| Name of County
|
Date Formed
|
Boundary
Changes
|
Parent County
|
Counties Created by Boundary Changes
|
| Accawmack
|
1634
|
Details
|
Colonial lands
|
renamed Northampton 1642
|
| Accomack
|
1661
|
Details
|
Northampton
|
none
|
| Albemarle
|
1744 Oct 16
|
Details
|
Goochland, Louisa
|
Fluvanna 1777, Charlotteville (city), Bedford 1753, Buckingham 1758
|
| Alleghany
|
1822 Jan 05
|
Details
|
Bath, Botetourt, Monroe
|
Clifton Forge (city), Amherst 1758, Craig 1851, Covington 1954
|
| Amelia
|
1734 Sep 30
|
Details
|
Brunswick, Prince George
|
Nottoway 1788, Prince Edward 1753
|
| Amherst
|
1761 Apr 07
|
Details
|
Albemarle
|
Nelson 1807
|
| Appomattox
|
1845 Feb 08
|
Details
|
Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte, Prince Edward
|
none
|
| Arlington
|
1920
|
Details
|
renamed from Alexandria
|
none
|
| Augusta
|
1738 Dec 15
|
Details
|
Orange
|
Bath 1790, Botetourt 1769, Frederick 1738, Hampshire 1753, Illinois 1778, Monongalia 1776, Ohio 1776, Pendleton 1787, Rockingham 1778, Staunton (city), Yohogania 1776, Rockbridge 1776
|
| Barbour
|
1843 Mar 03
|
Details
|
Harrison, Lewis, Randolph
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Bath
|
1790 Dec 14
|
Details
|
Augusta, Botetourt, Greenbrier
|
Highland 1847, Alleghany 1822, Pendleton 1787, Pocahontas 1821
|
| Bedford
|
1753 Dec 13
|
Details
|
Albemarle, Lunenburg
|
Bedford (city), Campbell 1781, Franklin 1785
|
| Berkeley
|
1772 Mar 24
|
Details
|
Frederick
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Bland
|
1861 Mar 30
|
Details
|
Giles, Tazewell, Wythe
|
none
|
| 1847 Mar 11
|
Details
|
Kanawha, Cabell, Logan
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Botetourt
|
1769 Nov 28
|
Details
|
Augusta, Rockbridge
|
Bath 1790, Craig 1851, Fincastle 1772, Greenbrier 1778, Monroe 1799, Montgomery 1776, Roanoke 1838, Rockbridge 1776, Alleghany 1822
|
| Bourbon
|
1785 Dec 29
|
Details
|
Fayette
|
in State of Kentucky
|
| Braxton
|
1836 Jan 15
|
Details
|
Kanawha, Lewis, Nicholas, Randolph
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Brooke
|
1796 Nov 30
|
Details
|
Ohio
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Brunswick
|
1720 Dec 17
|
Details
|
Prince Geore, Surry, isle of Wight
|
Amelia 1734, Greensville 1780, Lunenburg 1746
|
| Buchanan
|
1858 Feb 16
|
Details
|
Russell, Tazewell
|
Dickenson 1880
|
| Buckingham
|
1758 Apr 07
|
Details
|
Albermarle, Appomattox
|
Cumberland 1748, Appomattox 1845
|
| Cabell
|
1809 Jan 02
|
Details
|
Kanawha
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Calhoun
|
1859 Mar 05
|
Details
|
Gilmer
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Campbell
|
1781 Dec 15
|
Details
|
Bedford
|
Lynchburg (city), Appomattox 1845
|
| Caroline
|
1727 Mar 15
|
Details
|
Essex, King and Queen, King William
|
none
|
| Carroll
|
1842 Jan 17
|
Details
|
Grayson, Patrick
|
Galax (city)
|
| Charles City
|
1634 4 16
|
Details
|
Colonial lands
|
Prince George 1702
|
| Charlotte
|
1764 Nov 27
|
Details
|
Lunenburg
|
Appomattox 1845
|
| Chesterfield
|
1749 May 01
|
Details
|
Henrico
|
Powhatan 1777
|
| Clarke
|
1836 Mar 08
|
Details
|
