Please explain, Roanoke, Roanoke City and

[ArizonaGirl]

It really is a waste of taxpayer money to have all those services duplicated. In other states, school systems are run by the county, the police take care of the city, and sheriff covers the county. But I scratch my head about the way things are done in Virginia.

[ScranBarre]

So if neither Salem nor Roanoke is the "seat" of Roanoke County, then what is?

[540_804]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

So if neither Salem nor Roanoke is the "seat" of Roanoke County, then what is?

Roanoke County doesn't really have a county seat, as such. I think a lot of people refer to Salem as the de facto seat because the county courthouse is there (and before Salem became a city it was, in fact, the county seat) but because Salem is an independent city now, it can't be the true, legal county seat of the county [you can't have a county seat thats not in the county, after all]. Other county government agencies are located in an area of the county called Cave Spring but, again, thats not really a county seat either..

Virginia's system of political subdivision is too complicated..lol..and just weird.