</a> / <a href="/wiki/Interstate_664_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interstate 664 (Virginia)">I-664</a> / <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_13_in_Virginia" title="U.S. Route 13 in Virginia">US 13</a> / <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_17_in_Virginia" title="U.S. Route 17 in Virginia">US 17</a> / <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_58_in_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Route 58 in Virginia">US 58</a> / <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_460_in_Virginia" title="U.S. Route 460 in Virginia">US 460</a> / <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Route_168" title="Virginia State Route 168">SR 168</a></li> <li><span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 0; text-align: center;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/24px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/36px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Future_plate_blue.svg/48px-Future_plate_blue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="301" /></span></span><br /><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/24px-I-87.svg.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/36px-I-87.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/I-87.svg/48px-I-87.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="601" data-file-height="601" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Interstate_87_(North_Carolina)" title="Interstate 87 (North Carolina)">Future I-87</a></li></ul> <p>Chesapeake is served by U.S. Highways <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_13" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 13">13</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_17" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 17">17</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_58" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 58">58</a>, and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Highway_460" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Highway 460">460</a>. <a href="/wiki/Interstate_64" title="Interstate 64">Interstate 64</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads_Beltway" title="Hampton Roads Beltway">Hampton Roads Beltway</a>, crosses through the city, <a href="/wiki/Interstate_464" title="Interstate 464">Interstate 464</a> is a spur which connects it with downtown Norfolk and Portsmouth at the <a href="/wiki/Berkley_Bridge_(Virginia)" title="Berkley Bridge (Virginia)">Berkley Bridge</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Interstate_664" title="Interstate 664">Interstate 664</a>, which completes the Interstate loop from the Western Branch section of Chesapeake through the city of Newport News and into the city of Hampton. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Route_168_(Virginia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Route 168 (Virginia)">State Route 168</a> is also a major highway in the area. It includes the <a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Expressway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chesapeake Expressway">Chesapeake Expressway</a> <a href="/wiki/Toll_road" title="Toll road">toll road</a>. </p><p>Chesapeake is the only locality in the Hampton Roads area with a separate bridge division. The city's Department of Public Works, Bridges and Structures division has 51 full-time workers. The city maintains 90 bridges and overpasses. Included are five movable span (draw) bridges which open an estimated 30,000 times a year for water vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-content.hamptonroads.com_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-content.hamptonroads.com-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Bus">Bus</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Bus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hampton Roads Transit buses serve the city of Chesapeake as well as other cities in the Hampton Roads Area. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads#Transportation" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads § Transportation</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Utilities">Utilities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Utilities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Water and sewer services are provided by the city's Department of Utilities. Chesapeake receives its electricity from <a href="/wiki/Dominion_Virginia_Power" class="mw-redirect" title="Dominion Virginia Power">Dominion Virginia Power</a> which has local sources including the Chesapeake Energy Center (a coal-fired and gas power plant), coal-fired plants in the city and <a href="/wiki/Southampton_County,_Virginia" title="Southampton County, Virginia">Southampton County</a>, and the Surry Nuclear Power Plant. Norfolk headquartered <a href="/wiki/AGL_Resources#Virginia_Natural_Gas" class="mw-redirect" title="AGL Resources">Virginia Natural Gas</a>, a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/AGL_Resources" class="mw-redirect" title="AGL Resources">AGL Resources</a>, distributes <a href="/wiki/Natural_gas" title="Natural gas">natural gas</a> to the city from storage plants in <a href="/wiki/James_City_County" class="mw-redirect" title="James City County">James City County</a> and in the city. </p><p>The Virginia tidewater area has grown faster than the local freshwater supply. Chesapeake receives the majority of its water from the Northwest River in the southeastern part of the city. To deal with intermittent high salt content, Chesapeake implemented an advanced <a href="/wiki/Reverse_osmosis" title="Reverse osmosis">reverse osmosis</a> system at its Northwest River water treatment plant in the late 1990s. The river water has always been salty, and the fresh groundwater is no longer available in most areas. Currently, additional freshwater for the <a href="/wiki/South_Hampton_Roads" title="South Hampton Roads">South Hampton Roads</a> area is pumped from <a href="/wiki/Lake_Gaston" title="Lake Gaston">Lake Gaston</a>, about 80 miles (130 km) west, which straddles the Virginia-North Carolina border along with the <a href="/wiki/Blackwater_River_(Virginia)" title="Blackwater River (Virginia)">Blackwater</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nottoway_River" title="Nottoway River">Nottaway</a> rivers. The pipeline is 76 miles (122 km) long and 60 inches (1,500 mm) in diameter. Much of its follows the former <a href="/wiki/Right-of-way_(railroad)" class="mw-redirect" title="Right-of-way (railroad)">right-of-way</a> of an abandoned portion of the <a href="/wiki/Virginian_Railway" title="Virginian Railway">Virginian Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is capable of pumping 60 million US gallons (230,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of water per day. The cities of Chesapeake and Virginia Beach are partners in the project.