VA: Individual County Chronologies

John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Historical Compiler; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist and Digital Compiler; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Robert Will, Cartographic Associate.

ACCOMACK created from NORTHAMPTON. (Robinson, 42, 73)

ACCOMACK gained a small portion of the southern end of Smith's Island from SOMERSET (Md.) when the United States approved the Maryland-Virginia boundary down the south side of the Potomac River and across Chesapeake Bay, as settled in 1877 by arbitration [not mapped]. (Paullin, 85; Van Zandt, 87)

ALBEMARLE created from GOOCHLAND. (Hening, 5:266-269)

ALBEMARLE lost to BEDFORD. (Hening, 6:441-442)

ALBEMARLE gained from LOUISA, lost to creation of AMHERST and BUCKINGHAM. (Hening, 7:419-423)

Islands in the Fluvanna [James] River were assigned to ALBEMARLE [location unknown, not mapped]. (Hening, 8:395-398)

ALBEMARLE lost to creation of FLUVANNA. (Hening, 9:325-327)

ALBEMARLE lost to creation of Charlottesville as an independent city, 2d class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

ALBEMARLE lost to the independent city of Charlottesville. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Dodson, Cities, " Charlottesville" )

ALBEMARLE lost to the independent city of Charlottesville. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])

ALBEMARLE lost small area to the independent city of Charlottesville. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

ALBEMARLE lost small area to the independent city of Charlottesville. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

Alexandria made an independent city, 1st class, from ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON). (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Alexandria gained small areas from ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON) and FAIRFAX. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

Independent city of Alexandria gained from ARLINGTON and FAIRFAX. (Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Alexandria gained from FAIRFAX. (Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])

Independent city of Alexandria gained small area from FAIRFAX. (Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

ALLEGHANY created from BATH, BOTETOURT, and MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1821-1822, ch. 28, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

ALLEGHANY lost to BATH. (Va. Acts 1822-1823, ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 88)

ALLEGHANY gained from MONROE (W.Va.) [change too small to map]. (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 56, sec. 1/pp. 40-41)

ALLEGHANY gained from BATH. (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 59, sec. 2/pp. 57-58)

ALLEGHANY lost small area to CRAIG to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 111, sec. 1/p. 97)

ALLEGHANY lost to creation of Clifton Forge as an independent city, 2d class. (Dodson, Cities, " Clifton Forge" )

ALLEGHANY lost to creation of Covington as an independent city, 2d class. (Virginia Commission on Local Government, correspondence, February 1990)

Boundary between ALLEGHANY and MONROE (W.Va.) redefined and clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1959, ext. sess., ch. 44, secs. 1-2/pp. 122-123)

ALLEGHANY lost to the independent city of Clifton Forge. Clifton Forge reverted to town status on 1 July 2001. (Clifton Forge City Manager's Office, correspondence, April 1994; Bain, Annexation, [247])

ALLEGHANY lost to the independent city of Covington. (U.S. Census Bureau, " Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)

Legislature authorized the consolidation of ALLEGHANY and the independent city of Clifton Forge into a new independent city of Alleghany; change did not take effect. (Va. Acts 1991, ch. 401/pp. 600-609)

AMELIA created from BRUNSWICK and PRINCE GEORGE. (Hening, 4:467-468)

AMELIA lost to creation of PRINCE EDWARD. (Hening, 6:379-380)

AMELIA lost to creation of NOTTOWAY. (Hening, 12:723-724)

AMHERST created from ALBEMARLE. (Hening, 7:419-423)

Islands in the Fluvanna [James] River were assigned to AMHERST [location unknown, not mapped]. (Hening, 8:395-398)

AMHERST lost to creation of NELSON. (Shepherd, 3:378-379)

APPOMATTOX created from BUCKINGHAM, CAMPBELL, CHARLOTTE, and PRINCE EDWARD. (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 41, secs. 1, 16/pp. 38-42)

APPOMATTOX gained from CAMPBELL. (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 61, sec. 1/pp. 41-42)

APPOMATTOX lost small area to BUCKINGHAM to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1859-1860, ch. 62, sec. 1/p. 171)

The District of Columbia ceded ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON) to Virginia [see 20 March 1847] . (U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 35[1846]/pp. 35-37 and appendix 3/p. 1000)

Virginia officially extended its jurisdiction over ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON), which had been ceded to Virginia by the District of Columbia on 7 September 1846. Despite disputes over details of the D.C.-Virginia line in the Potomac River, there has been no mappable change in the boundary with the District to present. (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 53/pp. 41-48)

ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON) lost to creation of Alexandria as an independent city, 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON) lost small area to the independent city of Alexandria. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

ALEXANDRIA renamed ARLINGTON. (Va. Acts 1920, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 241, sec. 1/p. 343)

ARLINGTON lost to the independent city of Alexandria. (Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

AUGUSTA created from ORANGE; AUGUSTA not fully organized, attached to ORANGE. (Hening, 5:78-80; Robinson, 43)

AUGUSTA fully organized, detached from ORANGE. (Robinson, 74)

AUGUSTA lost to FREDERICK, and lost to creation of HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.). (Hening, 6:376-379)

AUGUSTA lost to creation of BOTETOURT. (Hening, 8:395-398)

AUGUSTA lost to creation of West Augusta District (extinct) in present Pennsylvania. (Abernethy, 94)

AUGUSTA lost to creation of ROCKBRIDGE and ROCKINGHAM, and lost to HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.). (Hening, 9:420-424)

AUGUSTA lost to MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Hening, 10:114)

AUGUSTA lost to MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Hening, 10:351)

AUGUSTA lost to creation of PENDLETON (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:637-638)

AUGUSTA lost to PENDLETON (W.Va.) and lost to creation of BATH. (Hening, 13:165-167)

AUGUSTA lost to creation of Staunton as an independent city, 2d class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

AUGUSTA lost to the independent city of Staunton. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

AUGUSTA lost small area to the independent city of Staunton. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])

AUGUSTA lost to creation of Waynesboro as an independent city, 2d class, and lost to the independent city of Staunton. (Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, " Body Incorporate," 63-64; Bain, Annexation, [244])

AUGUSTA lost to the independent city of Waynesboro. (Augusta County Law Order Book, vol. 33: 357-361; Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])

AUGUSTA lost small area to the independent city of Staunton. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])

AUGUSTA lost to the independent city of Waynesboro. (Augusta County Law Order Book, vol. 34: 170-176; Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])

AUGUSTA lost to the independent city of Waynesboro. (Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

AUGUSTA lost small area to the independent city of Staunton. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

AUGUSTA lost to the independent city of Waynesboro. (U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

BARBOUR (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.), LEWIS (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 53, sec. 1/pp. 37-40)

BARBOUR (W.Va.) lost to creation of TAYLOR (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 44, sec. 1/pp. 34-37)

BARBOUR (W.Va.) lost to creation of UPSHUR (W.Va.). (Robinson, 88; Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 23-25)

BARBOUR separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

BATH created from AUGUSTA, BOTETOURT, and GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Hening, 13:165-167)

BATH lost to PENDLETON (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:53)

BATH lost to creation of POCAHONTAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1821-1822, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 27-28)

BATH lost to creation of ALLEGHANY. (Va. Acts 1821-1822, ch. 28, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

BATH gained from ALLEGHANY. (Va. Acts 1822-1823, ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 88)

BATH lost to ALLEGHANY. (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 59, sec. 2/pp. 57-58)

BATH lost to creation of HIGHLAND. (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 56, secs. 1, 13/pp. 52-55)

BEDFORD created from LUNENBURG. (Hening, 6:381-383)

BEDFORD gained from ALBEMARLE and LUNENBURG. (Hening, 6:441-442)

BEDFORD lost to creation of CAMPBELL. (Hening, 10:447-449)

BEDFORD lost to creation of FRANKLIN. (Hening, 12:70-71)

BEDFORD lost to the independent city of Lynchburg. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989 and August 1992; Bain, Annexation, [246])

BEDFORD lost small area to the independent city of Lynchburg. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [247])

BEDFORD lost to creation of Bedford as an independent city, 2d class. (Bedford Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

BEDFORD lost to the independent city of Lynchburg. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

BEDFORD lost to the independent city of Bedford. (U.S. Census Bureau, " Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)

Bedford made an independent city, 2d class, from BEDFORD. (Bedford Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

Independent city of Bedford gained from BEDFORD. (U.S. Census Bureau, " Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)

BERKELEY (W.Va.) created by Virginia from FREDERICK. (Hening, 8:597-599)

BERKELEY (W.Va.) lost to creation of JEFFERSON (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:271-272)

BERKELEY (W.Va.) lost to creation of MORGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 34, sec. 1/pp. 27-28)

BERKELEY separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (U.S. Rpts., 78:39 [Wallace, vol. 11]; U.S. Stat., vol. 14, res. 12[1866]/ p. 350; W. Va. Acts 1863, 1st sess., ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 33-35)

BLAND created from GILES, TAZEWELL, and WYTHE. (Va. Acts 1861, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 23, sec. 1/pp. 45-49)

Boundary between BLAND and GILES redefined [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1899-1900, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 617/pp. 665-666)

BLAND gained from GILES. (Va. Acts 1899-1900, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 617, sec. 1/pp. 665-666)

BOONE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from CABELL (W.Va.), KANAWHA (W.Va.), and LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 55, sec. 1/pp. 49-52)

BOONE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

BOTETOURT created from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 8:395-398)

BOTETOURT lost to creation of FINCASTLE (extinct). (Hening, 8:600-601)

BOTETOURT lost to creation of GREENBRIER (W.Va.) and ROCKBRIDGE. (Hening, 9:420-424)

BOTETOURT gained from ROCKBRIDGE. (Hening, 12:74)

BOTETOURT lost to MONTGOMERY. (Hening, 13:76-78)

BOTETOURT lost to creation of BATH. (Hening, 13:165-167)

BOTETOURT exchanged with MONTGOMERY. (Shepherd, 1:406)

BOTETOURT exchanged with MONTGOMERY. (Shepherd, 2:64)

BOTETOURT lost to MONROE (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:345-346)

BOTETOURT lost to creation of ALLEGHANY and lost small area to MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1821-1822, ch. 28, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

BOTETOURT lost to creation of ROANOKE. (Va. Acts 1838, ch. 60, secs. 1, 15/pp. 54-57)

BOTETOURT lost to creation of CRAIG. (Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 25, sec. 1/pp. 21-23)

BOTETOURT lost to ROCKBRIDGE. (Va. Acts 1887-1888, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 488, secs. 1, 5/pp. 556-557)

BOURBON (Ky.) created by Virginia from FAYETTE (Ky.). (Hening, 12:89-91)

BOURBON (Ky.) lost to creation of MASON (Ky.). (Hening, 12:658-659)

The state of Kentucky was created from Kentucky District of Virginia and admitted to the Union; BOURBON became a county in Kentucky. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4 [1791]/p. 189)

BRAXTON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from KANAWHA (W.Va.), LEWIS (W.Va.), NICHOLAS (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 18, sec. 1/pp. 18-20)

BRAXTON (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 30)

BRAXTON (W.Va.) lost to creation of CLAY (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 158, sec. 1/pp. 111-113; W. Va. Acts 1863, ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 61)

BRAXTON (W.Va.) lost to creation of WEBSTER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1859-1860, ch. 47, sec. 1/pp. 151-157)

BRAXTON separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Bristol made an independent city, 2d class, from WASHINGTON. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Bristol gained from WASHINGTON; Bristol's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Bristol Community Development and Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Dodson, Cities, " Bristol" )

Independent city of Bristol gained from WASHINGTON. (Bristol Community Development and Planning Dept., email, February 2003)

BROOKE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from OHIO (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:54-55)

Ohio River and its islands, previously unassigned to particular counties, were declared to be part of the adjacent Virginia counties, including BROOKE (W.Va.) [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 66)

BROOKE (W.Va.) lost to creation of HANCOCK (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 58, sec. 1/pp. 30-34)

BROOKE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

BRUNSWICK created from PRINCE GEORGE; BRUNSWICK not fully organized, attached to PRINCE GEORGE. (Hening, 4:77-79; Robinson, 46, 75-77; Winfree, 179-185)

BRUNSWICK gained from ISLE OF WIGHT and SURRY. (Va. Exec. Jour., 4:56)

Boundary between BRUNSWICK and GOOCHLAND clarified [no change]. (Va. Exec. Jour., 4:216)

[1 January 1732/1733] BRUNSWICK gained from ISLE OF WIGHT and SURRY; BRUNSWICK fully organized, detached from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hening, 4:355-356)

BRUNSWICK lost to creation of AMELIA. (Hening, 4:467-468)

BRUNSWICK lost to creation of LUNENBURG. (Hening, 5:383-385)

BRUNSWICK lost to creation of GREENSVILLE. (Hening, 10:363-364)

BRUNSWICK lost to GREENSVILLE. (Hening, 12:596-597)

BUCHANAN created from RUSSELL and TAZEWELL. (Robinson, 77; Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 156, sec. 1/pp. 108-110)

BUCHANAN lost to creation of DICKENSON. (Robinson, 48; Va. Acts 1879-1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 140, sec. 1/pp. 125-129)

BUCKINGHAM created from ALBEMARLE. (Hening, 7:419-423)

