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  2. File:A Map of the Western parts of the Colony of Virginia ...

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    English: Map of Western Virginia, centered on the Ohio and the Patomak Rivers, showing western settlements in Virignia. The map was among the first American maps to appear in the London Magazine. Map is based on the map of the Western part of Virginia from The Journal Of George Washington, Sent By The Hon. Robert Dinwiddie ...

  3. Colony of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    The Colony of Virginia was a British colonial settlement in North America from 1606 to 1776.. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years.

  4. Charles River Shire - Wikipedia

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    Map of the shires of Virginia, 1634. Charles River Shire was one of eight shires of Virginia created in the Virginia Colony in 1634. [1]During the 17th century, shortly after establishment of Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, English settlers explored and began settling the areas adjacent to Hampton Roads.

  5. Northern Neck Proprietary - Wikipedia

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    A map from 1736 map of the Northern Neck Proprietary. The Northern Neck Proprietary – also called the Northern Neck land grant, Fairfax Proprietary, or Fairfax Grant – was a land grant first contrived by the exiled English King Charles II in 1649 and encompassing all the lands bounded by the Potomac and Rappahannock Rivers in colonial Virginia.

  6. James City Shire - Wikipedia

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    Map of the shires of Virginia, 1634. James City Shire was formed in the British colony of Virginia in 1634.. During the 17th century, shortly after establishment of Jamestown in 1607, English settlers explored and began settling the areas adjacent to Hampton Roads.

  7. Accomac Shire - Wikipedia

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    Map of the shires of Virginia, 1634. Accomac Shire was established in the Colony of Virginia by the House of Burgesses in 1634 under the direction of King Charles I. It was one of the original eight shires of Virginia. The shire's name comes from the Native American word "Accawmack".

  8. Shires of Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Map of the eight Shires of Virginia Colony. The eight Shires of Virginia were formed in 1634 in the Virginia Colony.These shires were based on a form of local government used in England at the time, and were redesignated as counties a few years later. [1]

  9. List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia ...

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    An 1864 county map of Virginia and West Virginia following their separation. Much as counties were subdivided as the population grew to maintain a government of a size and location both convenient and of citizens with common interests (at least to some degree), as Virginia grew, the portions that remained after the subdivision of Kentucky in ...