VA Co., Origins By; Jim Blankenship
Accomac created in 1634 Original Shire
Accomack created in 1663
from Northampton
Albemarle created in 1744
from Goochland
Alleghany created in 1822
from Bath, Botetourt, Monroe
Amelia created in 1734
from Brunswick, Prince George
Amherst created in 1761
from Albemarle
Appomattox created in 1845
from Buckingham, Pr. Edward, Charlotte, Campbell
Arlington created in 1801
from Fairfax
Augusta created in 1738
from Orange
Bath created in 1790 from
Augusta, Botetourt & Greenbrier
Bedford created in 1753
from Lunenburg
Bland created in 1861 from
Giles, Tazewell, Wythe
Botetourt created in 1769
from Augusta
Brunswick created in 1720
from Prince George
Buchanan created in 1858
from Tazewell, Russell
Buckingham created in 1761
from Albemarle
Campbell created in 1781
from Bedford
Caroline created in 1727
from Essex, King & Queen, King William
Carroll created in 1842
from Grayson
Charles City created in
1634 Original Shire
Charles River created in 1634 Original Shire
Charlotte created in 1764
from Lunenburg
Chesterfield created in
1749 from Henrico
Clarke created in 1836
from Frederick
Craig created in 1851 from
Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, Monroe
Culpeper created in 1748 from Orange
Cumberland created in 1748
from Goochland
Dickenson created in 1880
from Buchanan, Russell, Wise
Dinwiddie created in 1752
from Prince George
Dunmore created in 1772
from Frederick
Elizabeth City created
in1634 Original shire
Essex created in 1692 from
Old Rappahannock
Fairfax created in 1742
from Prince William
Fauquier created in 1759
from Prince William
Fincastle created in 1772 from
Botetourt
Floyd created in 1831 from
Montgomery
Fluvanna created in 1777
from Albemarle
Franklin created in 1785
from Bedford, Henry
Frederick created in 1738
from Orange
Fredericksburg (City) created
in 1721 from Essex, King William, King & Queen
Giles created in 1806 from
Montgomery, Tazewell, Monroe
Gloucester created in 1651
from York
Goochland created in 1727
from Henrico
Grayson created in 1792
from Wythe
Greene created in 1838
from Orange
Greensville created in
1780 from Brunswick
Halifax created in 1752
from Lunenburg
Hampton (City) created 1952
from Elizabeth City
Hanover created in 1720
from New Kent
Henrico created in 1634 Original
Shire
Henry created in 1776 from
Pittsylvania
Highland created in 1847
from Bath, Pendleton
Isle of Wight created in 1637
new named for Warrosquyoake
James City created in 1634
from New Kent
King and Queen created in
1691 from New Kent
King George created in
1720 from Richmond
King William created in
1701 from King and Queen
Lancaster created in 1651
from Northumberland, York
Lee created in 1792 from
Russell
Loudoun created in 1757
from Fairfax
Louisa created in 1742
from Hanover
Lunenburg created in 1746
from Brunswick
Lynchburg (City) created
in Oct 1786 from Bedford
& Campbell
Madison created in 1792
from Culpeper
Martinsville (City)
created in 1873 from Henry
Mathews created in 1790
from Gloucester
Mecklenburg created in
1764 Lunenburg
Middlesex created in 1673
from Lancaster
Montgomery created in 1776
from Fincastle
Nansemond created in 1646 from Upper Norfolk
Nelson created in 1807
from Amherst
New Kent created in 1654
from York
New Norfolk created in
1636 from Elizabeth City
Lower Norfolk created in
1637 from New Norfolk (ended in 1691)
Upper Norfolk created in
1637 from New Norfolk (ended in 1646)
Norfolk created in 1691
from Portsmouth (Now City of Chesapeake)
Northampton created in
1642 new named for Accawmack
Northumberland created
in1648 from Chickacoan Indian District
Nottoway created in 1788
from Amelia
Old Rappahannock created
in 1656 from Lancaster
Orange created in 1734
from Spotsylvania
Page created in 1831 from
Rockingham, Shenandoah
Patrick created in 1790
from Henry
Petersburg (City) created
in 1850 from Dinwiddie, Pr. George, Chesterfield
Pittsylvania created in
1766 from Halifax
Poquoson (City) created in
1952 from York
Powhatan created in 1777
from Cumberland
Prince Edward created in
1753 from Amelia
Prince George created in
1702 from Charles City
Prince William created in
1730 from King George, Stafford
Princess Anne created in
1691 from now City of Virginia Beach
Pulaski created in 1839
from Montgomery, Wythe
Rappahannock created in
1833 from Culpeper
Richmond (City) created in
1782 from Henrico
Richmond created in 1692
from Old Rappahannock
Roanoke created in 1838
from Botetourt
Roanoke (City) created in
1874 from Roanoke
Rockbridge created in 1778
from Augusta, Botetourt
Rockingham created in 1778
from Augusta
Russell created in 1786
from Washington
Salem (City) created in
1836 from Roanoke
Scott created in 1814 from
Lee, Russell, Washington
Shenandoah created in 1778
new named for Dunmore
Smyth created in 1832 from
Washington, Wythe
Southampton created in
1749 from Isle of Wight
Spotsylvania created in
1720 from Essex, King William, King and Queen
Stafford created in 1664
from Westmoreland
Surry created in 1652 from
James City
Sussex created in 1753
from Surry
Tazewell created in 1799
from Russell, Wythe
Warrosquyoake created in 1634 Original Shire
Warren created in 1836
from Frederick, Shenandoah
Warwick created in 1642
new named for Warwick River
Warwick River created in1634
Original Shire
Washington created in 1776
from Fincastle
Westmoreland created in
1653 from Northumberland
Wise created in 1856 from
Lee, Russell, Scott
Wythe created in 1789 from
Montgomery
York created in 1642 from
Charles River