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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 ...
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]
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.
1903 Map depicting Princess Anne County (1691–1963) and other "lost counties" of Virginia. County of Princess Anne is a former county in the British Colony of Virginia and the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, first incorporated in 1691. The county was merged into the city of Virginia Beach [1] on January 1, 1963, ceasing to exist.
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]
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Lower Norfolk County is a long-extinct county which was organized in colonial Virginia, operating from 1637 until 1691. New Norfolk County was formed in 1636 from Elizabeth City Shire , one of the eight original shires (or counties ) formed in 1634 in the colony of Virginia by direction of the King of England.