Frederick
|
none
|
| Clay
|
1858 Mar 29
|
Details
|
Braxton, Nicholas
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Craig
|
1851 Mar 21
|
Details
|
Alleghany, Botetourt, Giles, Montgomery, Monroe, Roanoke
|
none
|
| Culpeper
|
1748 Mar 23
|
Details
|
Orange
|
Madison 1792, Rappahannock 1833
|
| Cumberland
|
1748 Mar 23
|
Details
|
Goochland, Buckingham
|
Powhatan 1777
|
| Dickenson
|
1880 Feb 27
|
Details
|
Buchanan, Russell, Wise
|
none
|
| Dinwiddie
|
1752 Mar 09
|
Details
|
Prince George
|
Colonial Heights (city), Petersburg (city)
|
| Doddridge
|
1845 Feb 04
|
Details
|
Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie, Lewis
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Dunmore
|
1772 Mar 24
|
Details
|
Frederick
|
renamed Shenandoah 1778
|
| Elizabeth City
|
1634 4 16
|
Details
|
Colonial lands
|
annexed to city of Hampton 1952
|
| Essex
|
1694 Apr 26
|
Details
|
old Rappahannock
|
Spotsylvania 1720, Caroline 1727
|
| Fairfax
|
1742 May 24
|
Details
|
Prince William, Loudoun
|
Fairfax (city), Falls Church (city), Loudoun 1757
|
| Fauquier
|
1758 Apr 05
|
Details
|
Prince William
|
none
|
| Fayette
|
1831 Feb 28
|
Details
|
Kanawha, Greenbrier, Logan, Nicholas
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Fayette (old)
|
1780 Jun 30
|
Details
|
State of Virginia
|
in State of Kentucky
|
| Fincastle
|
1772 Apr 08
|
Details
|
Botetourt
|
Kentucky 1777, Montgomery 1776, Washington 1776
|
| Floyd
|
1831 Jan 15
|
Details
|
Montgomery, Franklin
|
none
|
| Fluvanna
|
1777 Jun 03
|
Details
|
Albemarle
|
none
|
| Franklin
|
1785 Nov 29
|
Details
|
Bedford, Henry, Patrick
|
Floyd 1831
|
| Frederick
|
1738 Dec 15
|
Details
|
Orange, Augusta
|
Berkeley 1772, Clarke 1839, Dunmore 1772, Hampshire 1753, Shenandoah 1772, Warren 1836, Winchester (city)
|
| Giles
|
1806 Jan 16
|
Details
|
Montgomery, Monroe, Mercer, Tazewell, Craig, Wythe
|
Bland 1861, Craig 1851, Logan 1824, Mercer 1837
|
| Gilmer
|
1845 Feb 03
|
Details
|
Lewis, Kanawha
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Gloucester
|
1651
|
Details
|
York
|
Mathews 1790
|
| Goochland
|
1727 Mar 06
|
Details
|
Henrico
|
Albemarle 1744, Cumberland 1748
|
| Grayson
|
1792 Nov 07
|
Details
|
Patrick, Wythe
|
Carroll 1742, Galax (city), Wythe 1789
|
| Greenbrier
|
1778 Jan 12
|
Details
|
Botetourt, Fayette, Monroe, Montgomery
|
Bath 1790, in State of West Virginia
|
| Greene
|
1838 Jan 24
|
Details
|
Orange
|
none
|
| Greensville
|
1780 Nov 28
|
Details
|
Brunswick, Sussex
|
Emporia (city)
|
| Halifax
|
1752 Apr 17
|
Details
|
Lunenburg
|
Pittsylvania 1766, South Boxton (city)
|
| Hampshire
|
1753 Dec 13
|
Details
|
Augusta, Hardy, Frederick
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Hancock
|
1848 Jan 15
|
Details
|
Brooke
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Hanover
|
1720 Nov 20
|
Details
|
New Kent
|
Louisa 1742
|
| Hardy
|
1785 Dec 10
|
Details
|
Hampshire
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Harrison
|
1784 Jun 04
|
Details
|
Randolph, Ohio, Monongalia
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Henrico
|
1634
|
Details
|
Colonial lands