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city provides wastewater services for residents and transports wastewater to the regional Hampton Roads Sanitation District treatment plants.<sup id="cite_ref-HRSD_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HRSD-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_from_Hampton_Roads,_Virginia" title="List of people from Hampton Roads, Virginia">List of people from Hampton Roads, Virginia</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Butler_(baseball)" title="Eddie Butler (baseball)">Eddie Butler</a>, professional baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Clemons" title="Clarence Clemons">Clarence Clemons</a>, musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cuddyer" title="Michael Cuddyer">Michael Cuddyer</a>, professional baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenny_Easley" title="Kenny Easley">Kenny Easley</a>, member of NFL Hall of Fame</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randy_Forbes" title="Randy Forbes">Randy Forbes</a>, former U.S. Representative</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeAngelo_Hall" title="DeAngelo Hall">DeAngelo Hall</a>, professional football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percy_Harvin" title="Percy Harvin">Percy Harvin</a>, professional football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Hassell" title="Frank Hassell">Frank Hassell</a> (born 1988), basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Holloway" title="Grant Holloway">Grant Holloway</a>, 110 m hurdle world champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Jones_II" title="Patrick Jones II">Patrick Jones II</a>, professional football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Leitz" title="Nick Leitz">Nick Leitz</a> <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton_Lewis_Jr." title="Ashton Lewis Jr.">Ashton Lewis Jr.</a> <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizkif" title="Mizkif">Mizkif</a>, <a href="/wiki/Twitch_(service)" title="Twitch (service)">Twitch</a> streamer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning" title="Alonzo Mourning">Alonzo Mourning</a>, professional basketball player<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omos" title="Omos">Omos</a>, former college basketball player, professional wrestler for <a href="/wiki/WWE" title="WWE">WWE</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Perry" title="Darren Perry">Darren Perry</a>, professional NFL football player and NFL professional coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Pharoah" title="Jay Pharoah">Jay Pharoah</a>, comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Richardson" title="Chris Richardson">Chris Richardson</a>, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Rudd" title="Ricky Rudd">Ricky Rudd</a>, <a href="/wiki/NASCAR" title="NASCAR">NASCAR</a> driver</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Scott_(basketball)" title="Mike Scott (basketball)">Mike Scott</a>, professional basketball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Shipley_(Navy_SEAL)" title="Don Shipley (Navy SEAL)">Don Shipley</a>, retired Navy Seal and YouTube star</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Sizemore" title="Scott Sizemore">Scott Sizemore</a>, professional baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Smith_(CrossFit)" title="Ben Smith (CrossFit)">Ben Smith</a>, 2015 CrossFit games champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cam_Thomas_(basketball)" title="Cam Thomas (basketball)">Cam Thomas</a>, professional basketball player<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darryl_Tapp" title="Darryl Tapp">Darryl Tapp</a>, professional football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Upton" title="Justin Upton">Justin Upton</a>, professional baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_Upton_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Melvin Upton Jr.">Melvin Upton Jr.</a>, professional baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Briant%C3%A9_Weber" title="Brianté Weber">Brianté Weber</a> (born 1992), basketball player in the <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Basketball_Premier_League" title="Israeli Basketball Premier League">Israeli Basketball Premier League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wright" title="David Wright">David Wright</a>, professional baseball player</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chesapeake,_Virginia&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, in honor of the game's 80th birthday, <a href="/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a> held an online vote in order to determine which cities would make it into an updated version of the <a href="/wiki/Monopoly_(game)" title="Monopoly (game)">Monopoly</a> 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Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_coastal_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlantic coastal plain">Atlantic Coastal Plain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Ridge_Mountains" title="Blue Ridge Mountains">Blue Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay" title="Chesapeake Bay">Chesapeake Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Mountains" title="Cumberland Mountains">Cumberland Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delmarva_Peninsula" title="Delmarva Peninsula">Delmarva Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Shore_of_Virginia" title="Eastern Shore of Virginia">Eastern Shore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_Peninsula" title="Middle Peninsula">Middle Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Neck" title="Northern Neck">Northern Neck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Virginia" title="Northern Virginia">Northern Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piedmont_region_of_Virginia" title="Piedmont region of Virginia">Piedmont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridge-and-Valley_Appalachians" title="Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians">Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley" title="Shenandoah Valley">Shenandoah Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Hampton_Roads" title="South Hampton Roads">South Hampton Roads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southside_(Virginia)" title="Southside (Virginia)">Southside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Virginia" title="Southwest Virginia">Southwest Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley" title="Tennessee Valley">Tennessee Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tidewater_(region)" title="Tidewater (region)">Tidewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tri-Cities,_Virginia" title="Tri-Cities, Virginia">Tri-Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Peninsula" title="Virginia Peninsula">Virginia Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Virginia" title="Western Virginia">Western Virginia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_statistical_areas" title="Virginia statistical areas">Metro areas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blacksburg%E2%80%93Christiansburg_metropolitan_area" title="Blacksburg–Christiansburg metropolitan area">Blacksburg-Christiansburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluefield_micropolitan_area" title="Bluefield micropolitan area">Bluefield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsport%E2%80%93Bristol%E2%80%93Bristol,_Tennessee-Virginia_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingsport–Bristol–Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia_metropolitan_area" title="Charlottesville, Virginia metropolitan area">Charlottesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia_micropolitan_area" title="Danville, Virginia micropolitan area">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg_metropolitan_area" title="Harrisonburg metropolitan area">Harrisonburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynchburg_metropolitan_area" title="Lynchburg metropolitan area">Lynchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_Virginia_micropolitan_area" title="Martinsville, Virginia micropolitan area">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Richmond_Region" title="Greater Richmond Region">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_metropolitan_area" title="Roanoke metropolitan area">Roanoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staunton%E2%80%93Waynesboro_metropolitan_area" title="Staunton–Waynesboro metropolitan area">Staunton-Waynesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington-Arlington-Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_VA%E2%80%93WV_MSA" title="Winchester, VA–WV MSA">Winchester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_and_counties_in_Virginia" title="List of cities and counties in Virginia">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accomack_County,_Virginia" title="Accomack County, Virginia">Accomack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albemarle_County,_Virginia" title="Albemarle County, Virginia">Albemarle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alleghany_County,_Virginia" title="Alleghany County, Virginia">Alleghany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amelia_County,_Virginia" title="Amelia County, Virginia">Amelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst_County,_Virginia" title="Amherst County, Virginia">Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appomattox_County,_Virginia" title="Appomattox County, Virginia">Appomattox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bath_County,_Virginia" title="Bath County, Virginia">Bath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford_County,_Virginia" title="Bedford County, Virginia">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bland_County,_Virginia" title="Bland County, Virginia">Bland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Botetourt_County,_Virginia" title="Botetourt County, Virginia">Botetourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_County,_Virginia" title="Brunswick County, Virginia">Brunswick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buchanan_County,_Virginia" title="Buchanan County, Virginia">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham_County,_Virginia" title="Buckingham County, Virginia">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_County,_Virginia" title="Campbell County, Virginia">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroline_County,_Virginia" title="Caroline County, Virginia">Caroline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carroll_County,_Virginia" title="Carroll County, Virginia">Carroll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_City_County,_Virginia" title="Charles City County, Virginia">Charles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_County,_Virginia" title="Charlotte County, Virginia">Charlotte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_County,_Virginia" title="Chesterfield County, Virginia">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarke_County,_Virginia" title="Clarke County, Virginia">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_County,_Virginia" title="Craig County, Virginia">Craig</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culpeper_County,_Virginia" title="Culpeper County, Virginia">Culpeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_County,_Virginia" title="Cumberland County, Virginia">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dickenson_County,_Virginia" title="Dickenson County, Virginia">Dickenson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinwiddie_County,_Virginia" title="Dinwiddie County, Virginia">Dinwiddie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County,_Virginia" title="Essex County, Virginia">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax_County,_Virginia" title="Fairfax County, Virginia">Fairfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauquier_County,_Virginia" title="Fauquier County, Virginia">Fauquier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Virginia" title="Floyd County, Virginia">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fluvanna_County,_Virginia" title="Fluvanna County, Virginia">Fluvanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Virginia" title="Franklin County, Virginia">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_County,_Virginia" title="Frederick County, Virginia">Frederick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giles_County,_Virginia" title="Giles County, Virginia">Giles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_County,_Virginia" title="Gloucester County, Virginia">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goochland_County,_Virginia" title="Goochland County, Virginia">Goochland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grayson_County,_Virginia" title="Grayson County, Virginia">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Virginia" title="Greene County, Virginia">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensville_County,_Virginia" title="Greensville County, Virginia">Greensville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_Virginia" title="Halifax County, Virginia">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover_County,_Virginia" title="Hanover County, Virginia">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrico_County,_Virginia" title="Henrico County, Virginia">Henrico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Virginia" title="Henry