BUCKINGHAM lost to CUMBERLAND. (Hening, 9:559)

BUCKINGHAM lost to creation of APPOMATTOX. (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 41, secs. 1, 16/pp. 38-42)

BUCKINGHAM gained small area from APPOMATTOX to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1859-1860, ch. 62, sec. 1/p. 171)

Buena Vista made an independent city, 2d class, from ROCKBRIDGE. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Buena Vista gained from ROCKBRIDGE. (Buena Vista City Manager, correspondence, January 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

CABELL (W.Va.) created by Virginia from KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1808-1809, ch. 45, sec. 1/pp. 44-46)

Ohio River and its islands, previously unassigned to particular counties, were declared to be part of the adjacent Virginia counties, including CABELL (W.Va.) [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 66)

CABELL (W.Va.) lost to creation of LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1823-1824, ch. 11, sec. 1/pp. 20-21)

CABELL (W.Va.) lost to LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1829-1830, ch. 118, sec. 1/p. 117)

CABELL (W.Va.) lost to creation of WAYNE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 60, sec. 1/pp. 36-38)

CABELL (W.Va.) lost to creation of BOONE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 55, sec. 1/pp. 49-52)

CABELL (W.Va.) lost to creation of PUTNAM (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 34-38)

CABELL (W.Va.) lost to PUTNAM (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 24-25)

CABELL separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

CALHOUN (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GILMER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 108, sec. 1/pp. 90-91)

CALHOUN separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

CAMPBELL created from BEDFORD. (Hening, 10:447-449)

CAMPBELL lost to creation of APPOMATTOX. (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 41, secs. 1, 16/pp. 38-42)

CAMPBELL lost to APPOMATTOX. (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 61, sec. 1/pp. 41-42)

CAMPBELL lost to creation of Lynchburg as an independent city, 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

CAMPBELL lost to the independent city of Lynchburg. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989)

CAMPBELL lost to the independent city of Lynchburg. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [242])

CAMPBELL lost small area to the independent city of Lynchburg. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])

CAMPBELL lost to the independent city of Lynchburg. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989 and August 1992; Bain, Annexation, [246])

CAMPBELL lost to the independent city of Lynchburg. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

CAROLINE created from ESSEX, KING AND QUEEN, and KING WILLIAM. (Winfree, 319-320)

CAROLINE gained from KING AND QUEEN. (Hening, 5:185)

CAROLINE gained from KING AND QUEEN. (Hening, 7:620-621)

CARROLL created from GRAYSON. (Va. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 58, sec. 1/pp. 32-34)

CARROLL gained from PATRICK. (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 114, sec. 1/p. 98)

CARROLL lost to creation of Galax as an independent city, 2d class. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 522)

CARROLL lost small area to the independent city of Galax [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [246])

CARROLL lost to the independent city of Galax. (Galax City Engineer, correspondence, April 1994)

CARROLL lost small area to the independent city of Galax. (Galax City Engineer, correspondence, April 1994)

CARROLL lost to the independent city of Galax. (Galax City Engineer, correspondence, April 1994; U.S. Census Bureau, " Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)

CHARLES CITY created as one of the original eight shires (counties). (Hening, 1:224; Tyler, 197-198)

Southern boundary of CHARLES CITY clarified [no change]. (Winfree, 2-3)

Boundaries of CHARLES CITY clarified [no change]. (Winfree, 8-9)

CHARLES CITY lost to creation of PRINCE GEORGE. (Winfree, 11-12)

[1 January 1720/1721] CHARLES CITY gained from JAMES CITY. (Winfree, 193-194)

CHARLOTTE created from LUNENBURG. (Hening, 8:41-42)

CHARLOTTE lost to LUNENBURG. (Hening, 9:327)

CHARLOTTE lost to creation of APPOMATTOX. (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 41, secs. 1, 16/pp. 38-42)

Charlottesville made an independent city, 2d class, from ALBEMARLE. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Charlottesville gained from ALBEMARLE. Charlottesville's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Dodson, Cities, " Charlottesville" )

Independent city of Charlottesville gained from ALBEMARLE. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Charlottesville gained small area from ALBEMARLE. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Charlottesville gained small area from ALBEMARLE. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

Chesapeake made an independent city, 1st class, from NORFOLK and the independent city of South Norfolk; NORFOLK County and South Norfolk both eliminated. (Va. Acts 1962, ch. 211/pp. 301-316)

Independent city of Chesapeake lost to the independent city of Portsmouth. (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Chesapeake gained small area from the independent city of Virginia Beach. (Virginia Beach Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

CHESTERFIELD created from HENRICO. (Winfree, 446-447)

CHESTERFIELD lost to POWHATAN. (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 28, sec. 1/p. 26)

CHESTERFIELD lost to creation of Manchester (extinct) as an independent city, 2d class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

CHESTERFIELD lost to the independent city of Richmond. (Bain, Annexation, [241]; Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

CHESTERFIELD gained from HENRICO. (Va. Acts 1922, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 22, sec. 1/pp. 26-27)

CHESTERFIELD lost to the independent city of Richmond. (Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243]; " Henrico County v. City of Richmond" in Va. Rpts., 177:768-769)

CHESTERFIELD lost to creation of Colonial Heights as an independent city, 2d class. (Virginia Commission on Local Government, correspondence, February 1990)

CHESTERFIELD lost to the independent city of Colonial Heights. (Colonial Heights Office of the City Planner, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])

CHESTERFIELD lost to the independent city of Colonial Heights. (Colonial Heights Office of the City Planner, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])

CHESTERFIELD lost to the independent city of Richmond. (Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

CLARKE created from FREDERICK. (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 19, sec. 1/pp. 20-22)

Legislature authorized CLARKE to gain small area from WARREN to accommodate local landowner; change did not take effect. (Va. Acts 1859-1860, ch. 286, sec. 1/p. 496)

CLAY (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BRAXTON (W.Va.), NICHOLAS (W.Va.), and a small part of KANAWHA (W.Va.) [KANAWHA not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 158, sec. 1/pp. 111-113; W. Va. Acts 1863, ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 61)

CLAY separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Clifton Forge made an independent city, 2d class, from ALLEGHANY. (Dodson, Cities, " Clifton Forge" )

Independent city of Clifton Forge gained from ALLEGHANY. Clifton Forge reverted to town status on 1 July 2001. (Clifton Forge City Manager's Office, correspondence, April 1994; Bain, Annexation, [247])

Legislature authorized the consolidation of the independent city of Clifton Forge and ALLEGHANY into a new independent city of Alleghany; change did not take effect. (Va. Acts 1991, ch. 401/pp. 600-609)

Colonial Heights made an independent city, 2d class, from CHESTERFIELD. (Virginia Commission on Local Government, correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Colonial Heights gained from CHESTERFIELD. (Colonial Heights Office of the City Planner, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])

Independent city of Colonial Heights gained from CHESTERFIELD. (Colonial Heights Office of the City Planner, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])

Independent city of Colonial Heights' status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Va. Acts 1960, ch. 213/pp. 220-278; Va. Acts 1962, p. 1452)

Covington made an independent city, 2d class, from ALLEGHANY. (Virginia Commission on Local Government, correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Covington gained from ALLEGHANY. (U.S. Census Bureau, " Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)

CRAIG created from BOTETOURT, GILES, MONROE (W.Va.), and ROANOKE. (Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 25, sec. 1/pp. 21-23)

CRAIG gained from MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1852-1853, ch. 152, sec. 1/p. 130)

CRAIG gained from MONTGOMERY. (Va. Acts 1852-1853, ch. 153, secs. 1, 3/pp. 130-131)

CRAIG gained from MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 112, sec. 1/pp. 97-98)

CRAIG gained small area from ALLEGHANY to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 111, sec. 1/p. 97)

CRAIG gained small area from GILES [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 160, sec. 1/p. 114)

CRAIG lost small area to GILES to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1879-1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 194, sec. 1/p. 183)

CULPEPER created from ORANGE. (Winfree, 425-426)

CULPEPER lost to creation of MADISON. (Hening, 13:558-559)

CULPEPER lost to creation of RAPPAHANNOCK. (Robinson, 66, 87; Va. Acts 1832-1833, ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 44-46)

CUMBERLAND created from GOOCHLAND. (Winfree, 426-427)

CUMBERLAND lost to creation of POWHATAN. (Hening, 9:322-325)

CUMBERLAND gained from BUCKINGHAM. (Hening, 9:559)

Danville made an independent city, 1st class, from PITTSYLVANIA. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [244])

Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])

Independent city of Danville gained small area from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [246])

Independent city of Danville gained small area from PITTSYLVANIA [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [246])

Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [247])

Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Danville gained small area from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Danville gained small area from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Danville Dept. of Community Development, correspondence, December 2002; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

DICKENSON created from BUCHANAN, WISE, and a small area of RUSSELL [RUSSELL not mapped]. (Robinson, 48; Va. Acts 1879-1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 140, sec. 1/pp. 125-129)

DINWIDDIE created from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hening, 6:254-256)

DINWIDDIE lost to creation of Petersburg as an independent city, 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

DINWIDDIE lost small area to the independent city of Petersburg. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])

DINWIDDIE lost to the independent city of Petersburg. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

DINWIDDIE lost small area to the independent city of Petersburg. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990)

DINWIDDIE lost to the independent city of Petersburg. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

DODDRIDGE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.), LEWIS (W.Va.), and RITCHIE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 42, sec. 1/pp. 42-45)

DODDRIDGE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

ELIZABETH CITY (extinct) created as one of the original eight shires (counties). (Hening, 1:224; Tyler, 197-198)

ELIZABETH CITY (extinct) lost to creation of NEW NORFOLK (extinct). (Robinson, 62, 85-86)

Boundary between ELIZABETH CITY (extinct) and WARWICK (extinct) redefined [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1881-1882, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 46, sec. 1/p. 43)

ELIZABETH CITY (extinct) lost to creation of Hampton as an independent city, 2d class. (Dodson, Cities, " Hampton" )

ELIZABETH CITY (extinct) lost small area to the independent city of Newport News. (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 12)

ELIZABETH CITY (extinct) lost to the independent city of Newport News. A minor correction was made in this line on 27 February 1927. (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 12-13)

ELIZABETH CITY, along with the independent city of Hampton (2d class), and the town of Phoebus were consolidated to form the independent city of Hampton, 1st class; ELIZABETH CITY County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1952, ext. sess., ch. 9/pp. 21-39)

Emporia made an independent city, 2d class, from GREENSVILLE. (Emporia Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Emporia gained from GREENSVILLE. (Emporia City Manager's Office, correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

ESSEX created from RAPPAHANNOCK (original); original RAPPAHANNOCK County eliminated. (Hening, 3:104-105; Robinson, 49, 66)

ESSEX lost to creation of SPOTSYLVANIA. (Hening, 4:77-79; Robinson, 77; Winfree, 179-185)

ESSEX lost to creation of CAROLINE. (Winfree, 319-320)

FAIRFAX created from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Hening, 5:207-208)

FAIRFAX lost to creation of LOUDOUN. (Hening, 7:148-149)

FAIRFAX lost to a newly proclaimed unnamed federal district (now the District of Columbia); Virginia ceded territory to the United States for the seat of the federal government in 1789. FAIRFAX continued county jurisdiction over the ceded area. (Richardson, 1:102; Van Zandt, 88, 90)

FAIRFAX gained from LOUDOUN. (Shepherd, 2:107-108)

FAIRFAX effectively lost to ALEXANDRIA (D.C.) the jurisdiction over that part of its territory that had been ceded in 1791 for the seat of the federal government, now called the District of Columbia. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 15 [1801]/pp. 103-108; Byron, 1:400-401)

FAIRFAX lost small area to the independent city of Alexandria. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

FAIRFAX lost to the independent city of Alexandria. (Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

FAIRFAX lost to creation of Falls Church as an independent city, 2d class. (Falls Church Public Library, correspondence, March 1990)

FAIRFAX lost to the independent city of Alexandria. (Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])

FAIRFAX lost to creation of Fairfax as an independent city, 2d class. (Fairfax Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)

FAIRFAX lost small area to the independent city of Alexandria. (Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

FAIRFAX exchanged with the independent city of Fairfax. (Fairfax City Clerk's Office, correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

FAIRFAX exchanged with the independent city of Fairfax. (U.S. Census Bureau, " Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)

Fairfax made an independent city, 2d class, from FAIRFAX. (Fairfax Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Fairfax exchanged with FAIRFAX. (Fairfax City Clerk's Office, correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

Independent city of Fairfax exchanged with FAIRFAX. (U.S. Census Bureau, " Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)

Falls Church made an independent city, 2d class, from FAIRFAX. (Falls Church Public Library, correspondence, March 1990)

FAUQUIER created from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Hening, 7:311-312)

FAYETTE (Ky.) created by Virginia from KENTUCKY (extinct). (Hening, 10:315-317)

FAYETTE (Ky.) became part of Kentucky District, a special judicial district created to serve Virginians living west of the Allegheny Mountains. Its extent was described only in terms of the counties it encompassed. This District became the state of Kentucky in 1792. (Hening, 11:85)

FAYETTE (Ky.) lost to creation of BOURBON (Ky.). (Hening, 12:89-91)

