Virginia Counties
1700 Data

Date of Formation
Accawmack (Shire) 1634 Charles City (Shire) 1634
Charles River (Shire) 1634 Elizabeth City (Shire) 1634
Henrico (Shire) 1634 James City (Shire) 1634
Warrosquyoake (Shire) 1634 Warwick River (Shire) 1634
New Norfolk 1636 Isle of Wight 1637
Lower Norfolk 1637 Upper Norfolk 1637
Nansemond 1642/43 Northampton 1642/43
Warwick 1642/43 York 1642/43
Northumberland 1648 Gloucester 1651
Lancaster 1651 Surry 1652
Westmoreland 1653 New Kent 1654
Rappahannock 1656 Accomack 1663
Stafford 1664 Middlesex 1669
King and Queen 1691 Norfolk 1691
Princess Anne 1691 Essex 1692
Richmond 1692

Kentucky County, 1777-1789
(All lands west of the Cumberland Mts. became Kentucky County 1777)
Fayette 1780
Jefferson 1780
Lincoln 1780
Nelson 1785
Madison 1786
Mercer 1786
Bourbon 1786
Mason 1789
Shelby ?
Woodford 1789

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Present Day Virginia Counties/Cities
Accomack Albemarle City of Alexandria Alleghany
Amelia Amherst Appomattox Arlington
Augusta Bath Bedford Bland
Botetourt Brunswick Buchanan Buckingham
Campbell Caroline Carroll Charles City
Charles River (City) Charlotte Chesterfield Clarke
Craig Culpeper Cumberland Dickenson
Dinwiddie Elizabeth City Essex Fairfax
Fauquier Floyd Fluvanna Franklin
Frederick Fredericksburg (City) Giles Gloucester
Goochland Grayson Greene Greensville
Halifax Hanover Henrico Henry
Highland Isle of Wight James City King and Queen
King George King William Lancaster Lee
Loudoun Louisa Lunenburg Madison
Martinsville (City) Mathews Mecklenburg Middlesex
Montgomery Nansemond Nelson New Kent
Norfolk Norfolk (City) Northampton Northumberland
Nottoway Orange Page Patrick
City of Petersburg Pittsylvania City of Poquoson Powhatan
Prince Edward Prince George Prince William Princess Anne
Pulaski Rappahannock Richmond City Richmond
Roanoke Roanoke (City) Rockbridge Rockingham
Russell Salem (City) Scott Shenandoah
Smyth Southampton Spotsylvania Stafford
Surry Sussex Tazewell Warren
Warwick Washington Westmoreland Williamsburg (City)
Wise Wythe York Virginia General

Virginia Counties Now in West Virginia
Berkley Brooke (now Hancock)
Greenbrier Hardy
Harrison Monongalia
Randolph Yohogania (land ceded to PA)

Migrations
VA to TN VA to KY
VA to NC VA to SC
VA to GA VA to AL
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MD to VA PA to VA
NY to VA NJ to VA