County, Virginia">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_County,_Virginia" title="Highland County, Virginia">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_County,_Virginia" title="Isle of Wight County, Virginia">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_City_County,_Virginia" title="James City County, Virginia">James City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_and_Queen_County,_Virginia" title="King and Queen County, Virginia">King and Queen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George_County,_Virginia" title="King George County, Virginia">King George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_William_County,_Virginia" title="King William County, Virginia">King William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster_County,_Virginia" title="Lancaster County, Virginia">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_County,_Virginia" title="Lee County, Virginia">Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loudoun_County,_Virginia" title="Loudoun County, Virginia">Loudoun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa_County,_Virginia" title="Louisa County, Virginia">Louisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunenburg_County,_Virginia" title="Lunenburg County, Virginia">Lunenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Virginia" title="Madison County, Virginia">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathews_County,_Virginia" title="Mathews County, Virginia">Mathews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_Virginia" title="Mecklenburg County, Virginia">Mecklenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_County,_Virginia" title="Middlesex County, Virginia">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Virginia" title="Montgomery County, Virginia">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson_County,_Virginia" title="Nelson County, Virginia">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Kent_County,_Virginia" title="New Kent County, Virginia">New Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northampton_County,_Virginia" title="Northampton County, Virginia">Northampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County,_Virginia" title="Northumberland County, Virginia">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottoway_County,_Virginia" title="Nottoway County, Virginia">Nottoway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Virginia" title="Orange County, Virginia">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Page_County,_Virginia" title="Page County, Virginia">Page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_County,_Virginia" title="Patrick County, Virginia">Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Pittsylvania County, Virginia">Pittsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powhatan_County,_Virginia" title="Powhatan County, Virginia">Powhatan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_County,_Virginia" title="Prince Edward County, Virginia">Prince Edward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George_County,_Virginia" title="Prince George County, Virginia">Prince George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_William_County,_Virginia" title="Prince William County, Virginia">Prince William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Virginia" title="Pulaski County, Virginia">Pulaski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rappahannock_County,_Virginia" title="Rappahannock County, Virginia">Rappahannock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_County,_Virginia" title="Richmond County, Virginia">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke_County,_Virginia" title="Roanoke County, Virginia">Roanoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockbridge_County,_Virginia" title="Rockbridge County, Virginia">Rockbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockingham_County,_Virginia" title="Rockingham County, Virginia">Rockingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_County,_Virginia" title="Russell County, Virginia">Russell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Virginia" title="Scott County, Virginia">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenandoah_County,_Virginia" title="Shenandoah County, Virginia">Shenandoah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smyth_County,_Virginia" title="Smyth County, Virginia">Smyth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_County,_Virginia" title="Southampton County, Virginia">Southampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia" title="Spotsylvania County, Virginia">Spotsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_County,_Virginia" title="Stafford County, Virginia">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surry_County,_Virginia" title="Surry County, Virginia">Surry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussex_County,_Virginia" title="Sussex County, Virginia">Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Virginia" title="Tazewell County, Virginia">Tazewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Virginia" title="Warren County, Virginia">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_County,_Virginia" title="Washington County, Virginia">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westmoreland_County,_Virginia" title="Westmoreland County, Virginia">Westmoreland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wise_County,_Virginia" title="Wise County, Virginia">Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wythe_County,_Virginia" title="Wythe County, Virginia">Wythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_County,_Virginia" title="York County, Virginia">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)#Virginia" title="Independent city (United States)">Independent<br />cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Virginia" title="Bristol, Virginia">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista,_Virginia" title="Buena Vista, Virginia">Buena Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia" title="Charlottesville, Virginia">Charlottesville</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chesapeake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Heights,_Virginia" title="Colonial Heights, Virginia">Colonial Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Virginia" title="Covington, Virginia">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia" title="Danville, Virginia">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporia,_Virginia" title="Emporia, Virginia">Emporia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia" title="Falls