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Two other current counties in the state re-used the names of older lost counties. These newer counties (one name earlier lost to Kentucky, the other on the following list) are respectively, Madison and Rappahannock. Both the newer counties of that name are located in Virginia's Piedmont region. The extinct counties of Virginia (alphabetically) are:
Virginia's independent cities were classified by the Virginia General Assembly in 1871 as cities of the first class and cities of the second class. [3] The Virginia Constitution of 1902 defined first class cities as those having a population of 10,000 or more based upon the last census enumeration while second class cities were those that had a ...
Charles River Shire (and York County) were the antecedents of dozens of counties and cities in Virginia and West Virginia due to the way the original boundaries were defined. It is one of the five original shires of Virginia considered extant in the original form almost 400 years later, making it one of the oldest counties in the United States.
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]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
This image is a derivative work of the following images: Virginia counties and independent cities map.gif licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0-migrated-with-disclaimers, GFDL-en 2006-10-16T20:34:33Z JosN 1009x491 (71702 Bytes) Map of Virginia counties and independant cities. Map of Virginia highlighting Floyd County.svg licensed with PD-self
Map of all counties and independent cities in Virginia. Derived from Image:Map of Virginia highlighting Richmond County.svg, but with highlighting removed and all internal ids for counties changed to include "_County" to avoid conflicts with cities with the same name. Date: 21 April 2007 (original upload date) Source: No machine-readable source ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Caroline County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]