Formed January 1, 1948 (116th county equivalent)
Colonial Heights City (18,171), Colonial Heights (18,171)
The Modern red brick courthouse was built in 2013. The courthouse is on Lee Street at Boulevard. Boulevard is United States Highway 1. Moseley Architects provided the courthouse designs. It features columns and a tower. The city was established on January 1, 1948 from Chesterfield County as the 116th county equivalent. Colonial Heights was named during the American Revolutionary where the colonists retreated from the Battle of Petersburg.
The area of the city is 8 square miles. It is 123 out of 133 in the state. It ranks 83 out of 133 in population in the state. It has a density of 2271.4 persons per square mile making it 16 out of 133 in the state. Colonial Heights has 100.0% of its population in its incorporated city limits. Interstate Highway 95 passes through the city from Chesterfield County, north, to the City of Petersburg, south. United States Highways 1/301 parallel Interstate Highway 95 from Chesterfield County to the City of Petersburg. The city resembles a bouquet of flowers.
Colonial Heights City government consists of a sheriff, a Mayor, and 6 Council Members. Four Circuit Court Judges and Nine District Court Judges serve Colonial Heights City and Chesterfield County and Forty-nine Magistrate Court Judges serve Colonial Heights City and Amelia, Appomattox, Brunswick, Buckingham, Charlotte, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Dinwiddie, Greensville, Halifax, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George, Surry, and Sussex counties and Emporia, Hopewell, and Petersburg cities. The city is in the southeast part of the state. Richmond, Virginia is north and Virginia Beach, Virginia is southeast of the city. The city center is in Colonial Heights 2.4 miles Northeast of downtown. The city is surrounded by Chesterfield and Prince George counties and the City of Petersburg. This city is in the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Colonial Heights