FAYETTE (Ky.) lost to creation of WOODFORD (Ky.). (Hening, 12:663-665)

The state of Kentucky was created from Kentucky District of Virginia and admitted to the Union; FAYETTE became a county in Kentucky. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4 [1791]/p. 189)

FAYETTE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GREENBRIER (W.Va.), KANAWHA (W.Va.), LOGAN (W.Va.), and NICHOLAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 70, sec. 1/pp. 134-136)

FAYETTE (W.Va.) exchanged with GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 71, sec. 1/p. 136)

FAYETTE (W.Va.) lost to GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1832-1833, ch. 75, sec. 1/pp. 47-48)

FAYETTE (W.Va.) lost to KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1839, Jan. sess., ch. 51, sec. 1/p. 33)

FAYETTE (W.Va.) lost to creation of RALEIGH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/pp. 19-21)

FAYETTE (W.Va.) gained from KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 25-26)

FAYETTE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

FINCASTLE (extinct) created from BOTETOURT. (Hening, 8:600-601)

Settlers in Carters Valley and the North Holston area of North Carolina (now Tennessee), believing they were located in Virginia, put themselves under the authority of FINCASTLE (extinct), and after 31 December 1776, under WASHINGTON [not mapped]. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 16, 89; Folmsbee, 60-61; Williams, Samuel C., 15-18)

FINCASTLE lost to creation of KENTUCKY (extinct), MONTGOMERY, and WASHINGTON; FINCASTLE County eliminated. (Hening, 9:257-261)

FLOYD created from MONTGOMERY. (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 72, secs. 1, 12/pp. 137-138)

FLOYD gained small area from FRANKLIN [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1872-1873, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 103, sec. 1/p. 85)

FLUVANNA created from ALBEMARLE. (Hening, 9:325-327)

Boundary between FLUVANNA and GOOCHLAND redefined [no change]. (Hening, 12:71)

FRANKLIN created from BEDFORD and HENRY. (Hening, 12:70-71)

FRANKLIN gained from PATRICK. (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 62, secs. 1, 3/p. 42)

FRANKLIN lost small area to FLOYD [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1872-1873, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 103, sec. 1/p. 85)

Franklin made an independent city, 2d class, from SOUTHAMPTON. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 521)

Independent city of Franklin gained from SOUTHAMPTON. (Franklin Office of the City Attorney, correspondence, October 2002; Circuit Court of Southampton County, Book 27, Page 16, 20 December 1985)

Independent city of Franklin gained from SOUTHAMPTON. (Franklin Office of the City Attorney, correspondence, October 2002; Circuit Court of Southampton County, Book 27, Page 19, 20 December 1985)

FREDERICK created from ORANGE; FREDERICK not fully organized, attached to ORANGE. (Hening, 5:78-80; Robinson, 50)

FREDERICK fully organized, detached from ORANGE. (Robinson, 79)

FREDERICK gained from AUGUSTA, lost to creation of HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.). (Hening, 6:376-379)

FREDERICK lost to creation of BERKELEY (W.Va.) and DUNMORE (now SHENANDOAH). (Hening, 8:597-599)

FREDERICK lost to creation of CLARKE. (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 19, sec. 1/pp. 20-22)

FREDERICK lost to creation of WARREN. (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 20, sec. 1/pp. 22-24)

FREDERICK lost to creation of Winchester as an independent city, 2d class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

FREDERICK lost small area to the independent city of Winchester. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Winchester Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

FREDERICK lost to the independent city of Winchester. (Winchester Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [242])

FREDERICK lost to the independent city of Winchester. (Winchester Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

Fredericksburg made an independent city, 2d class, from SPOTSYLVANIA. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Fredericksburg gained small area from SPOTSYLVANIA. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Fredericksburg's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Dodson, Cities, " Fredericksburg" )

Independent city of Fredericksburg gained small area from SPOTSYLVANIA. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])

Independent city of Fredericksburg gained from SPOTSYLVANIA. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])

Independent city of Fredericksburg gained from SPOTSYLVANIA. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

Galax made an independent city, 2d class, from CARROLL and GRAYSON. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 522)

Independent city of Galax gained small area from CARROLL [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [246])

Independent city of Galax gained from CARROLL. (Galax City Engineer, correspondence, April 1994)

Independent city of Galax gained small area from CARROLL. (Galax City Engineer, correspondence, April 1994)

Independent city of Galax gained from CARROLL. (Galax City Engineer, correspondence, April 1994; U.S. Census Bureau, " Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)

GILES created from MONROE (W.Va.), MONTGOMERY, and TAZEWELL. (Shepherd, 3:244-245)

GILES gained from WYTHE. (Shepherd, 3:389)

GILES lost to creation of LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1823-1824, ch. 11, sec. 1/pp. 20-21)

GILES gained from TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1825-1826, ch. 40, sec. 1/p. 39)

GILES gained from MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1826-1827, ch. 51/p. 42)

GILES gained from MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1828-1829, ch. 121, sec. 1/pp. 119-120)

GILES gained small area from TAZEWELL to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 21, sec. 1/p. 24)

GILES lost to creation of MERCER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 53, sec. 1/pp. 31-33)

GILES gained from MERCER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1840-1841, ch. 45, sec. 1/pp. 61-62)

GILES lost to creation of CRAIG. (Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 25, sec. 1/pp. 21-23)

GILES lost small area to CRAIG [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 160, sec. 1/p. 114)

GILES lost to creation of BLAND. (Va. Acts 1861, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 23, sec. 1/pp. 45-49)

GILES gained small area from CRAIG to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1879-1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 194, sec. 1/p. 183)

Boundary between GILES and BLAND redefined [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1899-1900, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 617/pp. 665-666)

GILES lost to BLAND. (Va. Acts 1899-1900, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 617, sec. 1/pp. 665-666)

GILMER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from KANAWHA (W.Va.) and LEWIS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 43, sec. 1/pp. 45-49)

GILMER (W.Va.) lost to creation of CALHOUN (W.Va.); GILMER temporarily divided into two parts. (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 108, sec. 1/pp. 90-91)

GILMER (W.Va.) lost to creation of ROANE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 109, sec. 1/pp. 91-94)

GILMER separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

GLOUCESTER created from YORK. (Hening, 1:371n.; Robinson, 51, 79)

GLOUCESTER lost to creation of MATHEWS. (Hening, 13:162-163)

GOOCHLAND created from HENRICO. (Winfree, 321-322)

Boundary between GOOCHLAND and BRUNSWICK clarified [no change]. (Va. Exec. Jour., 4:216)

GOOCHLAND lost to creation of ALBEMARLE. (Hening, 5:266-269)

GOOCHLAND lost to creation of CUMBERLAND. (Winfree, 426-427)

Boundary between GOOCHLAND and FLUVANNA redefined [no change]. (Hening, 12:71)

GRAYSON created from WYTHE. (Hening, 13:559-561)

GRAYSON gained from WYTHE. (Shepherd, 1:315)

GRAYSON gained from PATRICK. (Va. Acts 1809-1810, ch. 66, sec. 1/p. 58)

GRAYSON lost to WYTHE. (Va. Acts 1824-1825, ch. 66, secs. 1-2/p. 75)

GRAYSON lost to creation of CARROLL. (Va. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 58, sec. 1/pp. 32-34)

GRAYSON lost to creation of Galax as an independent city, 2d class. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 522)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BOTETOURT and MONTGOMERY. (Hening, 9:420-424)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) lost to creation of KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:670-672)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) lost to creation of BATH. (Hening, 13:165-167)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) lost to KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 1:388-389)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) lost to creation of MONROE (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:168-169)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) lost to creation of NICHOLAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1817-1818, ch. 33, sec. 1/pp. 34-35)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) lost to POCAHONTAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1824-1825, ch. 63, sec. 1/pp. 73-74)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) gained from MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1826-1827, ch. 50/p. 41)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) lost to creation of FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 70, sec. 1/pp. 134-136)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) exchanged with FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 71, sec. 1/p. 136)

GREENBRIER (W.Va.) gained from FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1832-1833, ch. 75, sec. 1/pp. 47-48)

GREENBRIER separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

GREENE created from ORANGE. (Va. Acts 1838, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 52-54)

GREENSVILLE created from BRUNSWICK. (Hening, 10:363-364)

GREENSVILLE gained from BRUNSWICK. (Hening, 12:596-597)

GREENSVILLE gained from SUSSEX. (Shepherd, 2:347-348)

GREENSVILLE lost to creation of Emporia as an independent city, 2d class. (Emporia Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)

GREENSVILLE lost to the independent city of Emporia. (Emporia City Manager's Office, correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

HALIFAX created from LUNENBURG. (Hening, 6:252-254)

HALIFAX lost to creation of PITTSYLVANIA. (Hening, 8:205-208)

HALIFAX lost to creation of South Boston as an independent city, 2d class. (South Boston Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)

HALIFAX lost to the independent city of South Boston. (South Boston City Manager's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [248])

HALIFAX gained all of South Boston when South Boston reverted to town status and was eliminated as an independent city. (U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from AUGUSTA and FREDERICK. (Hening, 6:376-379)

HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) gained from West Augusta District, lost to creation of MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 93; Hening, 9:262-274)

HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) gained from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 9:420-424)

HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) lost to creation of HARDY (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:86-88)

HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) gained from HARDY (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:597)

HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) lost to creation of MORGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 34, sec. 1/pp. 27-28)

Boundary between HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) and MORGAN (W.Va.) clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1820-1821, ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 120-121)

HAMPSHIRE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Hampton made an independent city, 2d class, from ELIZABETH CITY (extinct). (Dodson, Cities, " Hampton" )

The independent city of Hampton (2d class), ELIZABETH CITY, and the town of Phoebus were consolidated to form the independent city of Hampton, 1st class; ELIZABETH CITY County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1952, ext. sess., ch. 9/pp. 21-39)

HANCOCK (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BROOKE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 58, sec. 1/pp. 30-34)

HANCOCK separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

HANOVER created from NEW KENT. (Winfree, 198-199)

HANOVER lost to creation of LOUISA. (Hening, 5:208-209)

Boundary between HANOVER and HENRICO redefined [no change]. (Hening, 12:620-621)

HARDY (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:86-88)

HARDY (W.Va.) lost to HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:597)

HARDY (W.Va.) lost to creation of PENDLETON (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:637-638)

HARDY separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

HARRISON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Hening, 11:366-368)

HARRISON (W.Va.) lost to creation of RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:393-395)

HARRISON (W.Va.) lost to creation of WOOD (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:170-171)

HARRISON (W.Va.) gained from MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:203)

HARRISON (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:345-346)

HARRISON (W.Va.) gained from OHIO (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 3:174-175)

HARRISON (W.Va.) lost to creation of LEWIS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1816-1817, ch. 85, sec. 1/pp. 152-153)

HARRISON (W.Va.) lost to creation of MARION (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 34-36)

HARRISON (W.Va.) lost to creation of RITCHIE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 52, sec. 1/pp. 35-37)

HARRISON (W.Va.) lost to creation of BARBOUR (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 53, sec. 1/pp. 37-40)

HARRISON (W.Va.) lost to creation of TAYLOR (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 44, sec. 1/pp. 34-37)

HARRISON (W.Va.) lost to creation of DODDRIDGE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 42, sec. 1/pp. 42-45)

HARRISON separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Harrisonburg made an independent city, 2d class, from ROCKINGHAM. (Harrisonburg Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

Independent city of Harrisonburg gained small area from ROCKINGHAM. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Harrisonburg gained small area from ROCKINGHAM [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Harrisonburg gained small area from ROCKINGHAM. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])

Independent city of Harrisonburg gained from ROCKINGHAM. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [247])

Independent city of Harrisonburg gained small area from ROCKINGHAM [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [248])

Independent city of Harrisonburg gained from ROCKINGHAM. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Map of the City of Harrisonburg, January 1983)

Independent city of Harrisonburg's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Va. Commission on Local Government, correspondence, March 1990)

Independent city of Harrisonburg exchanged small areas with ROCKINGHAM [change too small to map]. (Commission on Local Government, " Municipal Boundary Change Actions in Virginia: 2000," http://www.clg.state.va.us/annexations.2000.pdf, 8 October 2003; City of Harrisonburg, Planning and Community Development Department, email, 12 November 2002)

HENRICO created as one of the original eight shires (counties). (Hening, 1:224; Tyler, 197-198)

HENRICO lost to creation of GOOCHLAND. (Winfree, 321-322)

HENRICO lost to creation of CHESTERFIELD. (Winfree, 446-447)

Boundary between HENRICO and HANOVER redefined [no change]. (Hening, 12:620-621)

HENRICO lost to creation of Richmond as an independent city, 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

HENRICO lost to the independent city of Richmond. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; " Henrico County v. City of Richmond" in Va. Rpts., 106:282-287)

HENRICO lost to the independent city of Richmond. (Bain, Annexation, [241]; Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

HENRICO lost to CHESTERFIELD. (Va. Acts 1922, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 22, sec. 1/pp. 26-27)

HENRICO lost to the independent city of Richmond. (Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243]; " Henrico County v. City of Richmond" in Va. Rpts., 177:768-769)

Boundary between HENRICO and NEW KENT clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1950, ch. 155, sec. 1/pp. 226-227)

