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Listing of Virginia Counties
| County |
Year of Formation |
County Seat |
Parent County |
| Accomack |
1663 |
Accomack |
Northampton |
| Albemarle |
1744 |
Charlottesville |
Goochland, Louisa |
| Alleghany |
1822 |
Covington |
Bath, Botetourt, Monroe (W. Va.) |
| Amelia |
1734 |
Amelia |
Brunswick, Prince George |
| Amherst |
1761 |
Amherst |
Albemarle |
| Appomattox |
1845 |
Appomattox |
Buckingham, Prince Edward, Charlotte, Campbell |
| Arlington |
1801 |
Arlington |
DC, Fairfax - Alexandria Co., until 1920 |
| Augusta |
1738 |
Staunton |
Orange |
| Bath |
1790 |
Warm Springs |
Augusta, Botetourt & Greenbrier (now W.V.) |
| Bedford |
1753 |
Bedford |
Albemarle, Lunenburg |
| Bland |
1861 |
Bland |
Giles, Tazewell, Wythe |
| Botetourt |
1769 |
Fincastle |
Augusta |
| Brunswick |
1720 |
Lawrenceville |
Prince George, Isle of Wight, Surry |
| Buchanan |
1858 |
Grundy |
Tazewell, Russell |
| Buckingham |
1761 |
Buckingham |
Albemarle |
| Campbell |
1781 |
Rustburg |
Bedford |
| Caroline |
1728 |
Bowling Green |
Essex, King and Queen, King William |
| Carroll |
1842 |
Hillsville |
Grayson |
| Charles City |
1634 |
Charles City |
- |
| Charlotte |
1764 |
Charlotte |
Lunenburg |
| Chesterfield |
1749 |
Chesterfield Courthouse |
Henrico |
| City of Alexandria |
- |
Independent City |
- |
| Clarke |
1836 |
Berryville |
Frederick |
| Craig |
1851 |
New Castle |
Botetourt, Montgomery, Roanoke, Giles, Monroe, Allegheny |
| Culpeper |
1748 |
Culpeper |
Orange |
| Cumberland |
1749 |
Cumberland |
Goochland |
| Dickenson |
1880 |
Clintwood |
Buchanan, Russell, Wise |
| Dinwiddie |
1752 |
Dinwiddie |
Prince George |
| Elizabeth City |
1634 |
Hampton |
- |
| Essex |
1692 |
Tappahannock |
- |
| Fairfax |
1742 |
City of Fairfax |
Prince William |
| Fauquier |
1759 |
Warrenton |
Prince William |
| Floyd |
1831 |
Floyd |
Montgomery |
| Fluvanna |
1777 |
Palmyra |
Albemarle |
| Franklin |
1785 |
Rocky Mount |
Bedford, Henry, Patrick |
| Frederick |
1738 |
Winchester |
Orange, Augusta |
| Fredericksburg (City) |
1721 |
Independent City |
Essex, King William, King and Queen |
| Giles |
1806 |
Pearisburg |
Montgomery, Tazewell, Wythe, and Monroe (now W.V.) |
| Gloucester |
1651 |
Gloucester |
York |
| Goochland |
1727 |
Goochland |
Henrico |
| Grayson |
1793 |
Independence |
Wythe |
| Greene |
1838 |
Stanardsville |
Orange |
| Greensville |
1780 |
Emporia |
Brunswick, Sussex |
| Halifax |
1752 |
Halifax |
Lunenburg |
| Hanover |
1720 |
Hanover |
New Kent |
| Henrico |
1634 |
Richmond |
- |
| Henry |
1777 |
Martinsville |
Pittsylvania |
| Highland |
1847 |
Monterey |
Bath (VA), Pendleton (now W.V.) |
| Isle of Wight |
1634 |
Isle of Wight |
Warrosquyoake County from 1634-1637 |
| James City |
1634 |
Williamsburg |
See New Kent County |
| King and Queen |
1691 |
King and Queen |
New Kent |
| King George |
1721 |
King George |
Richmond, Westmoreland |
