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The [[Virginia|Commonwealth of Virginia]] is divided into 95 [[County (United States)|counties]] and 38 [[independent city (United States)|independent cities]], which are considered [[county-equivalent]]s for census purposes. Some of the cities are the same size as a county. In Virginia, cities are separate from counties, but towns are inside counties.
The [[Virginia|Commonwealth of Virginia]] is divided into 95 [[County (United States)|counties]] and 38 [[independent city (United States)|independent cities]], which are considered [[county-equivalent]]s for census purposes. Some of the cities are the same size as a county.


In Virginia, cities are separate from counties, but towns are inside counties. For a list of towns, see [[List of towns in Virginia]].
==List==

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==List of counties and independent cities==


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{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=001| Name=Accomack| Seat=Accomac| Data2=1663 | Data3=? |Data4=From the Native American word Accawmack, meaning "on the other side", referencing the county's position across [[Chesapeake Bay]] | Population=79236| Area=723}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=001| Name=Accomack| Seat=Accomac| Data2=1663 | Data3= |Data4=From the Native American word Accawmack, meaning "on the other side", the county across [[Chesapeake Bay]] | Population=| Area=}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=003| Name=Albemarle| Seat=Charlottesville| Data2=1744 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle]], colonial proprietary governor | Population=98970| Area=723}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=003| Name=Albemarle| Seat=Charlottesville| Data2=1744 | Data3= |Data4=[[Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle]], colonial proprietary governor | Population=| Area=723}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=005| Name=Alleghany| Seat=Covington| Data2=1822 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Alleghany Mountains]] | Population=12926| Area=446}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=005| Name=Alleghany| Seat=Covington| Data2=1822 | Data3= |Data4=[[Alleghany Mountains]] | Population=| Area=446}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=007| Name=Amelia| Seat=Amelia Court House| Data2=1734 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Princess Amelia of Great Britain|Princess Amelia Sophia]], second daughter of [[George II of Great Britain]] | Population=11400| Area=357}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=007| Name=Amelia| Seat=Amelia| Data2= | Data3= |Data4=[[Princess Amelia of Great Britain|Princess Amelia Sophia]], second daughter of [[George II of Great Britain]] | Population=| Area=357}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=009| Name=Amherst| Seat=Amherst| Data2=1761 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Jeffery Amherst]], British conqueror of [[Quebec]] during the [[Seven Years War]] and colonial governor of Virginia | Population=31894| Area=475 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=009| Name=Amherst| Seat=Amherst| Data2=1761 | Data3= |Data4=[[Jeffery Amherst]], British conqueror of [[Quebec]] during the [[Seven Years War]] and colonial governor of Virginia | Population=| Area=475}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=011| Name=Appomattox| Seat=Appomattox| Data2=1845 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Appomattox River]] | Population=13705| Area=334}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=011| Name=Appomattox| Seat=Appomattox| Data2=1845 | Data3= |Data4=[[Appomattox River]] | Population=| Area=334}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=013| Name=Arlington| Seat=Arlington| Data2=1801 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington]], colonial proprietary landowner | Population=207627| Area=26 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=013| Name=Arlington| Seat=Arlington| Data2= | Data3= |Data4=[[ , ]], | Population=| Area=26}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=015| Name=Augusta| Seat=Staunton| Data2=1745 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Augusta of Saxe-Gotha]], the [[Princess of Wales]] | Population=65615| Area=971}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=015| Name=Augusta| Seat=Staunton| Data2= | Data3= |Data4=[[Augusta of Saxe-Gotha]], the [[ of Wales]] | Population=| Area=971}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=017| Name=Bath| Seat=Warm Springs| Data2=1791 | Data3=From parts of [[Augusta County, Virginia|Augusta]], [[Botetourt County, Virginia|Botetourt]] and [[Greenbrier County, Virginia|Greenbrier]] counties |Data4=[[Bath, Somerset|Bath, England]] | Population=4209| Area=532}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=019| Name=Bedford| Seat=Bedford| Data2=1754 | Data3=From part of [[Lunenburg County, Virginia|Lunenburg]] county |Data4=[[John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford]], British politician and one of the head negotiators of the [[Peace of Paris (1763)|Peace of Paris]] | Population=79462| Area=755 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=021| Name=Bland| Seat=Bland| Data2=1861 | Data3=From parts of [[Giles County, Virginia|Giles]], [[Tazewell County, Virginia|Tazewell]], and [[Wythe County, Virginia|Wythe]] counties |Data4=[[Richard Bland]], member of the [[Continental Congress]] and publisher of the [[American Revolutionary War]]-era tract ''An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies'' | Population=6270| Area=359 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=023| Name=Botetourt| Seat=Fincastle| Data2=1770 | Data3=From part of [[Augusta County, Virginia|Augusta]] county |Data4=[[Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt]], colonial governor of Virginia | Population=33596| Area=543 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=025| Name=Brunswick| Seat=Lawrenceville| Data2=1720 | Data3=From part of [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George]] county. Parts of [[Surry County, Virginia|Surry]] and [[Isle of Wight County, Virginia|Isle of Wight]] counties were added in 1732 (when the county's government was established.) |Data4=[[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], from which the current line of British monarchs hailed | Population=15849| Area=566 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=027| Name=Buchanan| Seat=Grundy| Data2=1858 | Data3=From parts of [[Russell County, Virginia|Russell]] and [[Tazewell