HENRY created from PITTSYLVANIA. (Hening, 9:241-242)

HENRY lost to creation of FRANKLIN. (Hening, 12:70-71)

HENRY lost to creation of PATRICK. (Hening, 13:160-162)

HENRY lost to PATRICK. (Hening, 13:290)

HENRY gained from PATRICK. (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 159, sec. 1/pp. 113-114)

HENRY lost to creation of Martinsville as an independent city, 2d class. (Dodson, Cities, " Martinsville" )

HENRY lost small area to the independent city of Martinsville. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])

HENRY lost to the independent city of Martinsville. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [244])

HENRY lost small area to the independent city of Martinsville. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])

HENRY lost to the independent city of Martinsville. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [248])

HIGHLAND created from BATH and PENDLETON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 56, secs. 1, 13/pp. 52-55)

Hopewell made an independent city, 1st class, from PRINCE GEORGE; Hopewell was divided into two parts. (Va. Acts 1916, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 65/pp. 89-102)

Independent city of Hopewell gained from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hopewell Housing and Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])

Independent city of Hopewell gained from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hopewell Housing and Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])

Independent city of Hopewell gained from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hopewell Housing and Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

ILLINOIS (extinct) created by Virginia. Encompassed all territory claimed by Virginia since 1609 east of the Mississippi River and north and west of the Ohio River, including all of present Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. (Hening, 9:552-555, 10:303-304; Robinson, 55)

Commissioners from Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris (ratifications exchanged 12 May 1784), ending the War of the American Revolution, recognizing American independence, and generally defining United States boundaries as including the St. Croix River-Atlantic watershed-45th parallel-St. Lawrence River-Great Lakes-Lake of the Woods line on the north and the Mississippi River on the west. This reopened the possibility of claims by Connecticut and Virginia to territory north and west of the Ohio River where Virginia created ILLINOIS County in 1778. (Parry, 48:481, 491-492; Van Zandt, 12)

Virginia ceded to the United States its 1609 charter claims to territory " northwestward of the river Ohio," thereby setting the north bank of the Ohio River as the northern and northwestern limit for present Kentucky and West Virginia; ILLINOIS County eliminated. (Hening, 11:571-575)

WARROSQUYOAKE (now ISLE OF WIGHT) created as one of the original eight shires (counties). (Hening, 1:224; Tyler, 197-198)

WARROSQUYOAKE renamed ISLE OF WIGHT. (Robinson, 82)

ISLE OF WIGHT boundaries redefined [no change]. (Hening, 1:228, 247; Robinson, 197-198)

Boundary between ISLE OF WIGHT and NANSEMOND (extinct) clarified [no change]. (Robinson, 198)

ISLE OF WIGHT gained from NANSEMOND (extinct). (Hening, 1:423)

Southern boundary of ISLE OF WIGHT clarified [no change]. (Winfree, 2-3)

Boundaries of ISLE OF WIGHT clarified [no change]. (Winfree, 8-9)

ISLE OF WIGHT lost to BRUNSWICK. (Va. Exec. Jour., 4:56)

[1 January 1732/1733] ISLE OF WIGHT lost to BRUNSWICK. (Hening, 4:355-356)

ISLE OF WIGHT lost to creation of SOUTHAMPTON. (Winfree, 432-434)

ISLE OF WIGHT gained from NANSEMOND (extinct). (Hening, 8:405-406)

ISLE OF WIGHT gained from NANSEMOND (extinct). (Hening, 8:602-603)

JACKSON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from KANAWHA (W.Va.), MASON (W.Va.), and WOOD (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 138-140)

JACKSON (W.Va.) lost to creation of WIRT (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 60, sec. 1/pp. 38-41)

JACKSON (W.Va.) gained from WIRT (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1852-1853, ch. 151, sec. 1/p. 130)

JACKSON (W.Va.) lost to creation of ROANE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 109, sec. 1/pp. 91-94)

JACKSON separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

JAMES CITY created as one of the original eight shires (counties). (Hening, 1:224; Tyler, 197-198)

JAMES CITY lost to creation of SURRY. (Hening, 1:373n.; Robinson, 68, 87)

[1 January 1720/1721] JAMES CITY lost to CHARLES CITY. (Winfree, 193-194)

JAMES CITY exchanged with NEW KENT. (Hening, 8:208-210)

Boundary between JAMES CITY and YORK clarified [no change]. (Hening, 8:405-406)

JAMES CITY gained small area from YORK [not mapped]. (Hening 8:419-420)

JAMES CITY gained small area from YORK to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1852, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 31)

JAMES CITY gained remainder of Williamsburg from YORK [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1879-1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 265, sec. 1/pp. 257-258)

JAMES CITY lost to creation of Williamsburg as an independent city, 2d class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

JAMES CITY lost small area to the independent city of Williamsburg. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)

JAMES CITY lost small area to the independent city of Williamsburg. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])

JAMES CITY lost to the independent city of Williamsburg. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

JAMES CITY lost to the independent city of Williamsburg. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [247])

JAMES CITY lost to the independent city of Williamsburg. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

JEFFERSON (Ky.) created by Virginia from KENTUCKY (extinct). (Hening, 10:315-317)

JEFFERSON (Ky.) became part of Kentucky District, a special judicial district created to serve Virginians living west of the Allegheny Mountains. Its extent was described only in terms of the counties it encompassed. This District became the state of Kentucky in 1792. (Hening, 11:85)

JEFFERSON (Ky.) lost to creation of NELSON (Ky.). (Hening, 11:469-470)

The state of Kentucky was created from Kentucky District of Virginia and admitted to the Union; JEFFERSON became a county in Kentucky. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4 [1791]/p. 189)

JEFFERSON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BERKELEY (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:271-272)

JEFFERSON separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (U.S. Rpts., 78:39 [Wallace, vol. 11]; U.S. Stat., vol. 14, res. 12[1866]/p. 350; W. Va. Acts 1863, 1st sess., ch. 90, sec. 1/pp. 103-105)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GREENBRIER (W.Va.) and MONTGOMERY. (Hening, 12:670-672)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) gained from GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 1:388-389)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to WOOD (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:263)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of MASON (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 3:77-78)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of CABELL (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1808-1809, ch. 45, sec. 1/pp. 44-46)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) exchanged with MASON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1816-1817, ch. 89, sec. 1/p. 157)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of NICHOLAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1817-1818, ch. 33, sec. 1/pp. 34-35)

Boundary between KANAWHA (W.Va.) and MASON (W.Va.) clarified [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1823-1824, ch. 75, sec. 1/p. 81)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1823-1824, ch. 11, sec. 1/pp. 20-21)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to NICHOLAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1823-1824, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 80)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1829-1830, ch. 118, sec. 1/p. 117)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 70, sec. 1/pp. 134-136)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of JACKSON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 138-140)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of BRAXTON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 18, sec. 1/pp. 18-20)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) gained from FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1839, Jan. sess., ch. 51, sec. 1/p. 33)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of GILMER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 43, sec. 1/pp. 45-49)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of BOONE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 55, sec. 1/pp. 49-52)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of PUTNAM (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 34-38)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to PUTNAM (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 24-25)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 25-26)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost to creation of ROANE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 109, sec. 1/pp. 91-94)

KANAWHA (W.Va.) lost small area to creation of CLAY (W.Va.) [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 158, sec. 1/pp. 111-113; W. Va. Acts 1863, ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 61)

KANAWHA separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

KENTUCKY (extinct) created by Virginia from FINCASTLE (extinct); KENTUCKY County encompassed all of the present state of Kentucky. (Hening, 9:257-261)

KENTUCKY lost to creation of FAYETTE (Ky.), JEFFERSON (Ky.), and LINCOLN (Ky.); KENTUCKY County eliminated. (Hening, 10:315-317)

KING AND QUEEN created from NEW KENT. (Hening, 3:94-95; Robinson, 57)

KING AND QUEEN lost to creation of KING WILLIAM. (Hening 3:211-212)

KING AND QUEEN lost to creation of SPOTSYLVANIA. (Hening, 4:77-79; Robinson, 77; Winfree, 179-185)

KING AND QUEEN lost to creation of CAROLINE. (Winfree, 319-320)

KING AND QUEEN lost to CAROLINE. (Hening, 5:185)

KING AND QUEEN lost to CAROLINE. (Hening, 7:620-621)

KING GEORGE created from RICHMOND. (Winfree, 197-198)

KING GEORGE lost to creation of PRINCE WILLIAM. (Hening, 4:303)

Boundaries of KING GEORGE with RICHMOND and WESTMORELAND clarified [no discernible change]. (Eaton, 1-2)

KING GEORGE exchanged with STAFFORD. (Hening, 9:244-245)

KING GEORGE exchanged with WESTMORELAND. (Hening, 9:432)

KING WILLIAM created from KING AND QUEEN. (Hening 3:211-212)

KING WILLIAM lost to creation of SPOTSYLVANIA. (Hening, 4:77-79; Robinson, 77; Winfree, 179-185)

KING WILLIAM lost to creation of CAROLINE. (Winfree, 319-320)

LANCASTER created from NORTHUMBERLAND and YORK. (Hening, 1:374; Robinson, 57, 82-83)

LANCASTER lost to creation of RAPPAHANNOCK (original, extinct). (Hening, 1:427; Robinson, 66, 86)

LANCASTER lost to creation of MIDDLESEX. (Robinson, 60, 84)

LEE created from RUSSELL. (Hening, 13:556-557)

Boundary between LEE and RUSSELL clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1812-1813, ch. 86, sec. 1/pp. 110-111)

LEE lost to creation of SCOTT. (Va. Acts 1814-1815, ch. 38, sec. 1/pp. 85-87)

Boundary between LEE and SCOTT clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1814-1815, ch. 39, sec. 1/p. 87)

LEE gained from SCOTT. (Va. Acts 1822-1823, ch. 71, sec. 1/pp. 90-91)

LEE lost to creation of WISE. (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 107, sec. 1/pp. 87-90)

LEWIS (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1816-1817, ch. 85, sec. 1/pp. 152-153)

LEWIS (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1817-1818, ch. 141, sec. 1/p. 184)

LEWIS (W.Va.) lost to creation of BRAXTON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 18, sec. 1/pp. 18-20)

LEWIS (W.Va.) lost to creation of RITCHIE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 52, sec. 1/pp. 35-37)

LEWIS (W.Va.) lost to creation of BARBOUR (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 53, sec. 1/pp. 37-40)

LEWIS (W.Va.) lost to creation of GILMER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 43, sec. 1/pp. 45-49)

LEWIS (W.Va.) lost to creation of DODDRIDGE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 42, sec. 1/pp. 42-45)

LEWIS (W.Va.) lost to creation of UPSHUR (W.Va.). (Robinson, 88; Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 23-25)

LEWIS separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Lexington made an independent city, 2d class, from ROCKBRIDGE. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 526)

LINCOLN (Ky.) created by Virginia from KENTUCKY (extinct). (Hening, 10:315-317)

LINCOLN (Ky.) became part of Kentucky District, a special judicial district created to serve Virginians living west of the Allegheny Mountains. Its extent was described only in terms of the counties it encompassed. This District became the state of Kentucky in 1792. (Hening, 11:85)

LINCOLN (Ky.) lost to creation of MADISON (Ky.) and MERCER (Ky.). (Hening, 12:118-120)

The state of Kentucky was created from Kentucky District of Virginia and admitted to the Union; LINCOLN became a county in Kentucky. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4 [1791]/p. 189)

LOGAN (W.Va.) created by Virginia from CABELL (W.Va.), GILES, KANAWHA (W.Va.), and TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1823-1824, ch. 11, sec. 1/pp. 20-21)

LOGAN (W.Va.) gained from CABELL (W.Va.) and KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1829-1830, ch. 118, sec. 1/p. 117)

LOGAN (W.Va.) lost to creation of FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 70, sec. 1/pp. 134-136)

LOGAN (W.Va.) lost to TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1833-1834, ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 73)

LOGAN (W.Va.) lost to creation of BOONE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 55, sec. 1/pp. 49-52)

LOGAN (W.Va.) lost to creation of WYOMING (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 25, sec. 1/pp. 21-24)

LOGAN separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

LOUDOUN created from FAIRFAX. (Hening, 7:148-149)

LOUDOUN lost to FAIRFAX. (Shepherd, 2:107-108)

Boundary between LOUDOUN and JEFFERSON (W.Va.) clarified [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1993, ch. 141/p. 146; Va. Acts 1998, ch. 123/pp. 213-214; W. Va. Acts 1998, ch. 74/pp. 338-339)

LOUISA created from HANOVER. (Hening, 5:208-209)

LOUISA lost to ALBEMARLE. (Hening, 7:419-423)

LOWER NORFOLK (extinct) created from NEW NORFOLK; NEW NORFOLK County eliminated. (Robinson, 59, 70, 85)

Boundaries between LOWER NORFOLK (extinct) and UPPER NORFOLK (later NANSEMOND, extinct) redefined [no change]. (Hening, 1:228, 247; Robinson, 197-198)

LOWER NORFOLK lost to creation of NORFOLK (extinct) and PRINCESS ANNE (extinct); LOWER NORFOLK County eliminated. (Hening, 3:95-96; Robinson, 63, 65)

