Wikipedia says: There are 42 independent cities in the United States, with 39 of these in Virginia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia>. The three others are Baltimore, Maryland <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore>; St. Louis, Missouri<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri>; and Carson City, Nevada <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_City,_Nevada>.
While resembling an independent city, New York City<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City>is a unique case, with the city divided into five boroughs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough>, each of which is territorially conterminous with a county of New York State<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York> . Another type of locality is known as a consolidated city–county<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_city%E2%80%93county>. In a consolidated city-county, as in an independent city, there is one single local government. But in a consolidated city-county, the city and the county are the same entity, whereas an "independent city" is part of no county at all. Washington, D.C. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.>, conterminous with the District of Columbia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia>, which is not a part of any state, cannot be considered "independent" because it is under Congressional<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Congress>oversight as the U.S. national capital <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_capital>. ==== Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
