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City Council
1006 City Hall Building 810 Union Street Norfolk VA 23510
Official source ↗Checked Sep 14, 2026
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ZIP code23501, 23502, 23503 Wikidata
Area code757 Wikidata
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About Norfolk
Independent city in Virginia, United States1682Established
238,005Population
96.4 sq miArea
33 ftElevation
Norfolk (locally NOR-fək) is an independent city in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. It had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in both the Hampton Roads metropolitan area and in Virginia, after neighboring cities Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, as well as the 101st-most populous city in the United States. The city holds a strategic position as the historical, urban, financial, and cultural center of the Hampton Roads area (sometimes called "Tidewater"), which has more than 1.8 million inhabitants and is the 37th-largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Norfolk was established in 1682 as a colonial seaport. Strategically located at the confluence…
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General phone
Trash Recycling
(757) 664-6510
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Yard Waste Recycling
(757) 664-4600
Official source ↗Checked Sep 14, 2026