Winchester, VA–WV MSA is a U.S. metropolitan statistical area (MSA) as defined by the

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(OMB) as of June 2003. This should not be confused with the City of

Winchester, Virginia Winchester is the northwesternmost Administrative divisions of Virginia#Independent cities, independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It is the county seat of Frederick County, Virginia, Frederi ...

, the most populous community within this MSA. The population of the MSA as the 2015

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estimates is 133,836.

MSA components

''Note: Since a state constitutional change in 1871, all cities in

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are independent cities and they are not legally located in any county. The OMB considers these independent cities to be

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s for the purpose of defining MSAs in Virginia. Each MSA is listed by its counties, then cities, each in alphabetical order, and not by size.'' Winchester, VA–WV MSA includes areas in Virginia and the State of

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Counties

Frederick County, Virginia Frederick County is located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 91,419. Its county seat is Winchester. The county was formed in 1743 by the splitting of Orange County. It is Virginia's nor ...

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Independent Cities

* City of Winchester, Virginia

Communities

Places with more than 10,000 inhabitants

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(Principal city)

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Shawnee Land, Virginia (census-designated place) *

Romney, West Virginia Romney is a town in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It is part of the Winchester, VA–WV MSA, Winchester, Virginia metropolitan area. T ...

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* Middletown, Virginia

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

* Springfield, West Virginia (census-designated place) * Capon Bridge, West Virginia * Green Spring, West Virginia (census-designated place) * Lake Holiday, Virginia (census-designated place)

Unincorporated places

References

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