|
Chesterfield 1749, Goochland 1727, Richmond (city)
|
| Henry
|
1776 Oct 23
|
Details
|
Patrick, Pittsylvania
|
Franklin 1785, Martinsville (city), Patrick 1790
|
| Highland
|
1847 Mar 19
|
Details
|
Bath, Pendleton
|
none
|
| Illinois
|
1778 Dec 09
|
Details
|
Augusta
|
ceded to US Government (part of Northwest Territory, 1787)
|
| Isle of Wight
|
1634
|
OF WIGHT Details
|
Warrosquoyoake
|
Brunswick 1720, Southampton 1749
|
| Jackson
|
1831 Mar 01
|
Details
|
Kanawha, Mason, Wood, Wirt
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| James City
|
1634
|
CITY Details
|
Colonial lands
|
New Kent 1654, Surry 1752
|
| Jefferson (old)
|
1780 Jun 30
|
Details
|
Virginia state lands
|
in State of Kentucky
|
| Jefferson (new)
|
1801 Jan 08
|
Details
|
Berkeley
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Kanawha
|
1788 Nov 14
|
Details
|
Fayette, Greenbrier, Montgomery
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Kentucky
|
1777 Dec 07
|
Details
|
Fincastle
|
as the State of Kentucky
|
| King and Queen
|
1691 May 12
|
AND QUEEN Details
|
New Kent
|
King William 1701, Spotsylvania 1720, Caroline 1727
|
| King George
|
1720 Nov 24
|
Details
|
Richmond, Westmoreland
|
Prince William 1730
|
| King William
|
1701 Sep 12
|
Details
|
King and Queen
|
Caroline 1727, Spotsylvania 1720
|
| Lancaster
|
1651
|
Details
|
York, Northumberland
|
Middlesex 1673, Old Rappahannock 1656
|
| Lee
|
1792 Oct 25
|
Details
|
Russell, Scott
|
Scott 1814, Wise 1856
|
| Lewis
|
1816 Dec 18
|
Details
|
Harrison, Randolph
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Lincoln
|
1780 Jun 30
|
Details
|
Kentucky
|
in State of Kentucky
|
| Logan
|
1824 Jan 12
|
Details
|
Kanawha, Cabell, Giles
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Loudoun
|
1757 May 17
|
Details
|
Fairfax
|
none
|
| Louisa
|
1742 Jun 02
|
Details
|
Hanover
|
Albemarle 1744
|
| Lower Norfolk
|
1637
|
Details
|
New Norfolk
|
Norfolk 1691, Princess Anne 1691
|
| Lunenburg
|
1746 Apr 01
|
Details
|
Brunswick
|
Bedford 1753, Charlotte 1764, Halifax 1752, Mecklenburg 1764
|
| Madison
|
1792 Dec 05
|
Details
|
Culpeper
|
none
|
| Marion
|
1742 Jan 14
|
Details
|
Harrison, Monongalia
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Mason
|
1804 Jan 03
|
Details
|
Kanawha
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Mathews
|
1790 Dec 16
|
Details
|
Gloucester
|
none
|
| MCDowell
|
1858 Feb 20
|
Details
|
Tazewell
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Mecklenburg
|
1764 Nov 27
|
Details
|
Lunenburg
|
none
|
| Mercer (old)
|
1785 Dec 15
|
Details
|
Lincoln
|
in State of Kentucky
|
| Mercer (new)
|
1837 Mar 17
|
Details
|
Giles, Tazewell
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Middlesex
|
1673
|
Details
|
Lancaster
|
none
|
| Montgomery
|
1776 Dec 07
|
Details
|
Fincastle, Botetourt, Pulaski
|
Craig 1851, Floyd 1831, Giles 1806, Greenbrier 1778, Kanawha 1788, Pulaski 1839, Radford (city), Roanoke 1838, Wythe 1789, Washington 1776
|
| Monongalia
|
1776 Nov 09
|
Details
|
Augusta, Preston
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Monroe
|
1799 Jan 15
|
Details
