County	Date Formed	Parent County	County Seat
Accomack	1663	Northampton	Accomac
Albemarle	1744	Goochland, Louisa	Charlottesville
City of Alexandria	.	-	Independent City
Alleghany	1822	Bath, Botetourt, Monroe (West Virginia)	Covington
Amelia	1734	Brunswick, Prince George	Amelia
Amherst	1761	Albemarle	Amherst
Appomattox	1845	Buckingham, Prince Edward, Charlotte, Campbell	Appomattox
Arlington	1801	DC, Fairfax (Alexandria Co. until 1920)	Arlington
Augusta	1738	Orange	Staunton
Bath	1790	Augusta, Botetourt & Greenbrier (now West Virginia)	Warm Springs
Bedford	1753	Albemarle, Lunenburg	Bedford
Bland	1861	Giles, Tazewell, Wythe	Bland
Botetourt	1769	Augusta	Fincastle
Brunswick	1720	Prince George, Isle of Wight, Surry	Lawrenceville
Buchanan	1858	Tazewell, Russell	Grundy
Buckingham	1761	Albemarle	Buckingham
Campbell	1781	Bedford	Rustburg
Caroline	1728	Essex, King and Queen, King William	Bowling Green
Carroll	1842	Grayson	Hillsville
Charles City	1634	-	Charles City
Charlotte	1764	Lunenburg	Charlotte
Chesterfield	1749	Henrico	Chesterfield Courthouse
Clarke	1836	Frederick	Berryville
Craig	1851	Botetourt, Montgomery, Roanoke, Giles, Monroe, Allegheny	New Castle
Culpeper	1748	Orange	Culpeper
Cumberland	1749	Goochland	Cumberland
Dickenson	1880	Buchanan, Russell, Wise	Clintwood
Dinwiddie	1752	Prince George	Dinwiddie
Elizabeth City	1634	-	Hampton
Essex	1692	-	Tappahannock
Fairfax	1742	Prince William	City of Fairfax
Fauquier	1759	Prince William	Warrenton
Floyd	1831	Montgomery	Floyd
Fluvanna	1777	Albemarle	Palmyra
Franklin	1785	Bedford, Henry, Patrick	Rocky Mount
Frederick	1738	Orange, Augusta	Winchester
Fredericksburg (City)	1721	Essex, King William, King and Queen	Independent City
Giles	1806	Montgomery, Tazewell, Wythe, and Monroe (now West Virginia)	Pearisburg
Gloucester	1651	York	Gloucester
Goochland	1727	Henrico	Goochland
Grayson	1793	Wythe	Independence
Greene	1838	Orange	Stanardsville
Greensville	1780	Brunswick, Sussex	Emporia
Halifax	1752	Lunenburg	Halifax
Hanover	1720	New Kent	Hanover
Henrico	1634	-	Richmond
Henry	1777	Pittsylvania	Martinsville
Highland	1847	Bath (VA), Pendleton (now West Virginia)	Monterey
Isle of Wight	1634	Warrosquyoake County (1634-1637)	Isle of Wight
James City	1634	See New Kent County	Williamsburg
King and Queen	1691	New Kent	King and Queen
King George	1721	Richmond, Westmoreland	King George
King William	1702	King and Queen	King William
Lancaster	1651	York, Northumberland	Lancaster
Lee	1793	Russell	Jonesville
Loudoun	1757	Fairfax	Leesburg
Louisa	1742	Hanover	Louisa
Lunenburg	1746	Brunswick	Lunenburg Courthouse
Madison	1793	Culpeper	Madison
Martinsville (City)	1873	Henry	Independent City
Mathews	1791	Gloucester	Mathews
Mecklenburg	1765	Lunenburg	Boydton
Middlesex	1673	Lancaster	Saluda
Montgomery	1777	Fincastle (extinct, formed from Botetourt)	Christiansburg
Nansemond	.	-	Now City of Suffolk
Nelson	1808	Amherst	Lovingston
New Kent	1654	York, James City	New Kent
Norfolk	1691	Lower Norfolk County Now City of Chesapeake	Originally Portsmouth
Northampton	1634	Original name, Accawmack	Eastville
Northumberland	1645	Chickacoan District	Heathsville
Nottoway	1789	Amelia	Nottaway
Orange	1734	Spotsylvania	Orange
Page	1831	Rockingham, Shenandoah	Luray
Patrick	1790	Henry	Stuart
City of Petersburg	1850	Dinwiddie, Pr. George, Chesterfield	Independent City
Pittsylvania	1766	Halifax	Chatham
City of Poquoson	1952	York	Independent City
Powhatan	1777	Cumberland, Chesterfield	Powhatan
Prince Edward	1753	Amelia	Farmville
Prince George	1703	Charles City	Prince George
Prince William	1730	King George, Stafford	Manassas
Princess Anne	1691	now City of Virginia Beach	-
Pulaski	1839	Montgomery, Wythe	Pulaski
Rappahannock	1833	Culpeper	Washington
Richmond City	1782	Henrico	Independent City
Richmond	1692	old Rappahannock	Warsaw
Roanoke	1838	Botetourt	Salem
Roanoke (City)	1874	Roanoke	Independent City
Rockbridge	1778	Augusta, Botetourt	Lexington
Rockingham	1778	Augusta	Harrisonburg
Russell	1786	Washington	Lebanon
Salem (City)	1836	Roanoke	Independent City
Scott	1814	Lee, Russell, Washington	Gate City
Shenandoah	1772	(called Dunmore until 1778), Frederick	Woodstock
Smyth	1832	Washington, Wythe	Marion
Southampton	1749	Isle of Wight, Nansemond	Courtland
Spotsylvania	1721	Essex, King William, King and Queen	Spotsylvania
Stafford	1664	Westmoreland	Stafford
Surry	1652	James City	Surry
Sussex	1753	Surry	Sussex
Tazewell	1800	Russell, Wythe, Washington	Tazewell
Warren	1836	Frederick, Shenandoah	Front Royal
Warwick	1634	now City of Newport News	Independent City
Washington	1777	Abolishment of Fincastle	Abingdon
Westmoreland	1653	Northumberland	Montross
Wise	1856	Lee, Russell, Scott	Wise
Wythe	1790	Montgomery	Wytheville
York	1634	Renamed from Charles River in 1643	Yorktown