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EXTINCT COUNTIES WHOSE AREA IS NOW IN VIRGINIA

       

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Warwick River  1634  Original Shire. Became Warwick in 1642. 
Warrosquyoake  1634  Original Shire. Became Isle of Wight in
1637. 
Charles River  1634  Original Shire. Became York in 1642. 
Accawmack  1634  Original Shire. Became Northampton in
1642. 
New Norfolk  1636  Divided into Upper Norfolk and Lower
Norfolk in 1637. 
Lower Norfolk  1637  Became Norfolk in 1691. 
Upper Norfolk  1637  Became Nansemond in 1642. 
Rappahannock  1656  Divided into Essex and Richmond Counties
in 1692. 
Fincastle  1772  Divided into Montgomery and Washington
in 1777. 
Dunmore  1772  Became Shenandoah County in 1778. 
Alexandria  1846  Became Arlington County in 1920.