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City of Colonial Heights

 

Location
The independent city of Colonial Heights with a land area of 8.15 square miles is situated on the Appomattox River in southeastern Virginia.  Strategically located on Interstate 95 near the intersection of two other interstate highways, Colonial Heights is easily accessibly to the major markets of the East Coast.

 

Colonial Heights is 20 miles south of Richmond and 120 miles south of Washington, D.C.  The Port of Hampton Roads is 80 miles southeast.

 

Population

 

Major Employers
Manufacturing
The Antioch Company
Metal Building Components, Inc.
Mundet, Inc.
Roslyn Converters, Inc.
Sun Chemical Corporation

Nonmanufacturing
Colonial Heights Convalescent Co.
Ukrop’s Super Markets, Inc.
J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
Wal-Mart, Inc.