County, Virginia|Tazewell]] counties |Data4=[[James Buchanan]], fifteenth U.S. President | Population=20355| Area=504 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=029| Name=Buckingham| Seat=Buckingham| Data2=1761 | Data3=From part of [[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle]] county |Data4=[[Duke of Buckingham]] | Population=16824| Area=581 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=031| Name=Campbell| Seat=Rustburg| Data2=1782 | Data3=From part of [[Bedford County, Virginia|Bedford]] county |Data4=[[William Campbell (general)|William Campbell]], Revolutionary War general | Population=55696| Area=504 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=033| Name=Caroline| Seat=Bowling Green| Data2=1728 | Data3=From parts of [[Essex County, Virginia|Essex]], [[King and Queen County, Virginia|King and Queen]], and [[King William County, Virginia|King William]] counties |Data4=[[Caroline of Ansbach]], wife of [[King George II of Great Britain]] | Population=30887| Area=533 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=035| Name=Carroll| Seat=Hillsville| Data2=1842 | Data3=From part of [[Grayson County, Virginia|Grayson]] county |Data4=[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]]| Population=29155| Area=476 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=036| Name=Charles City| Seat=Charles City| Data2=1634 | Data3=Colonial division before 1635<ref name="Atlas2">[http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/virginia/viewer.htm "Virginia Historical Counties"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804003824/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Virginia/viewer.htm |date=August 4, 2004 }}. ''Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved July 10, 2010. Select the map for December 31, 1634 (the earliest date available).</ref> |Data4=King [[Charles I of England]] | Population=6773| Area=182}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=037| Name=Charlotte| Seat=Charlotte Court House| Data2=1765 | Data3=From part of [[Lunenburg County, Virginia|Lunenburg]] county |Data4=[[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], wife of [[King George III of Great Britain]] | Population=11529| Area=475}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=041| Name=Chesterfield| Seat=Chesterfield| Data2=1749 | Data3=From part of [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico County]] |Data4=[[Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield]], British politician and [[Lord of the Bedchamber]] | Population=364548| Area=426}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=043| Name=Clarke| Seat=Berryville| Data2=1836 | Data3=From part of [[Frederick County, Virginia|Frederick County]] |Data4=[[George Rogers Clarke]], Revolutionary War general | Population=14783| Area=177}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=045| Name=Craig| Seat=New Castle| Data2=1851 | Data3=From parts of [[Botetourt County, Virginia|Botetourt]], [[Roanoke County, Virginia|Roanoke]], [[Giles County, Virginia|Giles]], and [[Monroe County, West Virginia|Monroe]] (in present-day West Virginia) Counties |Data4=[[Robert Craig (representative)|Robert Craig]], [[U.S. Representative]] from Virginia | Population=4892| Area=330 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=047| Name=Culpeper| Seat=Culpeper| Data2=1749 | Data3=From part of [[Orange County, Virginia|Orange County]] |Data4=[[Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper]], colonial proprietary governor | Population=52552| Area=381 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=049| Name=Cumberland| Seat=Cumberland| Data2=1749 | Data3=From part of [[Goochland County, Virginia|Goochland County]] |Data4=[[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]], British general, politician, and son of King George II | Population=9675| Area=298 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=051| Name=Dickenson| Seat=Clintwood| Data2=1880 | Data3=From parts of [[Buchanan County, Virginia|Buchanan]], [[Russell County, Virginia|Russell]], and [[Wise County, Virginia|Wise]] Counties |Data4=William J. Dickinson, member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] | Population=14124| Area=333}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=053| Name=Dinwiddie| Seat=Dinwiddie| Data2=1752 | Data3=From part of [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George County]] |Data4=[[Robert Dinwiddie]], colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia | Population=27947| Area=504 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=057| Name=Essex| Seat=Tappahannock| Data2=1692 | Data3=From the original [[Rappahannock County (1656), Virginia|Rappahannock County, Virginia]], which was split to form Essex and Richmond counties. |Data4=[[Essex]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=10599| Area=258}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=059|Name=Fairfax|Seat=Fairfax|Data2=1742|Data3=From part of [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William County]]|Data4=[[Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron]], the only British noble resident in Virginia| Population=1150309| Area=396}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=061| Name=Fauquier| Seat=Warrenton| Data2=1759 | Data3=From part of [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William County]] |Data4=[[Francis Fauquier]], colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia | Population=72972| Area=650}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=063| Name=Floyd| Seat=Floyd| Data2=1831 | Data3=From part of [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery County]] |Data4=[[John Floyd (Virginia politician)|John Floyd]], governor of Virginia | Population=15476| Area=382}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=065| Name=Fluvanna| Seat=Palmyra| Data2=1777 | Data3=From part of [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico County]] |Data4=From the Latin name for the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]], which itself translates to "Annie's River" in honor of [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]] | Population=27249| Area=287}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=067| Name=Franklin| Seat=Rocky Mount| Data2=1786 | Data3=From parts of [[Bedford County, Virginia|Bedford]] and [[Henry County, Virginia|Henry]] Counties |Data4=[[Benjamin Franklin]], publisher, orator, scholar, and U.S. Founding Father | Population=54477| Area=692}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=069| Name=Frederick| Seat=Winchester| Data2=1738 | Data3=From part of [[Orange County, Virginia|Orange