LUNENBURG created from BRUNSWICK. (Hening, 5:383-385)

LUNENBURG lost to creation of HALIFAX. (Hening, 6:252-254)

LUNENBURG lost to creation of BEDFORD. (Hening, 6:381-383)

LUNENBURG lost to BEDFORD. (Hening, 6:441-442)

LUNENBURG lost to creation of CHARLOTTE and MECKLENBURG. (Hening, 8:41-42)

LUNENBURG gained from CHARLOTTE. (Hening, 9:327)

Lynchburg made an independent city, 1st class, from CAMPBELL. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Lynchburg gained from CAMPBELL. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Lynchburg gained from CAMPBELL. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [242])

Independent city of Lynchburg gained small area from CAMPBELL. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [244])

Independent city of Lynchburg gained from BEDFORD and CAMPBELL. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989 and August 1992; Bain, Annexation, [246])

Independent city of Lynchburg gained small area from BEDFORD. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [247])

Independent city of Lynchburg gained from BEDFORD and CAMPBELL. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

McDOWELL (W.Va.) created by Virginia from TAZEWELL and WYOMING (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 155, sec. 1/pp. 106-108)

McDOWELL separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

MADISON (Ky.) created by Virginia from LINCOLN (Ky.). (Hening, 12:118-120)

The state of Kentucky was created from Kentucky District of Virginia and admitted to the Union; MADISON became a county in Kentucky. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4 [1791]/p. 189)

MADISON created from CULPEPER. (Hening, 13:558-559)

Manassas made an independent city, 2d class, from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Manassas Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Va. Sec. Rpt., 527)

Independent city of Manassas exchanged with PRINCE WILLIAM. (Manassas Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

Independent city of Manassas gained small area from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Manassas Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

Manassas Park made an independent city, 2d class, from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 528)

Independent city of Manassas Park gained from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Manassas Park Planning Director, correspondence, March 1994; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

Independent city of Manassas Park gained small area from PRINCE WILLIAM [change too small to map]. (Commission on Local Government, "Municipal Boundary Change Actions in Virginia: 2000," http://www.clg.state.va.us/annexations.2000.pdf, 8 October 2003)

Manchester (extinct) made an independent city, 2d class, from CHESTERFIELD. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Manchester was absorbed by the independent city of Richmond; Manchester eliminated. (Bain, Body Incorporate, 117)

MARION (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.) and MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 34-36)

Boundaries of MARION (W.Va.) clarified [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 55, sec. 1/p. 40)

MARION (W.Va.) lost to creation of TAYLOR (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 44, sec. 1/pp. 34-37)

Boundary between MARION (W.Va.) and MONONGALIA (W.Va.) clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 57)

MARION (W.Va.) lost to TAYLOR (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 113, sec. 1/p. 98)

MARION separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

MARSHALL (W.Va.) created by Virginia from OHIO (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1834-1835, ch. 57, secs. 1, 16/pp. 38-40)

MARSHALL separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Martinsville made an independent city, 2d class, from HENRY. (Dodson, Cities, "Martinsville")

Independent city of Martinsville gained small area from HENRY. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Martinsville's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Dodson, Cities, "Martinsville")

Independent city of Martinsville gained from HENRY. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [244])

Independent city of Martinsville gained small area from HENRY. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])

Independent city of Martinsville gained from HENRY. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [248])

MASON (Ky.) created by Virginia from BOURBON (Ky.). (Hening, 12:658-659)

The state of Kentucky was created from Kentucky District of Virginia and admitted to the Union; MASON became a county in Kentucky. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4 [1791]/p. 189)

MASON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 3:77-78)

MASON (W.Va.) exchanged with KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1816-1817, ch. 89, sec. 1/p. 157)

Ohio River and its islands, previously unassigned to particular counties, were declared to be part of the adjacent Virginia counties, including MASON (W.Va.) [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 66)

Boundary between MASON (W.Va.) and KANAWHA (W.Va.) clarified [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1823-1824, ch. 75, sec. 1/p. 81)

MASON (W.Va.) lost to creation of JACKSON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 138-140)

MASON (W.Va.) lost to creation of PUTNAM (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 34-38)

MASON separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

MATHEWS created from GLOUCESTER. (Hening, 13:162-163)

MECKLENBURG created from LUNENBURG. (Hening, 8:41-42)

MERCER (Ky.) created by Virginia from LINCOLN (Ky.). (Hening, 12:118-120)

The state of Kentucky was created from Kentucky District of Virginia and admitted to the Union; MERCER became a county in Kentucky. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4 [1791]/p. 189)

MERCER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GILES and TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 53, sec. 1/pp. 31-33)

MERCER (W.Va.) lost to GILES. (Va. Acts 1840-1841, ch. 45, sec. 1/pp. 61-62)

Boundaries of MERCER (W.Va.) clarified [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 57-58)

MERCER separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

MIDDLESEX created from LANCASTER. (Robinson, 60, 84)

MONONGALIA (W.Va.) created by Virginia from West Augusta District and HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.); MONONGALIA overlapped territory claimed by Pennsylvania. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 93; Hening, 9:262-274)

MONONGALIA (W.Va.) gained from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 10:114)

MONONGALIA (W.Va.) gained from AUGUSTA, lost to WESTMORELAND (Pa.) when Pennsylvania regained effective jurisdiction of the Pittsburgh region from Virginia. (Hening, 10:351; Crumrine, Boundary Controversy, 521-523; Van Zandt, 83)

MONONGALIA (W.Va.) lost to creation of HARRISON (W.Va.). (Hening, 11:366-368)

MONONGALIA (W.Va.) lost to HARRISON (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:203)

MONONGALIA (W.Va.) lost to creation of PRESTON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1817-1818, ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 32-34)

MONONGALIA (W.Va.) lost to PRESTON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1840-1841, ch. 44, sec. 1/p. 61)

MONONGALIA (W.Va.) lost to creation of MARION (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 34-36)

Boundary between MONONGALIA (W.Va.) and MARION (W.Va.) clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 57)

MONONGALIA separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

MONROE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:168-169)

MONROE (W.Va.) gained from BOTETOURT and MONTGOMERY. (Shepherd, 2:345-346)

MONROE (W.Va.) lost to creation of GILES. (Shepherd, 3:244-245)

MONROE (W.Va.) gained small area from BOTETOURT and lost to creation of ALLEGHANY. (Va. Acts 1821-1822, ch. 28, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

MONROE (W.Va.) lost to GILES and GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1826-1827, chs. 50-51/pp. 41-42)

MONROE (W.Va.) lost to GILES. (Va. Acts 1828-1829, ch. 121, sec. 1/pp. 119-120)

MONROE (W.Va.) lost to ALLEGHANY [change too small to map]. (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 56, sec. 1/pp. 40-41)

MONROE (W.Va.) lost to creation of CRAIG. (Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 25, sec. 1/pp. 21-23)

MONROE (W.Va.) lost to CRAIG. (Va. Acts 1852-1853, ch. 152, sec. 1/p. 130)

MONROE (W.Va.) lost to CRAIG. (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 112, sec. 1/pp. 97-98)

MONROE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

MONTGOMERY created from FINCASTLE (extinct). (Hening, 9:257-261)

MONTGOMERY exchanged with WASHINGTON. (Hening, 9:330-331)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Hening, 9:420-424)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:670-672)

MONTGOMERY gained from BOTETOURT, lost to creation of WYTHE. (Hening, 13:76-78)

MONTGOMERY exchanged with BOTETOURT. (Shepherd, 1:406)

MONTGOMERY exchanged with BOTETOURT. (Shepherd, 2:64)

MONTGOMERY lost to MONROE (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:345-346)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of GILES. (Shepherd, 3:244-245)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of FLOYD. (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 72, secs. 1, 12/pp. 137-138)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of PULASKI. (Va. Acts 1839, Jan. sess., ch. 50, sec. 1/pp. 30-33)

Boundary between MONTGOMERY and PULASKI clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 35-36)

MONTGOMERY gained from PULASKI. (Va. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 62, sec. 1/pp. 39-40)

MONTGOMERY lost to ROANOKE. (Va. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 63, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

MONTGOMERY lost to CRAIG. (Va. Acts 1852-1853, ch. 153, secs. 1, 3/pp. 130-131)

MONTGOMERY lost to creation of Radford as an independent city, 2d class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

MONTGOMERY lost to the independent city of Radford. (Bain, Annexation, [248]; Radford Zoning Dept., correspondence, March 1994)

MONTGOMERY lost to the independent city of Radford. (Radford Zoning Dept., correspondence, March 1994)

MONTGOMERY lost to the independent city of Radford. (Radford City Cartographer, correspondence, December 2002)

MORGAN (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BERKELEY (W.Va.) and HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 34, sec. 1/pp. 27-28)

Boundary between MORGAN (W.Va.) and HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1820-1821, ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 120-121)

MORGAN separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

UPPER NORFOLK (later NANSEMOND, extinct) created from NEW NORFOLK; NEW NORFOLK County eliminated. (Robinson, 59, 70, 85)

UPPER NORFOLK (later NANSEMOND, extinct) boundaries redefined [no change]. (Hening, 1:228, 247; Robinson, 197-198)

UPPER NORFOLK renamed NANSEMOND (extinct). (Hening, 1:321 [323]; Robinson, 85, 198)

Boundary between NANSEMOND (extinct) and ISLE OF WIGHT clarified [no change]. (Robinson, 198)

NANSEMOND (extinct) lost to ISLE OF WIGHT. (Hening, 1:423)

Boundaries of NANSEMOND (extinct) clarified [no change]. (Winfree, 8-9)

NANSEMOND (extinct) lost to ISLE OF WIGHT. (Hening, 8:405-406)

NANSEMOND (extinct) lost to ISLE OF WIGHT. (Hening, 8:602-603)

NANSEMOND (extinct) lost to SOUTHAMPTON. (Hening, 12:69)

NANSEMOND (extinct) lost to creation of Suffolk as an independent city, 2d class. (Dodson, Cities, "Suffolk")

NANSEMOND (extinct) lost small area to the independent city of Suffolk [not mapped]. (Bain, Annexation, [241])

NANSEMOND (extinct) lost small area to the independent city of Suffolk [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [242])

NANSEMOND (extinct) lost small area to the independent city of Suffolk [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [243])

NANSEMOND and the towns of Holland and Whaleyville were consolidated to create the new independent city, 1st class, of Nansemond (extinct); NANSEMOND County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1973, ch. 31/pp. 61-74)

Nansemond (extinct) made an independent city, 1st class, from NANSEMOND and the towns of Holland and Whaleyville; NANSEMOND County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1973, ch. 31/pp. 61-74)

Independent cities of Nansemond and Suffolk were consolidated to form the independent city of Suffolk, 1st class; Nansemond eliminated. (Va. Acts 1973, ch. 367/pp. 516-533)

NELSON (Ky.) created by Virginia from JEFFERSON (Ky.). (Hening, 11:469-470)

The state of Kentucky was created from Kentucky District of Virginia and admitted to the Union; NELSON became a county in Kentucky. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4 [1791]/p. 189)

NELSON created from AMHERST. (Shepherd, 3:378-379)

NEW KENT created from YORK. (Hening, 1:387n., 388; Robinson, 62)

NEW KENT lost to creation of KING AND QUEEN. (Hening, 3:94-95; Robinson, 57)

NEW KENT lost to creation of HANOVER. (Winfree, 198-199)

NEW KENT exchanged with JAMES CITY. (Hening, 8:208-210)

Boundary between NEW KENT and HENRICO clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1950, ch. 155, sec. 1/pp. 226-227)

NEW NORFOLK (extinct) created from ELIZABETH CITY (extinct). (Robinson, 62, 85-86)

NEW NORFOLK lost to creation of LOWER NORFOLK (extinct) and UPPER NORFOLK (later NANSEMOND, extinct); NEW NORFOLK County eliminated. (Robinson, 59, 70, 85)

Newport News made an independent city, 1st class, from WARWICK (extinct). (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Newport News gained from WARWICK (extinct). (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 12; " Warwick County v. Newport News" in Va. Rpts., 120:182)

Independent city of Newport News gained small areas from ELIZABETH CITY (extinct) and WARWICK (extinct). (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 12)

Independent city of Newport News gained from WARWICK (extinct). (Brown, Alexander C., 12)

Independent city of Newport News gained from ELIZABETH CITY (extinct). A minor correction was made in this line on 27 February 1927. (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 12-13)

Independent city of Newport News gained from WARWICK (extinct). (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 13)

Independent cities of Newport News and Warwick were consolidated to form the independent city of Newport News, 1st class; Warwick eliminated. (Va. Acts 1958, ch. 141/pp. 147-190)

NICHOLAS (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GREENBRIER (W.Va.), KANAWHA (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1817-1818, ch. 33, sec. 1/pp. 34-35)

NICHOLAS (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 114, sec. 1/p. 91)

NICHOLAS (W.Va.) gained from KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1823-1824, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 80)

NICHOLAS (W.Va.) lost to creation of FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 70, sec. 1/pp. 134-136)

NICHOLAS (W.Va.) lost to creation of BRAXTON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 18, sec. 1/pp. 18-20)