Church, Virginia">Falls Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Virginia" title="Franklin, Virginia">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galax,_Virginia" title="Galax, Virginia">Galax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg,_Virginia" title="Harrisonburg, Virginia">Harrisonburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell,_Virginia" title="Hopewell, Virginia">Hopewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Virginia" title="Lexington, Virginia">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynchburg,_Virginia" title="Lynchburg, Virginia">Lynchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manassas,_Virginia" title="Manassas, Virginia">Manassas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manassas_Park,_Virginia" title="Manassas Park, Virginia">Manassas Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_Virginia" title="Martinsville, Virginia">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton,_Virginia" title="Norton, Virginia">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_Virginia" title="Petersburg, Virginia">Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poquoson,_Virginia" title="Poquoson, Virginia">Poquoson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radford,_Virginia" title="Radford, Virginia">Radford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia">Roanoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Virginia" title="Salem, Virginia">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staunton,_Virginia" title="Staunton, Virginia">Staunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk,_Virginia" title="Suffolk, Virginia">Suffolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waynesboro,_Virginia" title="Waynesboro, Virginia">Waynesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Virginia" title="Williamsburg, Virginia">Williamsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Virginia" title="Winchester, Virginia">Winchester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><b><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Virginia.svg/32px-Flag_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" 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core cities of at least a million people. The other areas are urban areas of cities that have an urban area of 150,000+ or of a metropolitan area of at least 250,000+. Satellite cities are in italics.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mid-Atlantic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Core cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_metropolitan_area" title="Baltimore metropolitan area">Baltimore</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Valley" title="Delaware Valley">Delaware Valley</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey" title="Camden, New Jersey">Camden</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">New York</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Paterson,_New_Jersey" title="Paterson, New Jersey">Paterson</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Richmond_Region" title="Greater Richmond Region">Richmond</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_metropolitan_area" title="Washington metropolitan area">Washington</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey" title="Atlantic City, New Jersey">Atlantic City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hagerstown_metropolitan_area" title="Hagerstown metropolitan area">Hagerstown</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hagerstown,_Maryland" title="Hagerstown, Maryland">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg%E2%80%93Carlisle_metropolitan_statistical_area" title="Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area">Harrisburg</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Harrisburg, Pennsylvania">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania" title="Lancaster, Pennsylvania">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Valley" title="Lehigh Valley">Lehigh Valley</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allentown,_Pennsylvania" title="Allentown, Pennsylvania">Allentown</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem</a>-<a href="/wiki/Easton,_Pennsylvania" title="Easton, Pennsylvania">Easton</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Pennsylvania" title="Northeastern Pennsylvania">Northeastern Pennsylvania</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Valley" title="Wyoming Valley">Scranton/Wilkes-Barre</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poughkeepsie%E2%80%93Newburgh%E2%80%93Middletown_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown metropolitan area">Poughkeepsie–Newburgh</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Poughkeepsie,_New_York" title="Poughkeepsie, New York">city 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburgh,_New_York" title="Newburgh, New York">city 2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reading,_Pennsylvania" title="Reading, Pennsylvania">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury_metropolitan_area" title="Salisbury metropolitan area">Salisbury</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salisbury,_Maryland" title="Salisbury, Maryland">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trenton,_New_Jersey" title="Trenton, New Jersey">Trenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania" title="York, Pennsylvania">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combined areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Washington%E2%80%93Baltimore_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area">Washington–Baltimore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New England</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Core cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">Boston</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">city</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" 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title="Stamford, Connecticut">city 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwalk,_Connecticut" title="Norwalk, Connecticut">city 3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Danbury" title="Greater Danbury">Danbury</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Danbury,_Connecticut" title="Danbury, Connecticut">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester,_New_Hampshire" title="Manchester, New Hampshire">Manchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashua,_New_Hampshire" title="Nashua, New Hampshire">Nashua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Bedford,_Massachusetts" title="New Bedford, Massachusetts">New Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_New_Haven" title="Greater New Haven">New Haven</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norwich,_Connecticut" title="Norwich, Connecticut">Norwich</a>–<a href="/wiki/New_London,_Connecticut" title="New London, Connecticut">New London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_metropolitan_area,_Maine" title="Portland