County]] |Data4=[[Frederick, Prince of Wales]], eldest son of George II | Population=91419| Area=415}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=071| Name=Giles| Seat=Pearisburg| Data2=1806 | Data3=From parts of [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery]], [[Monroe County, Virginia|Monroe]], [[Wythe County, Virginia|Wythe]], and [[Tazewell County, Virginia|Tazewell]] Counties |Data4=[[William Branch Giles]], [[U.S. Senator]] from Virginia | Population=16787| Area=358}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=073|Name=Gloucester| Seat=Gloucester| Data2=1651 | Data3=From part of [[York County, Virginia|York County]] |Data4=[[Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester|Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester]] | Population=38711| Area=217}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=075|Name=Goochland| Seat=Goochland| Data2=1728 | Data3=From part of [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico County]] |Data4=[[Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet|William Gooch]], colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia | Population=24727| Area=284}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=077|Name=Grayson| Seat=Independence| Data2=1793 | Data3=From part of [[Wythe County, Virginia|Wythe County]] |Data4=[[William Grayson]], U.S. Senator from Virginia | Population=15333| Area=443}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=079|Name=Greene| Seat=Stanardsville| Data2=1838 | Data3=From part of [[Orange County, Virginia|Orange County]] |Data4=[[Nathanael Greene]], Revolutionary War general | Population=20552| Area=157}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=081|Name=Greensville| Seat=Emporia| Data2=1781 | Data3=From part of [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick County]] |Data4=[[Richard Grenville]], commander of the English expedition to found [[Roanoke Colony]] | Population=11391| Area=296}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=083|Name=Halifax| Seat=Halifax| Data2=1752|Data3=From part of [[Lunenburg County, Virginia|Lunenburg County]] |Data4=[[George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax]], [[President of the Board of Trade]] | Population=34022| Area=814}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=085|Name=Hanover|Seat=Hanover|Data2=1721|Data3=From the area of [[New Kent County, Virginia|New Kent County]] called St. Paul's Parish|Data4=[[Electorate of Hanover]], from which the current line of British monarchs hailed|Population=109979|Area=473}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=087| Name=Henrico| Seat=Laurel| Data2=1617 | Data3=Original county of the Colony under England |Data4=[[Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales]], oldest son of [[James I of England]] | Population=334389| Area=238}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=089| Name=Henry| Seat=Martinsville| Data2=1777 | Data3=From [[Pittsylvania County, Virginia|Pittsylvania County]], it was initially named [[Patrick Henry County, Virginia|Patrick Henry County]] |Data4=[[Patrick Henry]], governor of Virginia and U.S. Founding Father | Population=50948| Area=382 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=091| Name=Highland| Seat=Monterey| Data2=1847 | Data3=From parts of [[Bath County, Virginia|Bath]] and [[Pendleton County, West Virginia|Pendleton]] Counties<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us: History|publisher=Highland County|url=http://www.highlandcova.org/aboutus.html|access-date=December 26, 2013}}</ref> |Data4=Mountainous topography | Population=2232| Area=416 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=093| Name=Isle of Wight| Seat=Isle of Wight| Data2=1634 | Data3=Original county of the Colony under England, initially named [[Warrosquyoake Shire]] |Data4=[[Isle of Wight]], England | Population=38606| Area=316 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=095| Name=James City| Seat=Williamsburg| Data2=1617 | Data3=Original county of the Colony under England |Data4=King [[James I of England]] | Population=78254| Area=143 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=097| Name=King and Queen| Seat=King and Queen| Data2=1691 | Data3=From part of [[New Kent County, Virginia|New Kent County]]. |Data4=[[William III of England|King William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Queen Mary II]] | Population=6608| Area=316}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=099| Name=King George| Seat=King George| Data2=1721 | Data3=From part of [[Richmond County, Virginia|Richmond County]] |Data4=[[George I of Great Britain]] | Population=26723| Area=180 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=101| Name=King William| Seat=King William| Data2=1702 | Data3=[[English people|English]] colonists formed King William County in 1702 out of [[King and Queen County, Virginia]]. |Data4=[[William III of England]] | Population=17810| Area=275 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=103| Name=Lancaster| Seat=Lancaster| Data2=1651 | Data3=From parts of [[Northumberland County, Virginia|Northumberland]] and [[York County, Virginia|York]] counties. |Data4=[[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=10919| Area=133 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=105| Name=Lee| Seat=Jonesville| Data2=1793 | Data3=From part of [[Russell County, Virginia|Russell County]] |Data4=[[Light Horse Harry Lee]], Revolutionary War general and governor of Virginia | Population=22173| Area=437 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=107| Name=Loudoun| Seat=Leesburg| Data2=1757 | Data3=From part of [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]] |Data4=[[John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun]], British [[Commander-in-Chief, North America]] during the Seven Years' War | Population=420959| Area=520 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=109| Name=Louisa| Seat=Louisa| Data2=1742 | Data3=From part of [[Hanover County, Virginia|Hanover County]] |Data4=[[Louise of Great Britain|Princess Louise]], youngest daughter of George II | Population=37596| Area=498 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=111| Name=Lunenburg| Seat=Lunenburg| Data2=1746 | Data3=From part of [[Brunswick County, Virginia|Brunswick County]] |Data4=[[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], from which the current line of British monarchs hailed | Population=11936| Area=432 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=113| Name=Madison| Seat=Madison| Data2=1793 | Data3=From part of [[Orange County, Virginia|Orange County]] |Data4=[[James Madison]], Congressman