Jamestown. 1  Located on the banks of the beautiful James River, experience all that the Jamestown area has to offer. Climb aboard replicas of the three ships that brought colonists to Virginia at Jamestown Settlement, see whatâs being unearthed at the premier archaeology site Historic Jametowne, watch wildlife on Jamestown Island and more.
The Bay Area is the fastest-growing region in the state, with San Jose's population surpassing 1 million and home construction placing Dublin among the fastest-growing cities in California, according to population estimates released Wednesday by state officials.
(Related: Click here to see the fastest-growing cities in the nation. Charleston, the capital and largest city in West Virginia, has been shrinking for almost five decades. The stateâs largest industry, coal, has experienced year after year of waning demand. But No. 1 on this list of fastest-shrinking cities in the United States isnât shrinking for either of those reasons. While many of the cities on the list fall in the Rust Belt and coal-mining regions, this yearâs list offers a greater geographic mix than last yearâs, which almost exclusively comprised cities in Michigan and Ohio.