| Charles City |
1634 |
Original Shire. |
| Elizabeth City |
1634 |
Original Shire. |
| Henrico |
1634 |
Original Shire. |
| James City |
1634 |
Original Shire. |
| Isle of Wight |
1637 |
Formerly Warrosquyoake. |
| Nansemond |
1642 |
Formerly Upper Norfolk. |
| Northampton |
1642 |
Formerly Accomack. |
| Warwick |
1642 |
Formerly Warwick River. |
| York |
1642 |
Formerly Charles River. |
| Northumberland |
1648 |
From Chickacoan. |
| Gloucester |
1651 |
From York. |
| Lancaster |
1651 |
From Northumberland and York. |
| Surry |
1652 |
From James City. |
| Westmoreland |
1653 |
From Northumberland and King George. |
| New Kent |
1654 |
From York. |
| Accomack |
1663 |
From Northampton. |
| Stafford |
1664 |
From Westmoreland. |
| Middlesex |
1673 |
Lancaster. |
| King and Queen |
1691 |
From New Kent. |
| Norfolk |
1691 |
From Lower Norfolk. |
| Princess Anne |
1691 |
From Lower Norfolk. |
| Essex |
1692 |
From Rappahannock (Old). |
| Richmond |
1692 |
From Rappahannock (Old). |
| King William |
1702 |
From King and Queen. |
| Prince George |
1703 |
From Charles City. |
| King George |
1721 |
From Richmond and Westmoreland. |
| Hanover |
1721 |
From New Kent. |
| Spotsylvania |
1721 |
From Essex, King William and King and
Queen. |
| Caroline |
1727 |
From Essex, King William and King and
Queen. |
| Goochland |
1728 |
From Henrico. |
| Prince William |
1731 |
From Stafford and King George. |
| Brunswick |
1732 |
Prince George, Surry and Isle of Wight. |
| Orange |
1734 |
From Spotsylvania. |
| Amelia |
1735 |
From Prince George and Brunswick. |
| Fairfax |
1742 |
From Prince William. (Part of Loudon
added afterward). |
| Louisa |
1742 |
From Hanover. |
| Frederick |
1743 |
From Orange and part of Augusta. |
| Albemarle |
1744 |
From Goochland and part of Louisa. |
| Augusta |
1745 |
From Orange. |
| Lunenburg |
1746 |
From Brunswick. |
| Culpeper |
1749 |
From Orange. |
| Cumberland |
1749 |
From Goochland. (Part of Buckingham
added afterward). |
| Southampton |
1749 |
From Isle of Wight and part of Nansemond. |
| Chesterfield |
1749 |
From Henrico. |
| Dinwiddie |
1752 |
From Prince George. |
| Halifax |
1752 |
From Lunenburg. |
| Prince Edward |
1754 |
From Amelia. |
| Sussex |
1754 |
From Surry. |
| Bedford |
1754 |
From Lunenburg and part of Albemarle. |
| Loudon |
1757 |
From Fairfax. |
| Fauquier |
1759 |
From Prince William. |
| Amherst |
1761 |
From Albemarle. |
| Buckingham |
1761 |
From Albemarle. (Part of Appomattox
added afterward). |
| Charlotte |
1765 |
From Lunenburg. |
| Mecklenburg |
1765 |
From Lunenburg. |
| Pittsylvania |
1767 |
From Halifax. |
| Botetourt |
1770 |
From Augusta. |
| Henry |
1777 |
From Pittsylvania. |
| Montgomery |
1777 |
From Fincastle which became extinct in 1777. |
| Washington |
1777 |
From Fincastle and part of Montgomery. |
| Powhatan |
1777 |
From Cumberland and part of Chesterfield. |
| Fluvanna |
1777 |
From Albemarle. |
| Rockbridge |
1778 |
From Augusta and Botetourt. |
| Rockingham |
1778 |
From Augusta. |
| Shenandoah |
1778 |
Formerly Dunmore County. |
| Greenville |
1781 |
From Brunswick and part of Sussex. |
| Campbell |
1782 |
From Bedford. |
| Franklin |
1786 |
From Bedford and Henry. (Part of Patrick
added afterward). |
| Russell |
1786 |
From Washington. |
| Nottoway |
1789 |
From Amelia. |
| Wythe |
1790 |
From Montgomery. |
| Patrick |
1791 |
From Henry. |
| Bath |
1791 |
From Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier. |
| Mathews |
1791 |
From Gloucester. |
| Lee |
1793 |
From Russell. |
| Grayson |
1793 |
From Wythe and part of Patrick. |
| Madison |
1793 |
From Culpeper. |
| Tazewell |
1800 |
From Wythe and Russell. |
| Giles |
1806 |
From Montgomery, Monroe, Tazewell, Wythe,
Mercer and Craig. |
| Nelson |
1808 |
From Amherst. |
| Scott |
1814 |
From Lee, Russell and Washington. |
| Alleghany |
1822 |
From Bath, Botetourt and Monroe. |
| Floyd |
1831 |
From Montgomery and Franklin. |
| Page |
1831 |
From Rockingham and Shenandoah. |
| Smyth |
1832 |
From Washington and Wythe. |
| Rappahannock |
1833 |
From Culpeper. |
| Clarke |
1836 |
From Frederick and part of Warren. |
| Warren |
1836 |
From Shenandoah and Frederick. |
| Greene |
1838 |
From Orange. |
| Roanoke |
1838 |
From Botetourt and Montgomery. |
| Pulaski |
1839 |
From Montgomery and Wythe. |
| Carroll |
1842 |
From Grayson and Patrick. |
| Appomattox |
1845 |
From Buckingham, Prince Edward, Charlotte
and Campbell. |
| Highland |
1847 |
From Bath and Pendleton. |
| Craig |
1851 |
Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, Monroe, Montgomery
and Alleghany. |
| Wise |
1856 |
From Lee, Scott and Russell. |
| Buchanan |
1858 |
From Tazewell and Russell. |
| Bland |
1861 |
From Giles, Tazewell and Wythe. |
| Dickenson |
1880 |
From Russell, Wise and Buchanan. |
| Arlington |
1920 |
From Alexandria County (name changed). |
