The full name of one of the original
13 founding
United States known as
Virginia. Virginia is known as the
Old Dominion and is bordered by
Delaware,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Kentucky,
Maryland,
Tennessee,
Washington DC and
West Virginia. The
FIPS PUB 6-1 abbreviation, otherwise known as the
postal abbreviation for Virginia is
VA. The state flower and state tree are the
Dogwood. Unique among most states is the provision that every
city in the
Commonwealth is an
independent city, and is not part of a
county.
Major Cities in Virginia include Alexandria, Fairfax, and Fredericksburg in Northern Virginia; Roanoke, Staunton, and Winchester, in the Shenandoah Valley region; Colonial Beach in the Chesapeake Region; Norfolk, and Williamsburg, in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads Region; Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and the State Capital in Richmond in Central Virginia.