Colonial Heights: An Independent City Across the Appomattox from Petersburg
Colonial Heights is an independent city in Virginia, located on the north bank of the Appomattox River across from the city of Petersburg. The name is traditionally associated with Lafayette's encampment at the bluffs above the Appomattox during the Revolutionary War in 1781. The area remained largely agricultural through the nineteenth century, and during the Civil War the heights served as Confederate artillery positions firing on Union forces during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864 and 1865.
Modern Colonial Heights has a population of roughly 18,000. It separated from Chesterfield County as a town in 1926 and became an independent city in 1948. The Southpark Mall and the surrounding retail corridor along Temple Avenue and the Boulevard anchor the city's commercial base, serving shoppers from a wide area of the southern Richmond metro and Tri-Cities region.
Fort Gregg-Adams, formerly known as Fort Lee and renamed in 2023, sits a short distance east in Prince George County. The installation is home to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command and the Army Logistics University, and its workforce extends into Colonial Heights and the surrounding Tri-Cities area. Petersburg National Battlefield, which preserves the grounds of the 1864-1865 siege, lies just south across the river.
Colonial Heights operates its own government, police department, and school division, separate from Chesterfield County, Prince George County, and the neighboring independent cities of Petersburg and Hopewell. The downtown along the Boulevard retains some older commercial structures, though most of the city's built environment reflects postwar suburban development.
Escortservice.com's Colonial Heights listings point to the escort websites active in the area. The site does not act as a broker. It does not book, verify, or intermediate in any way. Only visitors who are at least 21 may use the directory.
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Colonial Heights is an independent city in Virginia, located on the north bank of the Appomattox River across from the city of Petersburg. The name is traditionally associated with Lafayette's encampment at the bluffs above the Appomattox during the Revolutionary War in 1781. The area remained largely agricultural through the nineteenth century, and during the Civil War the heights served as Confederate artillery positions firing on Union forces during the Siege of Petersburg in 1864 and 1865.
Modern Colonial Heights has a population of roughly 18,000. It separated from Chesterfield County as a town in 1926 and became an independent city in 1948. The Southpark Mall and the surrounding retail corridor along Temple Avenue and the Boulevard anchor the city's commercial base, serving shoppers from a wide area of the southern Richmond metro and Tri-Cities region.
Fort Gregg-Adams, formerly known as Fort Lee and renamed in 2023, sits a short distance east in Prince George County. The installation is home to the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command and the Army Logistics University, and its workforce extends into Colonial Heights and the surrounding Tri-Cities area. Petersburg National Battlefield, which preserves the grounds of the 1864-1865 siege, lies just south across the river.
Colonial Heights operates its own government, police department, and school division, separate from Chesterfield County, Prince George County, and the neighboring independent cities of Petersburg and Hopewell. The downtown along the Boulevard retains some older commercial structures, though most of the city's built environment reflects postwar suburban development.
Escortservice.com's Colonial Heights listings point to the escort websites active in the area. The site does not act as a broker. It does not book, verify, or intermediate in any way. Only visitors who are at least 21 may use the directory.
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