In 2001, the population was 10,142. Verkhivtseve has a railway station. The area is mostly forested. The settlement of Verkhivtseve got status of city in 1956.
Until 18 July 2020, Verkhivtseve belonged to Verkhnodniprovsk Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to seven. The area of Verkhnodniprovsk Raion was merged into Kamianske Raion.[3][4]
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