NICHOLAS (W.Va.) lost to creation of CLAY (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 158, sec. 1/pp. 111-113; W. Va. Acts 1863, ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 61)

NICHOLAS (W.Va.) lost to creation of WEBSTER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1859-1860, ch. 47, sec. 1/pp. 151-157)

NICHOLAS (W.Va.) lost to WEBSTER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1861, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/p. 50)

NICHOLAS separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

NORFOLK (extinct) created from LOWER NORFOLK; LOWER NORFOLK County eliminated. (Hening, 3:95-96; Robinson, 63, 65)

NORFOLK (extinct) lost to creation of Norfolk as an independent city, 1st class, and of Portsmouth as an independent city, 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

NORFOLK (extinct) lost small area to the independent city of Norfolk. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

NORFOLK (extinct) lost to the independent city of Portsmouth. (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [240])

NORFOLK (extinct) lost to the independent city of Norfolk. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

NORFOLK (extinct) lost to the independent city of Portsmouth. (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [241])

NORFOLK (extinct) lost to creation of South Norfolk (extinct) as an independent city, 2d class. (Dodson, Cities, "South Norfolk;" Chesapeake Public Library, correspondence, September 2003)

NORFOLK (extinct) lost to the independent city of Norfolk. (Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [242])

NORFOLK (extinct) lost to the independent city of Portsmouth. (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [244])

NORFOLK (extinct) lost to the independent city of South Norfolk (extinct). (Bain, Annexation, [245])

NORFOLK (extinct) lost to the independent city of Norfolk. (Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])

NORFOLK (extinct) lost to the independent city of Portsmouth. (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [247])

NORFOLK and the independent city of South Norfolk were consolidated to create the new independent city of Chesapeake, 1st class; NORFOLK County and South Norfolk eliminated. (Va. Acts 1962, ch. 211/pp. 301-316)

Norfolk made an independent city, 1st class, from NORFOLK (extinct). (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Norfolk gained small area from NORFOLK (extinct). (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Norfolk gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Norfolk gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [242])

Independent city of Norfolk gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])

Independent city of Norfolk gained from PRINCESS ANNE (extinct). (Bain, Annexation, [246]; Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; " City of Norfolk v. County of Princess Anne" in Va. Rpts., 200:105-106)

Independent city of Norfolk gained small area from the independent city of Virginia Beach. (Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

ACCOMACK (original, now NORTHAMPTON) created as one of the original eight shires (counties). (Hening, 1:224; Tyler, 197-198)

ACCOMACK (original) renamed NORTHAMPTON. (Hening, 1:249)

NORTHAMPTON lost to creation of ACCOMACK. (Robinson, 42, 73)

NORTHUMBERLAND created from YORK. (Hening, 1:294n., 352, 362; Robinson, 63, 86)

NORTHUMBERLAND boundaries clarified [no change]. (Hening, 1:362)

NORTHUMBERLAND lost to creation of LANCASTER. (Hening, 1:374; Robinson, 57, 82-83)

NORTHUMBERLAND lost to creation of WESTMORELAND. (Hening, 1:381; Robinson, 71)

Norton made an independent city, 2d class, from WISE. (Virginia Commission on Local Government, correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Norton gained from WISE. (Norton City Manager, correspondence, April 1994; Bain, Annexation, [247])

Independent city of Norton gained from WISE. (Norton City Manager, correspondence, April 1994; Norton City Charter, ch. 1)

NOTTOWAY created from AMELIA. (Hening, 12:723-724)

OHIO (W.Va.) created by Virginia from West Augusta District; overlapped territory claimed by Pennsylvania. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 93; Hening, 9:262-274)

OHIO (W.Va.) lost to WESTMORELAND (Pa.) when Pennsylvania regained effective jurisdiction of the Pittsburgh region from Virginia. (Crumrine, Boundary Controversy, 521-523; Van Zandt, 83)

OHIO (W.Va.) gained all of YOHOGANIA; YOHOGANIA County eliminated. (Hening, 12:114)

OHIO (W.Va.) lost to creation of BROOKE (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:54-55)

OHIO (W.Va.) lost to HARRISON (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 3:174-175)

OHIO (W.Va.) lost to creation of TYLER (W.Va.). (Robinson, 88; Va. Acts 1814-1815, ch. 40, sec. 1/pp. 87-89)

Ohio River and its islands, previously unassigned to particular counties, were declared to be part of the adjacent Virginia counties, including OHIO (W.Va.) [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 66)

OHIO (W.Va.) lost to creation of MARSHALL (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1834-1835, ch. 57, secs. 1, 16/pp. 38-40)

OHIO separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

[1 January 1734/1735] ORANGE created from SPOTSYLVANIA; ORANGE extended westward to "the utmost limits of Virginia," including all of present Kentucky and West Virginia. (Hening, 4:450-451)

ORANGE lost to creation of AUGUSTA and FREDERICK; AUGUSTA and FREDERICK not fully organized, attached to ORANGE. (Hening, 5:78-80; Robinson, 43, 50)

FREDERICK fully organized, detached from ORANGE. (Robinson, 79)

AUGUSTA fully organized, detached from ORANGE. (Robinson, 74)

ORANGE lost to creation of CULPEPER. (Winfree, 425-426)

ORANGE lost to creation of GREENE. (Va. Acts 1838, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 52-54)

PAGE created from ROCKINGHAM and SHENANDOAH. (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 74, sec. 1/pp. 140-142)

PATRICK created from HENRY. (Hening, 13:160-162)

PATRICK gained from HENRY. (Hening, 13:290)

PATRICK lost to GRAYSON. (Va. Acts 1809-1810, ch. 66, sec. 1/p. 58)

PATRICK lost to FRANKLIN. (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 62, secs. 1, 3/p. 42)

PATRICK lost to CARROLL. (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 114, sec. 1/p. 98)

PATRICK lost to HENRY. (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 159, sec. 1/pp. 113-114)

PENDLETON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from AUGUSTA, HARDY (W.Va.), and ROCKINGHAM. (Hening, 12:637-638)

PENDLETON (W.Va.) gained from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 13:165-167)

PENDLETON (W.Va.) gained from BATH. (Shepherd, 2:53)

PENDLETON (W.Va.) lost to creation of POCAHONTAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1821-1822, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 27-28)

PENDLETON (W.Va.) lost to creation of HIGHLAND. (Va. Acts 1846-1847, ch. 56, secs. 1, 13/pp. 52-55)

PENDLETON separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Petersburg made an independent city, 1st class, from DINWIDDIE and PRINCE GEORGE. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Petersburg gained small areas from DINWIDDIE and PRINCE GEORGE. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])

Independent city of Petersburg gained from DINWIDDIE. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Petersburg gained from PRINCE GEORGE. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [244])

Independent city of Petersburg gained small areas from DINWIDDIE and PRINCE GEORGE. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [246])

Independent city of Petersburg gained from DINWIDDIE and PRINCE GEORGE. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

PITTSYLVANIA created from HALIFAX. (Hening, 8:205-208)

PITTSYLVANIA lost to creation of HENRY. (Hening, 9:241-242)

PITTSYLVANIA lost to creation of Danville as an independent city, 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

PITTSYLVANIA lost to the independent city of Danville. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)

PITTSYLVANIA lost to the independent city of Danville. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

PITTSYLVANIA lost to the independent city of Danville. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [244])

PITTSYLVANIA lost to the independent city of Danville. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])

PITTSYLVANIA lost small area to the independent city of Danville. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [246])

PITTSYLVANIA lost small area to the independent city of Danville [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [246])

PITTSYLVANIA lost to the independent city of Danville. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [247])

PITTSYLVANIA lost to the independent city of Danville. (Danville Planning Division., correspondence, February 1990)

PITTSYLVANIA lost small area to the independent city of Danville. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)

PITTSYLVANIA lost to the independent city of Danville. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Danville Dept. of Community Development, correspondence, December 2002; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

PLEASANTS (W.Va.) created by Virginia from TYLER (W.Va.) and WOOD (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 25-26)

PLEASANTS separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

POCAHONTAS (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BATH, PENDLETON (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1821-1822, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 27-28)

POCAHONTAS (W.Va.) gained from GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1824-1825, ch. 63, sec. 1/pp. 73-74)

POCAHONTAS separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Poquoson made an independent city, 2d class, from YORK. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 533)

Portsmouth made an independent city, 1st class, from NORFOLK (extinct). (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Portsmouth gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [240])

Independent city of Portsmouth gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [241])

Independent city of Portsmouth gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [244])

Independent city of Portsmouth gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [247])

Independent city of Portsmouth gained from the independent city of Chesapeake. (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

POWHATAN created from CUMBERLAND. (Hening, 9:322-325)

POWHATAN gained from CHESTERFIELD. (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 28, sec. 1/p. 26)

PRESTON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1817-1818, ch. 32, sec. 1/pp. 32-34)

PRESTON (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1827-1828, ch. 82, sec. 1/pp. 53-54)

PRESTON (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1838, ch. 62, sec. 1/pp. 57-58)

PRESTON (W.Va.) gained from MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1840-1841, ch. 44, sec. 1/p. 61)

PRESTON separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

PRINCE EDWARD created from AMELIA. (Hening, 6:379-380)

PRINCE EDWARD lost to creation of APPOMATTOX. (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 41, secs. 1, 16/pp. 38-42)

PRINCE GEORGE created from CHARLES CITY. (Winfree, 11-12)

PRINCE GEORGE lost to creation of BRUNSWICK; BRUNSWICK not fully organized, attached to PRINCE GEORGE. (Hening, 4:77-79; Robinson, 46, 75-77; Winfree, 179-185)

[1 January 1732/1733] BRUNSWICK fully organized, detached from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hening, 4:355-356)

PRINCE GEORGE lost to creation of AMELIA. (Hening, 4:467-468)

PRINCE GEORGE lost to creation of DINWIDDIE. (Hening, 6:254-256)

PRINCE GEORGE lost to creation of Petersburg as an independent city, 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

PRINCE GEORGE lost to creation of Hopewell as an independent city, 1st class. (Va. Acts 1916, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 65/pp. 89-102)

PRINCE GEORGE lost small area to the independent city of Petersburg. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])

PRINCE GEORGE lost to the independent city of Hopewell. (Hopewell Housing and Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])

PRINCE GEORGE lost to the independent city of Petersburg. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [244])

PRINCE GEORGE lost to the independent city of Hopewell. (Hopewell Housing and Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])

PRINCE GEORGE lost small area to the independent city of Petersburg. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [246])

PRINCE GEORGE lost to the independent city of Hopewell. (Hopewell Housing and Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

PRINCE GEORGE lost to the independent city of Petersburg. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

PRINCE WILLIAM created from KING GEORGE and STAFFORD. (Hening, 4:303)

PRINCE WILLIAM lost to creation of FAIRFAX. (Hening, 5:207-208)

PRINCE WILLIAM lost to creation of FAUQUIER. (Hening, 7:311-312)

PRINCE WILLIAM lost to creation of Manassas as an independent city, 2d class. (Manassas Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Va. Sec. Rpt., 527)

PRINCE WILLIAM lost to creation of Manassas Park as an independent city, 2d class. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 528)

PRINCE WILLIAM exchanged with the independent city of Manassas. (Manassas Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

PRINCE WILLIAM lost small area to the independent city of Manassas. (Manassas Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

PRINCE WILLIAM lost to the independent city of Manassas Park. (Manassas Park Planning Director, correspondence, March 1994; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

PRINCE WILLIAM lost small area to the independent city of Manassas Park [change too small to map]. (Commission on Local Government, " Municipal Boundary Change Actions in Virginia: 2000," http://www.clg.state.va.us/annexations.2000.pdf, 8 October 2003)

PRINCESS ANNE (extinct) created from LOWER NORFOLK; LOWER NORFOLK County eliminated. (Hening, 3:95-96; Robinson, 65)

PRINCESS ANNE (extinct) lost to creation of Virginia Beach as an independent city, 2d class. (Va. Acts 1952, ext. sess., ch. 33/pp. 42-48)

PRINCESS ANNE (extinct) lost to the independent city of Norfolk. (Bain, Annexation, [246]; Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; "City of Norfolk v. County of Princess Anne" in Va. Rpts., 200:105-106)

PRINCESS ANNE and the independent city of Virginia Beach, 2d class, were consolidated to form the independent city of Virginia Beach, 1st class; PRINCESS ANNE County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1962, ch. 147/pp. 204-216)

PULASKI created from MONTGOMERY and WYTHE. (Va. Acts 1839, Jan. sess., ch. 50, sec. 1/pp. 30-33)

Boundary between PULASKI and MONTGOMERY clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 35-36)

PULASKI lost to MONTGOMERY. (Va. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 62, sec. 1/pp. 39-40)

PULASKI gained small area from WYTHE to accommodate local landowner [location unknown, not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1861-1862, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 91, sec. 1/pp. 106-107)

PUTNAM (W.Va.) created by Virginia from CABELL (W.Va.), KANAWHA (W.Va.), and MASON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 34-38)

PUTNAM (W.Va.) gained from CABELL (W.Va.) and KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 24-25)