metropolitan area, Maine">Portland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Maine" title="Portland, Maine">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springfield_metropolitan_area,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield metropolitan area, Massachusetts">Springfield</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Springfield,_Massachusetts" title="Springfield, Massachusetts">city</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterbury,_Connecticut" title="Waterbury, Connecticut">Waterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester,_Massachusetts" title="Worcester, Massachusetts">Worcester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combined areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Boston" title="Greater Boston">Boston–Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area" title="New York metropolitan area">Bridgeport–Stamford–New Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartford%E2%80%93Springfield" title="Hartford–Springfield">Hartford–Springfield</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Megaregions_of_the_United_States" title="Megaregions of the United States">Other megaregions</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="County_seats_and_independent_cities_of_Virginia" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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and <a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">independent cities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="County_seats_of_Virginia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">County seats</a> of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abingdon,_Virginia" title="Abingdon, Virginia">Abingdon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accomac,_Virginia" title="Accomac, Virginia">Accomac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amelia_Court_House,_Virginia" title="Amelia Court House, Virginia">Amelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst,_Virginia" title="Amherst, Virginia">Amherst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appomattox,_Virginia" title="Appomattox, Virginia">Appomattox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedford,_Virginia" title="Bedford, Virginia">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berryville,_Virginia" title="Berryville, Virginia">Berryville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bland,_Virginia" title="Bland, Virginia">Bland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowling_Green,_Virginia" title="Bowling Green, Virginia">Bowling Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boydton,_Virginia" title="Boydton, Virginia">Boydton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckingham,_Virginia" title="Buckingham, Virginia">Buckingham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_City,_Virginia" title="Charles City, Virginia">Charles City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Court_House,_Virginia" title="Charlotte Court House, Virginia">Charlotte Court House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia" title="Charlottesville, Virginia">Charlottesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatham,_Virginia" title="Chatham, Virginia">Chatham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Chesterfield, Virginia">Chesterfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christiansburg,_Virginia" title="Christiansburg, Virginia">Christiansburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clintwood,_Virginia" title="Clintwood, Virginia">Clintwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtland,_Virginia" title="Courtland, Virginia">Courtland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Virginia" title="Covington, Virginia">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culpeper,_Virginia" title="Culpeper, Virginia">Culpeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Virginia" title="Cumberland, Virginia">Cumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinwiddie,_Virginia" title="Dinwiddie, Virginia">Dinwiddie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastville,_Virginia" title="Eastville, Virginia">Eastville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporia,_Virginia" title="Emporia, Virginia">Emporia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farmville,_Virginia" title="Farmville, Virginia">Farmville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fincastle,_Virginia" title="Fincastle, Virginia">Fincastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd,_Virginia" title="Floyd, Virginia">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Front_Royal,_Virginia" title="Front Royal, Virginia">Front Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gate_City,_Virginia" title="Gate City, Virginia">Gate City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Courthouse,_Virginia" title="Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia">Gloucester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goochland,_Virginia" title="Goochland, Virginia">Goochland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grundy,_Virginia" title="Grundy, Virginia">Grundy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Virginia" title="Halifax, Virginia">Halifax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanover,_Virginia" title="Hanover, Virginia">Hanover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg,_Virginia" title="Harrisonburg, Virginia">Harrisonburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathsville,_Virginia" title="Heathsville, Virginia">Heathsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillsville,_Virginia" title="Hillsville, Virginia">Hillsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independence,_Virginia" title="Independence, Virginia">Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight,_Virginia" title="Isle of Wight, Virginia">Isle of Wight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonesville,_Virginia" title="Jonesville, Virginia">Jonesville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_and_Queen_Court_House,_Virginia" title="King and Queen Court House, Virginia">King and Queen Court House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_George,_Virginia" title="King George, Virginia">King George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_William,_Virginia" title="King William, Virginia">King