|
Greenbrier, Botetourt
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Morgan
|
1820 Feb 09
|
Details
|
Berkeley, hampshire
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Nansemond
|
1637
|
Details
|
renamed from Upper Norfolk
|
Nansemond (city), Southampton 1749
|
| Nelson (old)
|
1785 Nov 29
|
Details
|
Jefferson
|
in State of Kentucky
|
| Nelson (new)
|
1807 Dec 23
|
Details
|
Amherst
|
none
|
| New Kent
|
1654 4 16
|
Details
|
York, James City
|
Hanover 1720, King and Queen 1691
|
| New Norfolk
|
1636
|
Details
|
Elizabeth City
|
Lower Norfolk 1637, Upper Norfolk 1637
|
| Nicholas
|
1818 Jan 30
|
Details
|
Greenbrier, Kanawha, Randolph
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Norfolk
|
1691 May 16
|
Details
|
Lower Norfolk
|
absorbed by Chesapeake 1963
|
| Northampton
|
1634 4 16
|
Details
|
Colonial lands
|
Accomack 1661
|
| Northumberland
|
1648
|
Details
|
York
|
Lancaster 1651, Westmoreland 1653
|
| Nottoway
|
1788 Dec 23
|
Details
|
Amelia
|
none
|
| Ohio
|
1776 Nov 06
|
Details
|
Augusta, Yohogania
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Orange
|
1734 Sep 20
|
Details
|
Spotsylvania
|
Augsuta 1738, Culpeper 1748, Frederick 1738, Greene 1838
|
| Page
|
1831 Mar 30
|
Details
|
Rockingham, Shenandoah
|
none
|
| Patrick
|
1790 Nov 26
|
Details
|
Henry
|
Carroll 1842, Franklin 1785, Grayson 1792
|
| Pendleton
|
1787 Dec 04
|
Details
|
Augusta, Bath, Hardy, Rockingham
|
Highland 1847, (in state of West Virginia)
|
| Pittsylvania
|
1766 Dec 15
|
Details
|
Halifax
|
Danville (city), Henry 1776
|
| Pleasants
|
1851 Mar 29
|
Details
|
Ritchie, Tyler, Wood
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Pocahontas
|
1821 Dec 21
|
Details
|
Pendleton, Randolph, Bath, Greenbrier
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Powhatan
|
1777 Jun 03
|
Details
|
Cumberland, Chesterfield
|
none
|
| Preston
|
1818 Jan 19
|
Details
|
Monongalia, Randolph
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Prince Edward
|
1753 Nov 17
|
Details
|
Amelia
|
Appomattox 1845
|
| Prince George
|
1702 Aug 25
|
Details
|
Charles City
|
Amelia 1734, Brunswick 1720, Dinwiddie 1752, Hopewell (city)
|
| Prince William
|
1730 Jun 17
|
Details
|
King George, Stafford
|
Fairfax 1742, Fauquier 1758
|
| Princess Anne
|
1691 May 16
|
Details
|
Lower Norfolk
|
annexed to Virginia Beach (city)
|
| Pulaski
|
1839 Mar 30
|
Details
|
Montgomery, Wythe
|
none
|
| Putnam
|
1848 Mar 11
|
Details
|
Kanawha, Mason, Cabell
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Raleigh
|
1850 Jan 23
|
Details
|
Fayette
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Rappahannock (new)
|
1833 Feb 18
|
Details
|
Culpepper
|
none
|
| Rappahannock (old)
|
1656
|
Details
|
Lancaster
|
dissolved to Essex 1694, Richmond 1692
|
| Richmond
|
1692 Apr 26
|
Details
|
old Rappahannock
|
King George 1720
|
| Ritchie
|
1843 Feb 18
|
Details
|
Harrison, Lewis, Wood
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Roane
|
1856 Mar 11
|
Details
|
Kanawha, Jackson, Gilmer
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Roanoke
|
1838 Mar 30
|
Details
|
