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CHRONOLOGY OF COUNTY FORMATIONS IN VIRGINIA

*County does not exist today

COUNTY

YEAR EST.1630-1880

FORMED FROM

Charles City

1634

Originally a Shire

Henrico

1634

Originally a Shire

Isle of Wight

1634

Originally a Shire

James City

1634

Originally a Shire

Northhampton

1634

Originally a Shire

York

1634

Originally a Shire

Nansemond

1645

Upper Norfold Co.*

Northumberland

1648

Chickcoun Indian District

Gloucester

1651

York Co.

Lancaster

1651

Northumberland & York Co.'s

Surry

1652

James City Co.

Westmoreland

1653

King George & Northumberland Co.'s

New Kent

1654

York Co.

Accomack

1663

Northhampton Co.

Stafford

1664

Westmoreland Co.

Middlesex

1669

Lancaster Co.

King and Queen

1691

New Kent Co.

Essex

1692

Rappahannock Co.

Rickmond

1692

Old Rappahannock Co. *

King William

1702

King and Queen Co.

Prince George

1702

Charles City Co.

Brunswick

1720

Isle of Wight Co., Prince George Co.& Surry Co.

Hanover

1720

New Kent Co.

King George

1720

Richmond Co.

Spotsylvania

1720

Essex Co., King & Queen Co. & King William Co.

Goochland

1727

Henrico Co.

Caroline

1727

Essex Co., King & Queen Co. & King William Co.

Prince William

1731

King George Co. & Stafford Co.

Orange

1735

Spotsylvania Co.

Amelia

1735

Brunswick Co., & Prince George Co.

Augusta

1738

Orange Co.

Frederick

1738

August Co. & Orange Co.

Fairfax

1742

Prince William Co.

Louisa

1742

Hanover Co.

Albemarle

1744

Goochland Co. & Louisa Co.

Lunenburg

1745

Brunswick Co.

Chesterfield

1749

Henrico Co.

Culpeper

1749

Orange Co..

Cumberland

1749

Goochland Co.

Southhampton

1749

Isle of Wight Co. & Nansemond Co.

Dinwiddie

1752

Prince George Co.

Halifax

1752

Lunenburg Co.

Bedford

1754

Albemarle Co. & Lunenburg Co.

Prince Edward

1754

Amelia Co.

Sussex

1754

Surry Co.

Loudoun

1757

Fairfax Co.

Fauquier

1759

Prince William Co.

Amherst

1761

Albemarle Co.

Buckingham

1761

Albemarle Co.

Charlotte

1765

Lunenburg Co.

Mecklenburg

1765

Lunenburg Co.

Pittsylvania

1767

Halifax Co.

Botetourt

Fincastle

1770

1772

Augusta Co. & Rockbridge Co.

Botetourt Co.

Shenandoah

1772

Frederick Co.

Fluvanna

1777

Albemarle Co.

Henry

1777

Pittsylvania Co.

Montgomery

1777

Botetourt Co., Fincastle Co. * & Pulaski Co.

Powhatan

1777

Chesterfield Co. & Cumberland Co.

Washington

1777

Fincastle Co. * & Montgomery Co.

Rockbridge

1778

Augusta Co. & Botetourt Co.

Rockingham

1778

Augusta Co.

Greensville

1781

Brunswick Co. & Sussex Co.

Campbell

1782

Bedford Co.

Franklin

1786

Bedford Co. & Henry Co.

Russell

1786

Washington Co.

Nottoway

1789

Amelia Co.

Wythe

1790

Grayson Co. & Montgomery Co.

Bath

1791

Augusta Co. & Botetourt Co.

Mathews

1791

Gloucestor Co.

Patrick

1791

Henry Co.

Grayson

1793

Patrick Co. & Wythe Co.

Lee

1793

Russell Co. & Scott Co.

Madison

1793

Culpeper Co.

Tazewell

1799

Russell Co., Washington Co. & Wythe Co.

Giles

1806

Craig Co., Montgomery Co., Tazewell Co.& Wythe Co.

Nelson

1808

Amherst Co.

Scott

1815

Lee Co., Russell Co. & Washington Co.

Alleghany

1822

Bath Co. & Botetourt Co.

Floyd

1831

Franklin Co. & Montgomery Co.

Page

1831

Rockingham Co. & Shenandoah Co.

Smyth

1832

Washington Co. & Wythe Co.

Rappahannock

1833

Culpeper Co.

Clarke

1836

Frederick Co. & Warren Co.

Warren

1836

Frederick Co. & Shenandoah Co.

Greene

1838

Orange Co.

Roanoke

1838

Botetourt Co. & Montgomery Co.

Pulaski

1839

Montgomery Co. & Wythe Co.

Carroll

1842

Grayson Co. & Patrick Co.

Appomattox

1845

Buckingham Co., Campbell Co., Charlotte Co.& Prince Edward Co.

Arlington

1847

Fairfax Co.

Highland

1847

Bath Co.

Craig

1851

Alleghany Co., Botetourt Co., Giles Co., Montgomery Co. & Roanoke Co.

Wise

1856

Lee Co., Russell Co. & Scott Co.

Buchanan

1858

Russell Co. & Tazewell Co.

Bland

1861

Giles Co., Tazewell Co. & Wythe Co.

Dickenson

1880

Buchanan Co., Russell Co. & Wise Co.

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