
| Virginia County Formation years | ||||||||||||||
| 1617 | 1634 | 1636 | 1637 | 1643 | 1645 | 1651 | 1652 | 1653 | 1654 | 1656 | 1661 | 1664 | 1669 | 1691 |
| 1692 | 1701 | 1702 | 1703 | 1720 | 1721 | 1728 | 1730 | 1731 | 1732 | 1734 | 1735 | 1738 | 1742 | 1743 |
| 1744 | 1745 | 1746 | 1749 | 1752 | 1753 | 1754 | 1757 | 1759 | 1761 | 1764 | 1765 | 1766 | 1767 | 1769 |
| 1770 | 1772 | 1776 | 1777 | 1778 | 1779 | 1780 | 1781 | 1782 | 1784 | 1785 | 1786 | 1787 | 1788 | 1789 |
| 1790 | 1791 | 1792 | 1793 | 1796 | 1797 | 1798 | 1799 | 1800 | 1801 | 1804 | 1806 | 1807 | 1808 | 1809 |
| 1814 | 1816 | 1818 | 1820 | 1821 | 1822 | 1824 | 1831 | 1832 | 1833 | 1835 | 1836 | 1837 | 1838 | 1839 |
| 1842 | 1843 | 1844 | 1845 | 1846 | 1847 | 1848 | 1850 | 1851 | 1856 | 1858 | 1860 | 1861 | 1863 | 1866 |
| 1867 | 1871 | 1880 | 1882 | 1887 | 1895 | 1900 | 1906 | 1908 | 1910 | 1916 | 1920 | 1921 | 1928 | 1948 |
| 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1958 | 1960 | 1961 | 1963 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1972 | 1974 | 1975 | 1995 | |
| Virginia Census Year with Modern Map overlayed: | ||||||||||||||
| 1790 | 1800 | 1810 | 1820 | 1830 | 1840 | 1850 | 1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 |
| Virginia Map Abbreviations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed Aco - Accomack Alb - Albemarle All - Alleghany Ame - Amelia Amh - Amherst Ap - Appomattox Ar - Arlington Au - Augusta Bar - Barbour (WV) Bat - Bath Bcn - Buchanan Bed - Bedford Ber - Berkeley (WV) Bkm - Buckingham Bl - Bland Boo - Boone (WV) Bot - Botetourt Bra - Braxton (WV) Brn - Brunswick Bro - Brooke (WV) Cab - Cabell (WV) Cal - Calhoun (WV) Cam - Campbell CC - Charles City Che - Chesterfield Clk - Clarke Clt - Charlotte Cly - Clay (WV) Cr - Craig |
Crl - Carroll Crn - Caroline Cul - Culpeper Cum - Cumberland Dic - Dickenson Din - Dinwiddie Do - Doddridge (WV) EC - Elizabeth City Es - Essex Fai - Fairfax Fau - Fauquier Fay - Fayette (WV) Flo - Floyd Flu - Fluvanna Fra - Franklin Fre - Frederick Gl - Gloucester Gls - Giles Gmr - Gilmer (WV) Go - Goochland Gra - Grant (WV) Gra - Grayson Grb - Greenbrier (WV) Grn - Greene Gvl - Greensville Hal - Halifax Ham - Hampshire (WV) Hck - Hancock (WV) Hco - Henrico Hdy - Hardy (WV) Hi - Highland Hry - Henry Hsn - Harrison (WV) Hvr - Hanover IW - Isle of Wight Jac - Jackson (WV) JC - James City |
Je - Jefferson (WV) Ka - Kanawha (WV) KG - King George KQ - King and Queen KW - King William La - Lancaster Ldn - Loudoun Lee - Lee Lew - Lewis (WV) Li - Lincoln (WV) Log - Logan (WV) Lsa - Louisa Lu - Lunenburg Mad - Madison Mas - Mason (WV) Mat - Mathews Mc - McDowell (WV) Mec - Mecklenburg Mer - Mercer (WV) Mgl - Monongalia (WV) Mid - Middlesex Mnl - Mineral (WV) Mno - Mingo (WV) Mon - Montgomery Mor - Morgan (WV) Mrn - Marion (WV) Mro - Monroe (WV) Msl - Marshall (WV) Na - Nansemond Nel - Nelson Nfk - Norfolk Nhn - Northampton Ni - Nicholas (WV) NK - New Kent Not - Nottoway Nud - Northumberland Oh - Ohio (WV) |
Or - Orange PA - Princess Anne Pag - Page Pat - Patrick Pe - Pendleton (WV) PE - Prince Edward PG - Prince George Pi - Pittsylvania Pl - Pleasants (WV) Poc - Pocahontas (WV) Pow - Powhatan Pr - Preston (WV) Pul - Pulaski Put - Putnam (WV) PW - Prince William Ral - Raleigh (WV) Ran - Randolph (WV) Rap - Rappahannock Rbr - Rockbridge Rhm - Rockingham Ric - Richmond Rit - Ritchie (WV) Rne - Roane (WV) Rnk - Roanoke Ru - Russell Sc - Scott Sh - Shenandoah Sm - Smyth So - Southampton Sp - Spotsylvania St - Stafford Su - Summers (WV) Sur - Surry Sus - Sussex Tay - Taylor (WV) Taz - Tazewell Tu - Tucker (WV) |
Ty - Tyler (WV) Up - Upshur (WV) Was - Washington Way - Wayne (WV) Web - Webster (WV) Wes - Westmoreland Wet - Wetzel (WV) Wir - Wirt (WV) Wis - Wise Wod - Wood (WV) Wrn - Warren Wwk - Warwick Wy - Wythe Wyo - Wyoming (WV) Yor - York [Independent - cities: [Alexandria [Bristol [Buena Vista [Charlottesville [Clifton Forge [Danville [Fredericksburg [Hampton [Harrisonburg [Hopewell [Lynchburg [Newport News [Norfolk [Petersburg [Portsmouth [Radford [Richmond [Roanoke [Staunton [Suffolk [Williamsburg [Winchester |
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Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Virginia Maps