| King William |
1702 |
King William |
King and Queen |
| Lancaster |
1651 |
Lancaster |
York, Northumberland |
| Lee |
1793 |
Jonesville |
Russell |
| Loudoun |
1757 |
Leesburg |
Fairfax |
| Louisa |
1742 |
Louisa |
Hanover |
| Lunenburg |
1746 |
Lunenburg Courthouse |
Brunswick |
| Madison |
1793 |
Madison |
Culpeper |
| Martinsville (City) |
1873 |
Independent City |
Henry |
| Mathews |
1791 |
Mathews |
Gloucester |
| Mecklenburg |
1765 |
Boydton |
Lunenburg |
| Middlesex |
1673 |
Saluda |
Lancaster |
| Montgomery |
1777 |
Christiansburg |
Fincastle (abolished county formed from Botetourt) |
| Nansemond |
. |
Now City of Suffolk |
- |
| Nelson |
1808 |
Lovingston |
Amherst |
| New Kent |
1654 |
New Kent |
York, James City |
| Norfolk |
1691 |
Originally Portsmouth |
Lower Norfolk County (Now City of Chesapeake) |
| Northampton |
1634 |
Eastville |
Original name, Accawmack |
| Northumberland |
1645 |
Heathsville |
Chickacoan District |
| Nottoway |
1789 |
Nottaway |
Amelia |
| Orange |
1734 |
Orange |
Spotsylvania |
| Page |
1831 |
Luray |
Rockingham, Shenandoah |
| Patrick |
1790 |
Stuart |
Henry |
| City of Petersburg |
1850 |
Independent City |
Dinwiddie, Pr. George, Chesterfield |
| Pittsylvania |
1766 |
Chatham |
Halifax |
| City of Poquoson |
1952 |
Independent City |
York |
| Powhatan |
1777 |
Powhatan |
Cumberland |
| Prince Edward |
1753 |
Farmville |
Amelia |
| Prince George |
1703 |
Prince George |
Charles City |
| Prince William |
1730 |
Manassas |
King George, Stafford |
| Princess Anne |
1691 |
- |
Now City of Virginia Beach |
| Pulaski |
1839 |
Pulaski |
Montgomery, Wythe |
| Rappahannock |
1833 |
Washington |
Culpeper |
| Richmond |
1692 |
Warsaw |
Old Rappahannock |
| Roanoke |
1838 |
Salem |
Botetourt |
| Roanoke (City) |
1874 |
Independent City |
Roanoke |
| Rockbridge |
1778 |
Lexington |
Augusta, Botetourt |
| Rockingham |
1778 |
Harrisonburg |
Augusta |
| Russell |
1786 |
Lebanon |
Washington |
| Salem (City) |
1836 |
Independent City |
Roanoke |
| Scott |
1814 |
Gate City |
Lee, Russell, Washington |
| Shenandoah |
1772 |
Woodstock |
(called Dunmore until 1778), Frederick |
| Smyth |
1832 |
Marion |
Washington, Wythe |
| Southampton |
1749 |
Courtland |
Isle of Wight, Nansemond |
| Spotsylvania |
1721 |
Spotsylvania |
Essex, King William, King and Queen |
| Stafford |
1664 |
Stafford |
Westmoreland |
| Surry |
1652 |
Surry |
James City |
| Sussex |
1753 |
Sussex |
Surry |
| Tazewell |
1800 |
Tazewell |
Russell, Wythe, Washington |
| Warren |
1836 |
Front Royal |
Frederick, Shenandoah |
| Warwick |
1634 |
Independent City |
Now City of Newport News |
| Washington |
1777 |
Abingdon |
Abolishment of Fincastle |
| Westmoreland |
1653 |
Montross |
Northumberland |
| Wise |
1856 |
Wise |
Lee, Russell, Scott |
| Wythe |
1790 |
Wytheville |
Montgomery |
| York |
1634 |
Yorktown |
Renamed in 1643 from Charles River
County |
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