from Virginia, principal author of the [[U.S. Constitution]], and future U.S. President | Population=13837| Area=322 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=115| Name=Mathews| Seat=Mathews| Data2=1791 | Data3=From part of [[Gloucester County, Virginia|Gloucester County]] |Data4= [[Thomas Mathews (politician)|Thomas Mathews]], Revolutionary War general. | Population=8533| Area=86 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=117| Name=Mecklenburg| Seat=Boydton| Data2=1765 | Data3=From part of [[Lunenburg County, Virginia|Lunenburg County]] |Data4=[[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], wife of King George III | Population=30319| Area=624 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=119| Name=Middlesex| Seat=Saluda| Data2=1673 | Data3=From part of [[Lancaster County, Virginia|Lancaster County]] |Data4=[[Middlesex]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=10625| Area=130 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=121| Name=Montgomery| Seat=Christiansburg| Data2=1777 | Data3=From part of [[Fincastle County, Virginia|Fincastle County]] |Data4=[[Richard Montgomery]], Revolutionary War general | Population=99721| Area=388 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=125| Name=Nelson| Seat=Lovingston| Data2=1808 | Data3=From part of [[Amherst County, Virginia|Amherst County]] |Data4=[[Thomas Nelson Jr.]], governor of Virginia and signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] | Population=14775| Area=472 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=127| Name=New Kent| Seat=New Kent| Data2=1654 | Data3=From part of [[York County, Virginia]]. |Data4=[[Kent County, England]] | Population=22945| Area=210 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=131| Name=Northampton| Seat=Eastville| Data2=1634 | Data3=Original county of the Colony under England, initially named [[Accomac Shire]]. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. |Data4=[[Northamptonshire]], England | Population=12282| Area=207 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=133| Name=Northumberland| Seat=Heathsville| Data2=1648 | Data3=Created by the [[Virginia General Assembly]] during a period of rapid population growth and geographic expansion |Data4=[[Northumberland]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=11839| Area=192 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=135| Name=Nottoway| Seat=Nottoway| Data2=1789 | Data3=From the area of [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia County]] called Nottaway Parish |Data4=Nodawa tribe| Population=15642| Area=315 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=137| Name=Orange| Seat=Orange| Data2=1734 | Data3=From part of [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania County]] |Data4=[[William IV, Prince of Orange]], to celebrate his marriage to the Royal Princess Anne of the House of Hanover, England on March 25, 1734. The county was formed on August 8, 1734 | Population=36254| Area=342 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=139| Name=Page| Seat=Luray| Data2=1831 | Data3=From parts of [[Shenandoah County, Virginia|Shenandoah]] and [[Rockingham County, Virginia|Rockingham]] counties |Data4=[[John Page (Virginia politician)|John Page]], governor of Virginia | Population=23709| Area=311 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=141| Name=Patrick| Seat=Stuart| Data2=1791 | Data3=From part of [[Patrick Henry County, Virginia|Patrick Henry County]] |Data4=[[Patrick Henry]], governor of Virginia and U.S. Founding Father | Population=17608| Area=483 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=143| Name=Pittsylvania| Seat=Chatham| Data2=1767 | Data3=From part of [[Halifax County, Virginia|Halifax County]] |Data4=[[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt]], British Prime Minister | Population=60501| Area=978 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=145| Name=Powhatan| Seat=Powhatan| Data2=1777 | Data3=From part of [[Cumberland County, Virginia|Cumberland County]] |Data4=[[Powhatan]] tribe | Population=30333| Area=261 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=147| Name=Prince Edward| Seat=Farmville| Data2=1754 | Data3=From part of [[Amelia County, Virginia|Amelia County]] |Data4=[[Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany]], brother of George III | Population=21849| Area=353 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=149| Name=Prince George| Seat=Prince George| Data2=1703 | Data3=From [[Charles City County, Virginia|Charles City County]] |Data4=[[Prince George of Denmark]], the husband of Queen Anne | Population=43010| Area=266 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=153| Name=Prince William| Seat=Manassas| Data2=1731 | Data3=From parts of [[Stafford County, Virginia|Stafford]] and [[King George County, Virginia|King George]] counties |Data4=[[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland|Prince William Augustus]], son of George II | Population=482204| Area=338}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=155| Name=Pulaski| Seat=Pulaski| Data2=1839 | Data3=From parts of [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery]] and [[Wythe County, Virginia|Wythe]] counties |Data4=[[Kazimierz Pulaski]], Polish-born Revolutionary War general | Population=33800| Area=321 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=157| Name=Rappahannock| Seat=Washington| Data2=1833 | Data3=From part of [[Culpeper County, Virginia|Culpeper County]]. The original Rappahannock County, known as Old Rappahannock County, was created in 1656 from part of Lancaster County. Old Rappahannock County became extinct in 1692 when it was split to create Essex and Richmond counties. |Data4=[[Rappahannock River]] | Population=7348| Area=267 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=159| Name=Richmond| Seat=Warsaw| Data2=1692 | Data3=From the original [[Rappahannock County (1656), Virginia|Rappahannock County]], better known as Old Rappahannock County, which was split to form Richmond and Essex counties. |Data4=[[Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond]], illegitimate son of King Charles II | Population=8923| Area=192 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=161| Name=Roanoke| Seat=Salem | Data2=1838 | Data3=From the southern part of [[Botetourt County, Virginia|Botetourt County]] |Data4=[[Roanoke River]] | Population=96929| Area=251 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=163| Name=Rockbridge| Seat=Lexington| Data2=1778 | Data3=From parts of [[Augusta County, Virginia|Augusta]] and [[Botetourt County, Virginia|Botetourt]] counties |Data4=[[Natural Bridge (Virginia)|Natural Bridge]] | Population=22650| Area=600 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=165| Name=Rockingham| Seat=Harrisonburg| Data2=1778 | Data3=From part of [[Augusta County, Virginia|Augusta County]] |Data4=[[Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham]], British Prime Minister | Population=83757| Area=851 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=167| Name=Russell| Seat=Lebanon| Data2=1786 | Data3=From a section of [[Washington County, Virginia|Washington County]] |Data4=[[William Russell (Virginia)|William Russell]], frontiersman and state representative | Population=25781| Area=475 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=169| Name=Scott| Seat=Gate City| Data2=1814 | Data3=From parts of [[Washington County, Virginia|Washington]], [[Lee County, Virginia|Lee]], and [[Russell County, Virginia|Russell]] Counties |Data4=[[Winfield Scott]], [[War of 1812]] and later Mexican-American War general | Population=21576| Area=537 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=171| Name=Shenandoah| Seat=Woodstock| Data2=1772 | Data3=Formed from non-county territory; originally named for Governor [[John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore]], but renamed in 1778. |Data4=[[Shenandoah River]] | Population=44186| Area=512 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=173| Name=Smyth| Seat=Marion| Data2=1832 | Data3=From [[Washington County, Virginia|Washington]] and [[Wythe County, Virginia|Wythe]] counties |Data4=[[Alexander Smyth]], Congressman from Virginia | Population=29800| Area=452 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=175| Name=Southampton| Seat=Courtland| Data2=1749 | Data3=Most of it from part of [[Warrosquyoake Shire]] |Data4=Disputed; either [[Southampton]], [[England]] or [[Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton]], one of the founders of the [[Virginia Company]] | Population=17996| Area=600 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=177| Name=Spotsylvania| Seat=Spotsylvania Courthouse| Data2=1721 | Data3=Spotsylvania From parts of [[Essex County, Virginia|Essex]], [[King and Queen County, Virginia|King and Queen]], and [[King William County, Virginia|King William]] counties. |Data4=[[Alexander Spotswood]], colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia | Population=140032| Area=401 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=179| Name=Stafford| Seat=Stafford| Data2=1664 | Data3=From part of [[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westmoreland County]] |Data4=[[Stafford, England]] | Population=156927| Area=270 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=181| Name=Surry| Seat=Surry| Data2=1652 | Data3=From part of [[James City County, Virginia|James City County]] |Data4=[[Surrey]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=6561| Area=279 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=183| Name=Sussex| Seat=Sussex| Data2=1754 | Data3=From part of [[Surry County, Virginia|Surry County]] |Data4=[[Sussex]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=10829| Area=491 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=185| Name=Tazewell| Seat=Tazewell| Data2=1800 | Data3=From parts of [[Wythe County, Virginia|Wythe]] and [[Russell County, Virginia|Russell]] counties |Data4=[[Henry Tazewell]], U.S. Senator from Virginia | Population=40429| Area=520 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=187| Name=Warren| Seat=Front Royal| Data2=1836 | Data3=From parts of [[Frederick County, Virginia|Frederick]] and [[Shenandoah County, Virginia|Shenandoah]] counties |Data4=[[Joseph Warren]], Revolutionary War general | Population=40727| Area=214 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=191| Name=Washington| Seat=Abingdon| Data2=1777 | Data3=From part of [[Fincastle County, Virginia|Fincastle County]] |Data4=[[George Washington]], Revolutionary War commander, U.S. Founding Father, and future U.S. President | Population=53935| Area=564 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=193| Name=Westmoreland| Seat=Montross| Data2=1653 | Data3=From part of [[Northumberland County, Virginia|Northumberland County]] |Data4=[[Westmorland|Westmoreland]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=18477| Area=229 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=195| Name=Wise| Seat=Wise| Data2=1856 | Data3=From parts of [[Lee County, Virginia|Lee]], [[Scott County, Virginia|Scott]], and [[Russell County, Virginia|Russell]] Counties |Data4=[[Henry Alexander Wise]], governor of Virginia | Population=36130| Area=403 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=197| Name=Wythe| Seat=Wytheville| Data2=1790 | Data3=From part of [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery County]] |Data4=[[George Wythe]], legal scholar and signer of the Declaration of Independence | Population=28290| Area=463 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=199| Name=York| Seat=Yorktown| Data2=1634 | Data3=Formed in 1634 as one of the eight [[shires of Virginia]]. It was originally called [[Charles River Shire]]. |Data4=[[James II of England|James Stuart]], [[Duke of York]], the future King James II | Population=70045| Area=106 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=510| Notype=yes| Name=Alexandria| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1870<ref name="census2">
[http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/virginia/viewer.htm "Virginia Historical Counties"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804003824/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Virginia/viewer.htm |date=August 4, 2004}}. ''Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved July 9, 2010. Compare the maps for July 9 and 10, 1902.</ref>