Botetourt, Montgomery
|
Craig 1851, Roanoke (city), Salem (city)
|
| Rockbridge
|
1778 Jan 12
|
Details
|
Augusta, Botetourt
|
Buena Vista (city), Lexington (city)
|
| Rockingham
|
1778 Jan 12
|
Details
|
Augusta
|
Harrisonburg (city), Pendleton 1787
|
| Russell
|
1786 Jan 06
|
Details
|
Washington
|
Dickenson1 880, Lee 1792, Buchanan 1858, Scott 1814, Tazewell 1799, Wise 1856
|
| Scott
|
1814 Nov 24
|
Details
|
Lee, Russell, Washington
|
Wise 1856
|
| Shenandoah
|
1778 Jan 12
|
Details
|
renamed from Dunmore
|
Page 1831, Warren 1836
|
| Smyth
|
1832 Feb 23
|
Details
|
Washington, Wythe
|
none
|
| Southampton
|
1749 Apr 20
|
Details
|
Isle of Wight, Nansemond
|
Franklin (city)
|
| Spotsylvania
|
1720 Dec 17
|
Details
|
Essex, King and Queen, King William
|
Fredericksburg (city), Orange 1734
|
| Stafford
|
1664
|
Details
|
Westmoreland
|
Prince William 1730
|
| Surry
|
1652 2 16
|
Details
|
James City
|
Brunswick 1720, Sussex 1753
|
| Sussex
|
1753 Nov 28
|
Details
|
Surry
|
Greensville 1780
|
| Taylor
|
1844 Jan 19
|
Details
|
Barbour, Harrison, Marion, Preston
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Tazewell
|
1799 Dec 20
|
Details
|
Russell, Wythe
|
Bland 1861, Buchanan 1858, Giles 1861, McDowell 1858, Mercer 1837
|
| Tucker
|
1856 Mar 07
|
Details
|
Randolph
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Tyler
|
1814 Dec 03
|
Details
|
Ohio
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Upper Norfolk
|
1637 7 16
|
Details
|
New Norfolk
|
renamed Nansemond 1637
|
| Upshur
|
1851 Mar 27
|
Details
|
Randolph, Barbour, Lewis
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Warren
|
1836 Mar 09
|
Details
|
Frederick, Shenandoah
|
none
|
| Warrosquoyacke
|
1634
|
Details
|
Colonial lands
|
renamed Isle of Wight 1634
|
| Warwick
|
1642
|
Details
|
renamed from Warwick River
|
Warwick (city)
|
| Washington
|
1776 Dec 07
|
Details
|
Fincastle, Montgomery
|
Bristol (city), Russell 1786, Scott 1814, Smyth 1832
|
| Wayne
|
1842 Jan 18
|
Details
|
Cabell
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Webster
|
1860 Jan 10
|
Details
|
Braxton, Nicholas, Randolph
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Westmoreland
|
1653
|
Details
|
Numberland, King George
|
Stafford 1664
|
| Wetzel
|
1846 Jan 10
|
Details
|
Tyler
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Wirt
|
1848 Jan 19
|
Details
|
Wood, Jackson
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Wise
|
1856 Feb 16
|
Details
|
Lee, Russell, Scott
|
Dickenson 1880, Norton (city)
|
| Wood
|
1798 Dec 22
|
Details
|
Harrison, Kanawha
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Woodford
|
1788 Nov 12
|
Details
|
Fayette
|
in State of Kentucky
|
| Wyoming
|
1850 Jan 26
|
Details
|
Logan
|
in State of West Virginia
|
| Wythe
|
1789 Dec 01
|
Details
|
Montgomery, Grayson
|
Bland 1861, Grayson1 792, Giles 1806, Pulaski 1839, Smyth 1732, Tazewell 1799
|
| Yohogania
|
1776 Nov 06
|
Details
|
Augusta
|
ceded to Pennsylvania 1786, small added to Ohio (West Virginia)
|
| York
|
1634
|
Details
|
Colonial lands
|
Gloucester 1651, New Kent 1654, Lancaster 1654, Northumberland 1648
|