PUTNAM separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Radford made an independent city, 2d class, from MONTGOMERY. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Radford gained from MONTGOMERY. (Bain, Annexation, [248]; Radford Zoning Dept., correspondence, March 1994)

Independent city of Radford's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Va. Acts 1968, ch. 209/pp. 288-311; Va. Acts 1972, p. 1664)

Independent city of Radford gained from MONTGOMERY. (Radford Zoning Dept., correspondence, March 1994)

Independent city of Radford gained from MONTGOMERY. (Radford City Cartographer, correspondence, December 2002)

RALEIGH (W.Va.) created by Virginia from FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/pp. 19-21)

RALEIGH separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:393-395)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to HARRISON (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:345-346)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to creation of NICHOLAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1817-1818, ch. 33, sec. 1/pp. 34-35)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to LEWIS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1817-1818, ch. 141, sec. 1/p. 184)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to NICHOLAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 114, sec. 1/p. 91)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to creation of POCAHONTAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1821-1822, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 27-28)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to PRESTON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1827-1828, ch. 82, sec. 1/pp. 53-54)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to creation of BRAXTON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 18, sec. 1/pp. 18-20)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to PRESTON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1838, ch. 62, sec. 1/pp. 57-58)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to creation of BARBOUR (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 53, sec. 1/pp. 37-40)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to BRAXTON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 30)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to creation of UPSHUR (W.Va.). (Robinson, 88; Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 23-25)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to creation of TUCKER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 110, sec. 1/pp. 95-97)

RANDOLPH (W.Va.) lost to creation of WEBSTER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1859-1860, ch. 47, sec. 1/pp. 151-157)

RANDOLPH separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

RAPPAHANNOCK (original, extinct) created from LANCASTER. (Hening, 1:427; Robinson, 66, 86)

RAPPAHANNOCK (original) lost to creation of ESSEX and RICHMOND; original RAPPAHANNOCK County eliminated. (Hening, 3:104-105; Robinson, 49, 66)

RAPPAHANNOCK created from CULPEPER. (Robinson, 66, 87; Va. Acts 1832-1833, ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 44-46)

RICHMOND created from RAPPAHANNOCK (original); original RAPPAHANNOCK County eliminated. (Hening, 3:104-105; Robinson, 49, 66)

RICHMOND lost to creation of KING GEORGE. (Winfree, 197-198)

Boundaries of RICHMOND with WESTMORELAND and KING GEORGE clarified [no discernible change]. (Eaton, 1-2)

Richmond made an independent city, 1st class, from HENRICO. (Bain, Body Incorporate, 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Richmond gained from HENRICO. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; "Henrico County v. City of Richmond" in Va. Rpts., 106:282-287)

Independent city of Richmond absorbed the independent city of Manchester; Manchester eliminated. (Bain, Body Incorporate, 117)

Independent city of Richmond gained from CHESTERFIELD and HENRICO. (Bain, Annexation, [241]; Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

Independent city of Richmond gained from CHESTERFIELD and HENRICO. (Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243]; " Henrico County v. City of Richmond" in Va. Rpts., 177:768-769)

Independent city of Richmond gained from CHESTERFIELD. (Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

RITCHIE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.), LEWIS (W.Va.), and WOOD (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 52, sec. 1/pp. 35-37)

RITCHIE (W.Va.) lost to creation of DODDRIDGE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1844-1845, ch. 42, sec. 1/pp. 42-45)

RITCHIE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

ROANE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GILMER (W.Va.), JACKSON (W.Va.), and KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 109, sec. 1/pp. 91-94)

ROANE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

ROAKOKE created from BOTETOURT. (Va. Acts 1838, ch. 60, secs. 1, 15/pp. 54-57)

ROANOKE gained from MONTGOMERY. (Va. Acts 1848-1849, ch. 63, sec. 1/pp. 28-30)

ROANOKE lost to creation of CRAIG. (Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 25, sec. 1/pp. 21-23)

ROANOKE lost to creation of Roanoke as an independent city, 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

ROANOKE lost to the independent city of Roanoke. (Bain, Annexation, [241]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

ROANOKE lost to the independent city of Roanoke. (Bain, Annexation, [242]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

ROANOKE lost to the independent city of Roanoke. (Bain, Annexation, [244]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

ROANOKE lost to the independent city of Roanoke. (Bain, Annexation, [245]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

ROANOKE lost small area to the independent city of Roanoke. (Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

ROANOKE lost to creation of Salem as an independent city, 2d class, and lost small area to the independent city of Roanoke. (Middleton, 2-12; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

ROANOKE lost to the independent city of Roanoke. (Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

ROANOKE lost to the independent city of Salem. (Salem City Engineer, correspondence, March 1994)

Roanoke made an independent city, 1st class, from ROANOKE. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Bain, Annexation, [241]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Bain, Annexation, [242]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Bain, Annexation, [244]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Bain, Annexation, [245]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Roanoke gained small area from ROANOKE. (Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)

ROCKBRIDGE created from AUGUSTA and BOTETOURT. (Hening, 9:420-424)

ROCKBRIDGE lost to BOTETOURT. (Hening, 12:74)

ROCKBRIDGE gained from BOTETOURT. (Va. Acts 1887-1888, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 488, secs. 1, 5/pp. 556-557)

ROCKBRIDGE lost to creation of Buena Vista as an independent city, 2d class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

ROCKBRIDGE lost to creation of Lexington as an independent city, 2d class. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 526)

ROCKBRIDGE lost to the independent city of Buena Vista. (Buena Vista City Manager, correspondence, January 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

ROCKINGHAM created from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 9:420-424)

ROCKINGHAM lost to creation of PENDLETON (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:637-638)

ROCKINGHAM lost to creation of PAGE. (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 74, sec. 1/pp. 140-142)

ROCKINGHAM lost to creation of Harrisonburg as an independent city, 2d class. (Harrisonburg Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

ROCKINGHAM lost small area to the independent city of Harrisonburg. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

ROCKINGHAM lost small area to the independent city of Harrisonburg [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [243])

ROCKINGHAM lost small area to the independent city of Harrisonburg. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])

ROCKINGHAM lost to the independent city of Harrisonburg. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [247])

ROCKINGHAM lost small area to the independent city of Harrisonburg [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [248])

ROCKINGHAM lost to the independent city of Harrisonburg. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Map of the City of Harrisonburg, January 1983)

ROCKINGHAM exchanged small areas with the independent city of Harrisonburg [change too small to map]. (Commission on Local Government, "Municipal Boundary Change Actions in Virginia: 2000," http://www.clg.state.va.us/annexations.2000.pdf, 8 October 2003; City of Harrisonburg, Planning and Community Development Department, email, 12 November 2002)

RUSSELL created from WASHINGTON. (Hening, 12:110-111)

RUSSELL lost to creation of LEE. (Hening, 13:556-557)

RUSSELL lost to creation of TAZEWELL. (Shepherd, 2:217-218)

RUSSELL lost to TAZEWELL. (Shepherd, 3:310)

Boundary between RUSSELL and LEE clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1812-1813, ch. 86, sec. 1/pp. 110-111)

RUSSELL lost to creation of SCOTT. (Va. Acts 1814-1815, ch. 38, sec. 1/pp. 85-87)

RUSSELL exchanged with TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1834-1835, ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 40)

RUSSELL lost to creation of WISE. (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 107, sec. 1/pp. 87-90)

RUSSELL lost to creation of BUCHANAN. (Robinson, 77; Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 156, sec. 1/pp. 108-110)

RUSSELL lost small area to creation of DICKENSON [not mapped]. (Robinson, 48; Va. Acts 1879-1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 140, sec. 1/pp. 125-129)

Salem made an independent city, 2d class, from ROANOKE. (Middleton, 2-12)

Independent city of Salem's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Middleton, 2-12)

Independent city of Salem gained from ROANOKE. (Salem City Engineer, correspondence, March 1994)

SCOTT created from LEE, RUSSELL, and WASHINGTON. (Va. Acts 1814-1815, ch. 38, sec. 1/pp. 85-87)

Boundary between SCOTT and LEE clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1814-1815, ch. 39, sec. 1/p. 87)

SCOTT lost to LEE. (Va. Acts 1822-1823, ch. 71, sec. 1/pp. 90-91)

SCOTT lost to creation of WISE. (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 107, sec. 1/pp. 87-90)

DUNMORE (now SHENANDOAH) created from FREDERICK. (Hening, 8:597-599)

DUNMORE renamed SHENANDOAH. (Hening, 9:420-424)

SHENANDOAH lost to creation of PAGE. (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 74, sec. 1/pp. 140-142)

SHENANDOAH lost to creation of WARREN. (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 20, sec. 1/pp. 22-24)

SMYTH created from WASHINGTON and WYTHE. (Va. Acts 1831-1832, ch. 67, sec. 1/pp. 47-49)

South Boston made an independent city, 2d class, from HALIFAX. (South Boston Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of South Boston gained from HALIFAX. (South Boston City Manager's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [248])

Independent city of South Boston lost to HALIFAX when South Boston reverted to town status and was eliminated as an independent city. (U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

South Norfolk (extinct) made an independent city, 2d class, from NORFOLK (extinct). (Dodson, Cities, "South Norfolk;" Chesapeake Public Library, correspondence, September 2003)

Independent city of South Norfolk (extinct) gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Bain, Annexation, [245])

Status of South Norfolk (extinct) changed from 2d class to 1st class. (City of Chesapeake Circuit Court, correspondence, April 1990; Va. Acts 1952, reg. sess., ch. 215/pp. 236-258)

The independent city of South Norfolk and NORFOLK were consolidated to create the new independent city of Chesapeake, 1st class; South Norfolk and NORFOLK County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1962, ch. 211/pp. 301-316)

SOUTHAMPTON created from ISLE OF WIGHT. (Winfree, 432-434)

SOUTHAMPTON gained from NANSEMOND (extinct). (Hening, 12:69)

SOUTHAMPTON lost to creation of Franklin as an independent city, 2d class. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 521)

SOUTHAMPTON lost to the independent city of Franklin. (Franklin Office of the City Attorney, correspondence, October 2002; Circuit Court of Southampton County, Book 27, Page 16, 20 December 1985)

SOUTHAMPTON lost to the independent city of Franklin. (Franklin Office of the City Attorney, correspondence, October 2002; Circuit Court of Southampton County, Book 27, Page 19, 20 December 1985)

SPOTSYLVANIA created from ESSEX, KING AND QUEEN, and KING WILLIAM. (Hening, 4:77-79; Robinson, 77; Winfree, 179-185)

[1 January 1734/1735] SPOTSYLVANIA lost to creation of ORANGE. (Hening, 4:450-451)

SPOTSYLVANIA lost to creation of Fredericksburg as an independent city, 2d class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

SPOTSYLVANIA lost small area to the independent city of Fredericksburg. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])

SPOTSYLVANIA lost small area to the independent city of Fredericksburg. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])

SPOTSYLVANIA lost to the independent city of Fredericksburg. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])

SPOTSYLVANIA lost to the independent city of Fredericksburg. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

STAFFORD created from WESTMORELAND. (Robinson, 68, 87; Warner, 21)

STAFFORD lost to creation of PRINCE WILLIAM. (Hening, 4:303)

STAFFORD exchanged with KING GEORGE. (Hening, 9:244-245)

Staunton made an independent city, 2d class, from AUGUSTA. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Staunton gained from AUGUSTA. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Staunton's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Dodson, Cities, "Staunton")

Independent city of Staunton gained small area from AUGUSTA. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Staunton gained from AUGUSTA. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [244])

Independent city of Staunton gained small area from AUGUSTA. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])

Independent city of Staunton gained small area from AUGUSTA. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

Suffolk made an independent city, 2d class, from NANSEMOND (extinct). (Dodson, Cities, "Suffolk")

Independent city of Suffolk gained small area from NANSEMOND (extinct) [not mapped]. (Bain, Annexation, [241])

Independent city of Suffolk gained small area from NANSEMOND (extinct) [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [242])

Independent city of Suffolk gained small area from NANSEMOND (extinct) [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Suffolk's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Dodson, Cities, "Suffolk")

Independent cities of Suffolk and Nansemond were consolidated to form the independent city of Suffolk, 1st class; Nansemond eliminated. (Va. Acts 1973, ch. 367/pp. 516-533)

SURRY created from JAMES CITY. (Hening, 1:373n.; Robinson, 68, 87)

Southern boundary of SURRY clarified [no change]. (Winfree, 2-3)

Boundaries of SURRY clarified [no change]. (Winfree, 8-9)

SURRY lost to BRUNSWICK. (Va. Exec. Jour., 4:56)

[1 January 1732/1733] SURRY lost to BRUNSWICK. (Hening, 4:355-356)

SURRY lost to creation of SUSSEX. (Hening, 6:384-385)

SUSSEX created from SURRY. (Hening, 6:384-385)

SUSSEX lost to GREENSVILLE. (Shepherd, 2:347-348)

TAYLOR (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BARBOUR (W.Va.), HARRISON (W.Va.), and MARION (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 44, sec. 1/pp. 34-37)

TAYLOR (W.Va.) gained from MARION (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 113, sec. 1/p. 98)

TAYLOR separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

TAZEWELL created from RUSSELL and WYTHE. (Shepherd, 2:217-218)