William</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancaster,_Virginia" title="Lancaster, Virginia">Lancaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel,_Virginia" title="Laurel, Virginia">Laurel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrenceville,_Virginia" title="Lawrenceville, Virginia">Lawrenceville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Virginia" title="Lebanon, Virginia">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leesburg,_Virginia" title="Leesburg, Virginia">Leesburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Virginia" title="Lexington, Virginia">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa,_Virginia" title="Louisa, Virginia">Louisa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lovingston,_Virginia" title="Lovingston, Virginia">Lovingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lunenburg,_Virginia" title="Lunenburg, Virginia">Lunenburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luray,_Virginia" title="Luray, Virginia">Luray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison,_Virginia" title="Madison, Virginia">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manassas,_Virginia" title="Manassas, Virginia">Manassas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion,_Virginia" title="Marion, Virginia">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_Virginia" title="Martinsville, Virginia">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathews,_Virginia" title="Mathews, Virginia">Mathews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monterey,_Virginia" title="Monterey, Virginia">Monterey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montross,_Virginia" title="Montross, Virginia">Montross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Castle,_Virginia" title="New Castle, Virginia">New Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Kent,_Virginia" title="New Kent, Virginia">New Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nottoway,_Virginia" title="Nottoway, Virginia">Nottoway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange,_Virginia" title="Orange, Virginia">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmyra,_Virginia" title="Palmyra, Virginia">Palmyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearisburg,_Virginia" title="Pearisburg, Virginia">Pearisburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Powhatan,_Virginia" title="Powhatan, Virginia">Powhatan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George,_Virginia" title="Prince George, Virginia">Prince George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski,_Virginia" title="Pulaski, Virginia">Pulaski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mount,_Virginia" title="Rocky Mount, Virginia">Rocky Mount</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rustburg,_Virginia" title="Rustburg, Virginia">Rustburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Virginia" title="Salem, Virginia">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saluda,_Virginia" title="Saluda, Virginia">Saluda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spotsylvania_Courthouse,_Virginia" title="Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia">Spotsylvania Courthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford,_Virginia" title="Stafford, Virginia">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanardsville,_Virginia" title="Stanardsville, Virginia">Stanardsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staunton,_Virginia" title="Staunton, Virginia">Staunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart,_Virginia" title="Stuart, Virginia">Stuart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surry,_Virginia" title="Surry, Virginia">Surry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sussex,_Virginia" title="Sussex, Virginia">Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tappahannock,_Virginia" title="Tappahannock, Virginia">Tappahannock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tazewell,_Virginia" title="Tazewell, Virginia">Tazewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warm_Springs,_Virginia" title="Warm Springs, Virginia">Warm Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrenton,_Virginia" title="Warrenton, Virginia">Warrenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warsaw,_Virginia" title="Warsaw, Virginia">Warsaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_Virginia" title="Washington, Virginia">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Virginia" title="Williamsburg, Virginia">Williamsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Virginia" title="Winchester, Virginia">Winchester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wise,_Virginia" title="Wise, Virginia">Wise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodstock,_Virginia" title="Woodstock, Virginia">Woodstock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wytheville,_Virginia" title="Wytheville, Virginia">Wytheville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorktown,_Virginia" title="Yorktown, Virginia">Yorktown</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Independent_cities_of_Virginia" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">Independent cities</a> of <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol,_Virginia" title="Bristol, Virginia">Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista,_Virginia" title="Buena Vista, Virginia">Buena Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlottesville,_Virginia" title="Charlottesville, Virginia">Charlottesville</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chesapeake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Heights,_Virginia" title="Colonial Heights, Virginia">Colonial Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covington,_Virginia" title="Covington, Virginia">Covington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia" title="Danville, Virginia">Danville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emporia,_Virginia" title="Emporia, Virginia">Emporia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairfax,_Virginia" title="Fairfax, Virginia">Fairfax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_Church,_Virginia" title="Falls Church, Virginia">Falls Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin,_Virginia" title="Franklin, Virginia">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fredericksburg,_Virginia" title="Fredericksburg, Virginia">Fredericksburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galax,_Virginia" title="Galax, Virginia">Galax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampton,_Virginia" title="Hampton, Virginia">Hampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrisonburg,_Virginia" title="Harrisonburg, Virginia">Harrisonburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopewell,_Virginia" title="Hopewell, Virginia">Hopewell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Virginia" title="Lexington, Virginia">Lexington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynchburg,_Virginia" title="Lynchburg, Virginia">Lynchburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manassas,_Virginia" title="Manassas, Virginia">Manassas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manassas_Park,_Virginia" title="Manassas