| Data3=From [[Alexandria County, Virginia|Alexandria County]]<ref name=census>{{citation|last=Census Office|title=Fourteenth Census of the United States|year=1920}}</ref> |Data4=Phillip & John Alexander, brothers and area plantation owners | Population=159467| Area=15| Map=Map showing Alexandria city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=520| Notype=yes| Name=Bristol| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1890<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From Washington County<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Bristol]], England | Population=17219| Area=12| Map=Map showing Bristol city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=530| Notype=yes| Name=Buena Vista| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1892<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From [[Rockbridge County, Virginia|Rockbridge County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4=from the Buena Vista Company, which founded an iron mine in the area and established the town for its laborers | Population=6641| Area=7| Map=Map showing Buena Vista city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=540| Notype=yes| Name=Charlottesville| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1888<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From [[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], wife of King George III | Population=46553| Area=10| Map=Map showing Charlottesville city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=550| Notype=yes| Name=Chesapeake| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1963| Data3=Formed by combining [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk County]] and City of [[South Norfolk, Virginia|South Norfolk]]<ref name=Durman>{{cite web|last=Durman|first=George W.|title=Current Virginia Counties & Independent Cities|url=http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/countyformations/currentcounties&independentcities.html|work=Germanna Colonies|access-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref> |Data4=[[Chesapeake (tribe)|Chesapeake]] tribe | Population=249422| Area=341| Map=Map showing Chesapeake city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=570| Notype=yes| Name=Colonial Heights| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1948| Data3=From [[Chesterfield County, Virginia|Chesterfield County]] |Data4=From the actions of Revolutionary War general [[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette]]; his soldiers, nicknamed the "Colonials", placed an artillery on high ground overlooking Petersburg | Population=18170| Area=8| Map=Map showing Colonial Heights city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=580| Notype=yes| Name=Covington| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1952| Data3=From [[Alleghany County, Virginia|Alleghany County]] |Data4=[[Leonard Covington]], hero of the [[Siege of Fort Recovery]] and Congressman from Maryland | Population=5737| Area=4| Map=Map showing Covington city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=590| Notype=yes| Name=Danville| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1870<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From [[Pittsylvania County, Virginia|Pittsylvania County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Dan River]] | Population=42590| Area=43| Map=Map showing Danville city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=595| Notype=yes| Name=Emporia| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1967| Data3=From [[Greensville County, Virginia|Greensville County]] |Data4=[[Emporia, Kansas]] | Population=5766| Area=7| Map=Map showing Emporia city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=600| Notype=yes| Name=Fairfax| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1961| Data3=From [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]] |Data4=[[Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron]], only British noble resident in colonial Virginia | Population=24146| Area=6| Map=Map showing Fairfax city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=610| Notype=yes| Name=Falls Church| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1948| Data3=From [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]] |Data4=[[The Falls Church]] | Population=14658| Area=2.1| Map=Map showing Falls Church city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=620| Notype=yes| Name=Franklin| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1961| Data3=From [[Southampton County, Virginia|Southampton County]] |Data4=[[Benjamin Franklin]], publisher, scholar, orator, and U.S. Founding Father | Population=8180| Area=8| Map=Map showing Franklin city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=630| Notype=yes| Name=Fredericksburg| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1870<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From [[Spotsylvania County, Virginia|Spotsylvania County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Frederick, Prince of Wales]], eldest son of King George II | Population=27982| Area=10| Map=Map showing Fredericksburg city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=640| Notype=yes| Name=Galax| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1953| Data3=From [[Grayson County, Virginia|Grayson County]] and [[Carroll County, Virginia|Carroll County]] |Data4=the [[galax]] shrub | Population=6720| Area=8| Map=Map showing Galax city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=650| Notype=yes| Name=Hampton| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1908| Data3=Founded 1610. Current city formed by combining [[Elizabeth City County, Virginia|Elizabeth City County]] and [[Hampton, Virginia|City of Hampton]] in 1952<ref name=Durman /> |Data4=Disputed; either [[Southampton]], [[England]] or [[Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton]], one of the founders of the [[Virginia Company]] | Population=137148| Area=52| Map=Map showing Hampton city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=660| Notype=yes| Name=Harrisonburg| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1916| Data3=From [[Rockingham County, Virginia|Rockingham County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4=Thomas Harrison, pioneering settler and town founder | Population=51814| Area=18| Map=Map showing Harrisonburg city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=670| Notype=yes| Name=Hopewell| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1916| Data3=From [[Prince George County, Virginia|Prince George County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4= ''The Hopewell'', a ship that carried some of the early English settlers to Virginia | Population=23033| Area=10| Map=Map showing Hopewell city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=678| Notype=yes| Name=Lexington| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1966| Data3=From [[Rockbridge County, Virginia|Rockbridge County]] |Data4=Revolutionary War [[Battles of Lexington and Concord|Battle of Lexington]] | Population=7320| Area=2.5| Map=Map showing Lexington city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=680| Notype=yes| Name=Lynchburg| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1786