TAZEWELL lost to creation of GILES. (Shepherd, 3:244-245)

TAZEWELL gained from RUSSELL. (Shepherd, 3:310)

TAZEWELL lost to creation of LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1823-1824, ch. 11, sec. 1/pp. 20-21)

TAZEWELL gained from WASHINGTON and WYTHE. (Va. Acts 1825-1826, ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 40)

TAZEWELL lost to GILES. (Va. Acts 1825-1826, ch. 40, sec. 1/p. 39)

TAZEWELL gained from LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1833-1834, ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 73)

TAZEWELL exchanged with RUSSELL. (Va. Acts 1834-1835, ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 40)

TAZEWELL lost small area to GILES to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 21, sec. 1/p. 24)

TAZEWELL lost to creation of MERCER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1836-1837, ch. 53, sec. 1/pp. 31-33)

TAZEWELL lost to creation of BUCHANAN. (Robinson, 77; Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 156, sec. 1/pp. 108-110)

TAZEWELL lost to creation of McDOWELL (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 155, sec. 1/pp. 106-108)

TAZEWELL lost to creation of BLAND. (Va. Acts 1861, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 23, sec. 1/pp. 45-49)

TUCKER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 110, sec. 1/pp. 95-97)

TUCKER separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

TYLER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from OHIO (W.Va.). (Robinson, 88; Va. Acts 1814-1815, ch. 40, sec. 1/pp. 87-89)

Ohio River and its islands, previously unassigned to particular counties, were declared to be part of the adjacent Virginia counties, including TYLER (W.Va.) [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 66)

TYLER (W.Va.) lost to creation of WETZEL (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 65, sec. 1/pp. 51-54)

TYLER (W.Va.) lost to creation of PLEASANTS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 25-26)

TYLER separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

UPSHUR (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BARBOUR (W.Va.), LEWIS (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Robinson, 88; Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 23-25)

UPSHUR separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Virginia Beach made an independent city, 2d class, from PRINCESS ANNE (extinct). (Va. Acts 1952, ext. sess., ch. 33/pp. 42-48)

Independent city of Virginia Beach, 2d class, and PRINCESS ANNE were consolidated to form the independent city of Virginia Beach, 1st class; PRINCESS ANNE County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1962, ch. 147/pp. 204-216)

Independent city of Virginia Beach lost small area to the independent city of Chesapeake. (Virginia Beach Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)

Independent city of Virginia Beach lost small area to the independent city of Norfolk. (Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

WARREN created from FREDERICK and SHENANDOAH. (Va. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 20, sec. 1/pp. 22-24)

Legislature authorized CLARKE to gain small area from WARREN to accommodate local landowner; change did not take effect [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1859-1860, ch. 286, sec. 1/p. 496)

WARWICK RIVER (later WARWICK, extinct) created as one of the original eight shires (counties). (Hening, 1:224; Tyler, 197-198)

WARWICK RIVER renamed WARWICK (extinct). (Hening, 1:249)

Boundary between WARWICK (extinct) and ELIZABETH CITY (extinct) redefined [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1881-1882, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 46, sec. 1/p. 43)

WARWICK (extinct) lost to creation of Newport News as an independent city, 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

WARWICK (extinct) lost to the independent city of Newport News. (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 12; "Warwick County v. Newport News" in Va. Rpts., 120:182)

WARWICK (extinct) lost small area to the independent city of Newport News. (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 12)

WARWICK (extinct) lost to the independent city of Newport News. (Brown, Alexander C., 12)

WARWICK (extinct) lost to the independent city of Newport News. (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 13)

WARWICK lost all territory to creation of Warwick (extinct) as an independent city, 1st class; WARWICK County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1952, reg. sess., ch. 706/pp. 1151-1167)

Warwick (extinct) made an independent city, 1st class, from WARWICK; WARWICK County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1952, reg. sess., ch. 706/pp. 1151-1167)

Independent cities of Warwick and Newport News were consolidated to form the independent city of Newport News, 1st class; Warwick eliminated. (Va. Acts 1958, ch. 141/pp. 147-190)

WASHINGTON created from FINCASTLE (extinct). Settlers in Carters Valley and the North Holston area of present Tennessee believed they were located in Virginia and put themselves under the authority of WASHINGTON when FINCASTLE was eliminated on this date. (Hening, 9:257-261)

WASHINGTON exchanged with MONTGOMERY. (Hening, 9:330-331)

North Carolina took control of the Carters Valley and North Holston settlements in Tennessee, ending efforts by settlers to place themselves under WASHINGTON. Precise location of the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina remained in dispute. (N.C. State Recs., 24:ch. 29/pp. 300-301)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of RUSSELL. (Hening, 12:110-111)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of SCOTT. (Va. Acts 1814-1815, ch. 38, sec. 1/pp. 85-87)

WASHINGTON lost to TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1825-1826, ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 40)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of SMYTH. (Va. Acts 1831-1832, ch. 67, sec. 1/pp. 47-49)

WASHINGTON gained from SULLIVAN (Tenn.) when the Tennessee-Virginia line through the town of Bristol was adjusted [not mapped]. (Van Zandt, 110)

WASHINGTON lost to creation of Bristol as an independent city, 2d class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

WASHINGTON lost to the independent city of Bristol. (Bristol Community Development and Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Dodson, Cities, "Bristol")

WASHINGTON lost to the independent city of Bristol. (Bristol Community Development and Planning Dept., email, February 2003)

WAYNE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from CABELL (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1841-1842, ch. 60, sec. 1/pp. 36-38)

WAYNE separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Waynesboro made an independent city, 2d class, from AUGUSTA. (Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Body Incorporate, 63-64)

Independent city of Waynesboro's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate", 63-64; Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Waynesboro gained from AUGUSTA. (Augusta County Law Order Book, vol. 33: 357-361; Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])

Independent city of Waynesboro gained from AUGUSTA. (Augusta County Law Order Book, vol. 34: 170-176; Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])

Independent city of Waynesboro gained from AUGUSTA. (Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present,"http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

Independent city of Waynesboro gained from AUGUSTA. (U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present,"http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

WEBSTER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BRAXTON (W.Va.), NICHOLAS (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1859-1860, ch. 47, sec. 1/pp. 151-157)

WEBSTER (W.Va.) gained from NICHOLAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1861, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/p. 50)

WEBSTER separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

West Augusta District (extinct) created by Virginia from AUGUSTA to provide jurisdiction over the Pittsburgh region in present Pennsylvania. Boundaries were not specified at the time (described in detail in 1776 when the District was replaced by three new counties) but were obviously meant to cover the area around the head of the Ohio River that Virginia claimed was within its 1609 charter limits and west of Pennsylvania's western limit. This extension of Virginia's jurisdiction conflicted with Pennsylvania, which in February 1773 had created WESTMORELAND County for the region. At this time, Pennsylvania had actual control of the territory. (Abernethy, 94)

West Augusta District lost to creation of MONONGALIA (W.Va.), OHIO (W.Va.), and YOHOGANIA (extinct); West Augusta District eliminated. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 93; Hening, 9:262-274)

WESTMORELAND created from NORTHUMBERLAND. (Hening, 1:381; Robinson, 71)

WESTMORELAND lost to creation of STAFFORD. (Robinson, 68, 87; Warner, 21)

Boundaries of WESTMORELAND with RICHMOND and KING GEORGE clarified [no discernible change]. (Eaton, 1-2)

WESTMORELAND exchanged with KING GEORGE. (Hening, 9:432)

WETZEL (W.Va.) created by Virginia from TYLER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 65, sec. 1/pp. 51-54)

WETZEL separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

Williamsburg made an independent city, 2d class, from JAMES CITY. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Williamsburg gained small areas from JAMES CITY and YORK. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)

Independent city of Williamsburg gained small areas from JAMES CITY and YORK. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])

Independent city of Williamsburg gained from JAMES CITY and YORK. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

Independent city of Williamsburg gained from JAMES CITY and YORK. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [247])

Independent city of Williamsburg gained from JAMES CITY. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, " Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970-Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)

Winchester made an independent city, 2d class, from FREDERICK. (Bain, "Body Incorporate,"18-21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)

Independent city of Winchester gained small area from FREDERICK. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Winchester Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

Independent city of Winchester gained from FREDERICK. (Winchester Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [242])

Independent city of Winchester's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Dodson, Cities, "Winchester")

Independent city of Winchester gained from FREDERICK. (Winchester Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)

WIRT (W.Va.) created by Virginia from JACKSON (W.Va.) and WOOD (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 60, sec. 1/pp. 38-41)

WIRT (W.Va.) lost to JACKSON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1852-1853, ch. 151, sec. 1/p. 130)

WIRT separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

WISE created from LEE, RUSSELL, and SCOTT. (Va. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 107, sec. 1/pp. 87-90)

WISE lost to creation of DICKENSON. (Robinson, 48; Va. Acts 1879-1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 140, sec. 1/pp. 125-129)

WISE lost to creation of Norton as an independent city, 2d class. (Virginia Commission on Local Government, correspondence, February 1990)

WISE lost to the independent city of Norton. (Norton City Manager, correspondence, April 1994; Bain, Annexation, [247])

WISE lost to the independent city of Norton. (Norton City Manager, correspondence, April 1994; Norton City Charter, ch. 1)

WOOD (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:170-171)

WOOD (W.Va.) gained from KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:263)

Ohio River and its islands, previously unassigned to particular counties, were declared to be part of the adjacent Virginia counties, including WOOD (W.Va.) [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1819-1820, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 66)

WOOD (W.Va.) lost to creation of JACKSON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830-1831, ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 138-140)

WOOD (W.Va.) lost to creation of RITCHIE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1842-1843, ch. 52, sec. 1/pp. 35-37)

WOOD (W.Va.) lost to creation of WIRT (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847-1848, ch. 60, sec. 1/pp. 38-41)

WOOD (W.Va.) lost to creation of PLEASANTS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1850-1851, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 25-26)

WOOD separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

WOODFORD (Ky.) created by Virginia from FAYETTE (Ky.). (Hening, 12:663-665)

The state of Kentucky was created from Kentucky District of Virginia and admitted to the Union; WOODFORD became a county in Kentucky. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4 [1791]/p. 189)

WYOMING (W.Va.) created by Virginia from LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849-1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 25, sec. 1/pp. 21-24)

WYOMING (W.Va.) lost to creation of McDOWELL (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1857-1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 155, sec. 1/pp. 106-108)

WYOMING separated from Virginia and became a county in the state of West Virginia. (Swindler, 10:363)

WYTHE created from MONTGOMERY. (Hening, 13:76-78)

WYTHE lost to creation of GRAYSON. (Hening, 13:559-561)

WYTHE lost to GRAYSON. (Shepherd, 1:315)

WYTHE lost to creation of TAZEWELL. (Shepherd, 2:217-218)

WYTHE lost to GILES. (Shepherd, 3:389)

WYTHE gained from GRAYSON. (Va. Acts 1824-1825, ch. 66, secs. 1-2/p. 75)

WYTHE lost to TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1825-1826, ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 40)

WYTHE lost to creation of SMYTH. (Va. Acts 1831-1832, ch. 67, sec. 1/pp. 47-49)

WYTHE lost to creation of PULASKI. (Va. Acts 1839, Jan. sess., ch. 50, sec. 1/pp. 30-33)

WYTHE lost to creation of BLAND. (Va. Acts 1861, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 23, sec. 1/pp. 45-49)

WYTHE lost small area to PULASKI to accommodate local landowner [location unknown, not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1861-1862, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 91, sec. 1/pp. 106-107)

YOHOGANIA (extinct) created by Virginia from West Augusta District; YOHOGANIA overlapped territory claimed by Pennsylvania. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 93; Hening, 9:262-274)

YOHOGANIA (extinct) lost to WESTMORELAND (Pa.) when Pennsylvania regained effective jurisdiction of the Pittsburgh region from Virginia. (Crumrine, Boundary Controversy, 521-523; Van Zandt, 83)

YOHOGANIA lost all territory to OHIO (W.Va.); YOHOGANIA County eliminated. (Hening, 12:114)

CHARLES RIVER (now YORK) created as one of the original eight shires (counties). (Hening, 1:224; Tyler, 197-198)

CHARLES RIVER renamed YORK. (Hening, 1:249)

YORK lost to creation of NORTHUMBERLAND. (Hening, 1:294n., 352, 362; Robinson, 63, 86)

YORK lost to creation of GLOUCESTER and LANCASTER. (Hening, 1:371n., 374; Robinson, 51, 57, 79, 82-83)

YORK lost to creation of NEW KENT. (Hening, 1:387n., 388; Robinson, 62)

Boundary between YORK and JAMES CITY clarified [no change]. (Hening, 8:405-406)

YORK lost small area to JAMES CITY [not mapped]. (Hening 8:419-420)

YORK lost small area to JAMES CITY to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1852, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 31)

YORK lost remainder of Williamsburg to JAMES CITY [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1879-1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 265, sec. 1/pp. 257-258)

YORK lost small area to the independent city of Williamsburg. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)

YORK lost small area to the independent city of Williamsburg. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])

YORK lost to the independent city of Williamsburg. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])

YORK lost to the independent city of Williamsburg. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [247])

Virginia: Individual County and Independent City Chronologies