Park, Virginia">Manassas Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_Virginia" title="Martinsville, Virginia">Martinsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_News,_Virginia" title="Newport News, Virginia">Newport News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton,_Virginia" title="Norton, Virginia">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petersburg,_Virginia" title="Petersburg, Virginia">Petersburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poquoson,_Virginia" title="Poquoson, Virginia">Poquoson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radford,_Virginia" title="Radford, Virginia">Radford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia">Roanoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salem,_Virginia" title="Salem, Virginia">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staunton,_Virginia" title="Staunton, Virginia">Staunton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk,_Virginia" title="Suffolk, Virginia">Suffolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waynesboro,_Virginia" title="Waynesboro, Virginia">Waynesboro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Virginia" title="Williamsburg, Virginia">Williamsburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Virginia" title="Winchester, Virginia">Winchester</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_100_most_populous_cities_of_the_United_States" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USPopulousCities" title="Template:USPopulousCities"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USPopulousCities" title="Template talk:USPopulousCities"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USPopulousCities" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USPopulousCities"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="The_100_most_populous_cities_of_the_United_States" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">The <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population" title="List of United States cities by population">100 most populous cities</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:5em;">   </td><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;width:25%;"><div> <ol> <li><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York, New York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix, Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austin,_Texas" title="Austin, Texas">Austin, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville,_Florida" title="Jacksonville, Florida">Jacksonville, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Jose,_California" title="San Jose, California">San Jose, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus, Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis, Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle, Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver, Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City, Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso,_Texas" title="El Paso, Texas">El Paso, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas, Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston, Massachusetts</a></li> </ol> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:25%;"><div> <ol start="26"> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, Michigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore, Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, New Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fresno,_California" title="Fresno, California">Fresno, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesa,_Arizona" title="Mesa, Arizona">Mesa, Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta, Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado" title="Colorado Springs, Colorado">Colorado Springs, Colorado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_Beach,_Virginia" title="Virginia Beach, Virginia">Virginia Beach, Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneapolis" title="Minneapolis">Minneapolis, Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma" title="Tulsa, Oklahoma">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakersfield,_California" title="Bakersfield, California">Bakersfield, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa, Florida</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Lexington,_Kentucky" title="Lexington, Kentucky">Lexington, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irvine,_California" title="Irvine, California">Irvine, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati, Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Ana,_California" title="Santa Ana, California">Santa Ana, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul, Minnesota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greensboro,_North_Carolina" title="Greensboro, North Carolina">Greensboro, North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska" title="Lincoln, Nebraska">Lincoln, Nebraska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham, North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plano,_Texas" title="Plano, Texas">Plano, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchorage,_Alaska" title="Anchorage, Alaska">Anchorage, Alaska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City, New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis, Missouri</a></li> </ol> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;width:25%;"><div> <ol start="76"> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandler,_Arizona" title="Chandler, Arizona">Chandler, Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Las_Vegas,_Nevada" title="North Las Vegas, Nevada">North Las Vegas, Nevada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chula_Vista,_California" title="Chula Vista, California">Chula Vista, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo,_New_York" title="Buffalo, 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href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem, North Carolina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottsdale,_Arizona" title="Scottsdale, Arizona">Scottsdale, Arizona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garland,_Texas" title="Garland, Texas">Garland, Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boise,_Idaho" title="Boise, Idaho">Boise, Idaho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_St._Lucie,_Florida" title="Port St. Lucie, Florida">Port St. Lucie, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spokane,_Washington" title="Spokane, Washington">Spokane, Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fremont,_California" title="Fremont, California">Fremont, California</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntsville,_Alabama" title="Huntsville, Alabama">Huntsville, Alabama</a></li> </ol> 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