| Data3=From [[Campbell County, Virginia|Campbell County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4=John Lynch, ferry operator and constructor of the first bridge across the James River in the area | Population=79009| Area=49| Map=Map showing Lynchburg city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=683| Notype=yes| Name=Manassas| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1975| Data3=From [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William County]] |Data4=[[Manassas Gap Railroad]]| Population=42772| Area=10| Map=Map showing Manassas city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=685| Notype=yes| Name=Manassas Park| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1975| Data3=From [[Prince William County, Virginia|Prince William County]] |Data4=Manassas Gap Railroad and [[Manassas National Battlefield Park]] | Population=17219| Area=2.5| Map=Map showing Manassas Park city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=690| Notype=yes| Name=Martinsville| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1928| Data3=From [[Henry County, Virginia|Henry County]] |Data4=[[Joseph Martin (general)|Joseph Martin]], Revolutionary War general | Population=13485| Area=11| Map=Map showing Martinsville city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=700| Notype=yes| Name=Newport News| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1896<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From [[Warwick County, Virginia|Warwick County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Captain Christopher Newport]], English privateer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pilotonline.com/history/article_97b99d54-3e96-5c86-9c43-57429077d06a.html|title=What's in a name? &#124; Newport News|first=Lauren|last=King|website=pilotonline.com}}</ref> | Population=186247| Area=68| Map=Map showing Newport News city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=710| Notype=yes| Name=Norfolk| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1845<ref name=Norfolk1>{{cite web|last=City of Norfolk|title=19th Century History|url=http://www.norfolk.gov/history/19th_century.asp|work=City of Norfolk History|access-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref> | Data3=Founded 1682.<ref name=Norfolk2>{{cite web|last=City of Norfolk|title=17th Century History|url=http://www.norfolk.gov/history/17th_century.asp|work=City of Norfolk History|access-date=January 31, 2012}}</ref> Incorporated as City in 1845 from [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk County]] (extinct)<ref name=Durman /> |Data4=[[Norfolk, England]] | Population=238005| Area=54| Map=Map showing Norfolk city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=720| Notype=yes| Name=Norton| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1954| Data3=From [[Wise County, Virginia|Wise County]] |Data4=Eckstein Norton, president of the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] | Population=3687| Area=7| Map=Map showing Norton city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=730| Notype=yes| Name=Petersburg| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1870<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From Prince George and Dinwiddie Counties<ref name="census"/> |Data4=Peter Jones, early settler and merchant | Population=33458| Area=23| Map=Map showing Petersburg city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=735| Notype=yes| Name=Poquoson| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1975| Data3=From [[York County, Virginia|York County]] |Data4=An [[Algonquin language|Algonquin]] term roughly translating to "great marsh" or "flat land" | Population=12460| Area=16| Map=Map showing Poquoson city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=740| Notype=yes| Name=Portsmouth| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1858<ref name=Durman />| Data3=Founded 1752.<ref name=Ptown>{{cite web|last=City of Portsmouth|title=City of Portsmouth, Virginia - History|url=http://www.portsmouthva.gov/history/|work=City of Portsmouth|access-date=January 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214073906/http://www.portsmouthva.gov/history/|archive-date=February 14, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Incorporated as City in 1858 from [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk County]] (extinct)<ref name="Durman"/> |Data4=[[Portsmouth]], [[England]] | Population=97915| Area=33| Map=Map showing Portsmouth city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=750| Notype=yes| Name=Radford| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1892<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From [[Montgomery County, Virginia|Montgomery County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[John Blair Radford]], owner of a plantation that included that town's lands | Population=16070| Area=10| Map=Map showing Radford city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=760| Notype=yes| Name=Richmond| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1870<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From [[Henrico County, Virginia|Henrico County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Richmond, London|Richmond, Surrey]], [[England]] | Population=226610| Area=60| Map=Map showing Richmond city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=770| Notype=yes| Name=Roanoke| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1884<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From [[Roanoke County, Virginia|Roanoke County]]<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Roanoke River]] | Population=100011| Area=43| Map=Map showing Roanoke city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=775| Notype=yes| Name=Salem| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1968| Data3=From [[Roanoke County, Virginia|Roanoke County]] |Data4=After [[Salem, New Jersey]], home of town founder William Bryan | Population=25346| Area=15| Map=Map showing Salem city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=790| Notype=yes| Name=Staunton| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1870<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From [[Augusta County, Virginia|Augusta County]] <ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Lady Rebecca Staunton]], wife of colonial Lieutenant Governor [[Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet|William Gooch]] | Population=25750| Area=20| Map=Map showing Staunton city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=800| Notype=yes| Name=Suffolk| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1910<ref name=Suffolk>{{cite web|last=City of Suffolk|title=All About Suffolk: History|url=http://www.suffolkva.us/community/history.html|work=Suffolk: Community|access-date=January 31, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419003722/http://www.suffolkva.us/community/history.html|archive-date=April 19, 2012}}</ref> | Data3=Founded 1742.