Some villages in the municipality include Forbregd/Lein, Lysthaugen, Stiklestad, Trones, Vera, Vinne, and Vuku.

It is one of very few municipalities in Norway with unchanged borders since that date, although the spelling of the name was modified to Verdal.

On 3 November 1917, a royal resolution changed the spelling of the name of the municipality to Verdal, removing the definite form ending -en.

The official blazon is "Gules, a cross cleché Or" (Norwegian: På rød bunn et gull kors, utbøyd og tilspisset).

This means the arms have a red field (background) and the charge is a cross with a cleché design.

The cross has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used.

The Stiklestad Church was built afterwards at the place where King Olav Haraldsson, later redesigned as St. Olaf, died during the battle.

Olavsstøtta, a memorial pillar dedicated to St. Olaf, was erected in 1807 to commemorate the Battle of Stiklestad.

[13] Early on the night of 19 May 1893, the most deadly landslide in modern Norwegian history, known as Verdalsraset, took place in Verdal.

A wet winter and several spring floods in the river made the quick clay under the topsoil in a large area of the valley turn into a fluid.

People living in the town center are at times bothered by noise, usually music being played at high volumes from their cars.

The southern tip of the large Blåfjella–Skjækerfjella National Park lies in the northeastern part of Verdal.

The municipal council (Kommunestyre) of Verdal is made up of 35 representatives that are elected to four-year terms.