<ref name="Suffolk"/> Incorporated as City in 1910 from [[Nansemond County, Virginia|Nansemond County]] (extinct)<ref name="Suffolk"/> |Data4=[[Suffolk, England]] | Population=94324| Area=400| Map=Map showing Suffolk city, Virginia.png }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=810| Notype=yes| Name=Virginia Beach| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1963 | Data3=Founded 1906 around existing community of Seatack. Incorporated as City in 1963 from [[Princess Anne County, Virginia|Princess Anne County]] (extinct)<ref name="Durman"/> |Data4=The city's coastal location | Population=459470| Area=248| Map=Map showing Virginia Beach city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=820| Notype=yes| Name=Waynesboro| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1948| Data3=From [[Augusta County, Virginia|Augusta County]] |Data4=[[Anthony Wayne]], Revolutionary War general | Population=22196| Area=14| Map=Map showing Waynesboro city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=830| Notype=yes| Name=Williamsburg| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="census" />
| Data3=From [[James City County, Virginia|James City County]]<!-- The 1900 Census covers Williamsburg as an independent city, no date of origin. 1910 and 1920 do not cover Williamsburg as an IC or note any historical changes regarding James City County or Williamsburg City. --> |Data4=[[William III of England]] | Population=15425| Area=9| Map=Map showing Williamsburg city, Virginia.png}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=840| Notype=yes| Name=Winchester| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1874<ref name="census"/>
| Data3=From [[Frederick County, Virginia|Frederick County]] <ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Winchester]], [[England]] | Population=28120| Area=9| Map=Map showing Winchester city, Virginia.png}}
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{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=017| Name=Bath| Seat=Warm Springs| Data2=1790 | Data3=From Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier counties December 14, 1790 |Data4=[[Bath, Somerset|Bath, England]] | Population=5048| Area=532}}
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{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=019| Name=Bedford| Seat=Bedford| Data2=1753 | Data3=? |Data4=[[John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford]], British politician and one of the head negotiators of the [[Peace of Paris (1763)|Peace of Paris]] | Population=60371| Area=755}}
| style="vertical-align: top;" |[[File:Virginia- Largest cities.svg|250px]]<br/>Top 10 most populated cities in Virginia (2010)
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=021| Name=Bland| Seat=Bland| Data2=1861 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Richard Bland]], member of the [[Continental Congress]] and publisher of the [[American Revolutionary War]]-era tract ''An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies'' | Population=6871| Area=359}}
| style="vertical-align: top;" |[[File:Virginia-Density.svg|250px]]<br/>Virginia counties and cities by population density (population/ square mile) in 2015
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=023| Name=Botetourt| Seat=Fincastle| Data2=1796 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt]], colonial governor of Virginia | Population=30496| Area=543}}
| style="vertical-align: top;" |[[File:Virginia-Population.svg|250px]]<br/>Virginia counties and cities by population in 2010
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=025| Name=Brunswick| Seat=Lawrenceville| Data2=1732 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], from which the current line of British monarchs hailed | Population=18419| Area=566}}
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{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=027| Name=Buchanan| Seat=Grundy| Data2=1858 | Data3=? |Data4=[[James Buchanan]], fifteenth U.S. President | Population=26978| Area=504}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=029| Name=Buckingham| Seat=Buckingham| Data2=1785 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]] | Population=15623| Area=581 }}


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{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=031| Name=Campbell| Seat=Rustburg| Data2=1782 | Data3=? |Data4=[[William Campbell (general)|William Campbell]], Revolutionary War general | Population=51078| Area=504}}
* [[List of towns in Virginia]]
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=033| Name=Caroline| Seat=Bowling Green| Data2=1728 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Caroline of Ansbach]], wife of [[King George II of Great Britain]] | Population=28545| Area=533 }}
* [[Administrative divisions of Virginia]]
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=035| Name=Carroll| Seat=Hillsville| Data2=1842 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Charles Carroll of Carrollton|Charles Carroll]], last living signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]] | Population=29245| Area=476 }}
* [[List of counties of Kentucky]]
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=036| Name=Charles City| Seat=Charles City| Data2=1634 | Data3=Colonial division before 1635<ref name="Atlas2">[http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/virginia/viewer.htm "Virginia Historical Counties"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804003824/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Virginia/viewer.htm |date=2004-08-04 }}. ''Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved 2010-07-10. Select the map for December 31, 1634 (the earliest date available).</ref> |Data4=King [[Charles I of England]] | Population=6926| Area=182 }}
* [[List of counties of West Virginia]]
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=037| Name=Charlotte| Seat=Charlotte Court House| Data2=1765 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], wife of [[King George III of Great Britain]] | Population=12472| Area=475 }}
* [[List of former counties, cities, and towns of Virginia]]
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=041| Name=Chesterfield| Seat=Chesterfield| Data2=1749 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield]], British politician and [[Lord of the Bedchamber]] | Population=259903| Area=426 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=043| Name=Clarke| Seat=Berryville| Data2=1836 | Data3=? |Data4=[[George Rogers Clarke]], Revolutionary War general | Population=12652| Area=177 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=045| Name=Craig| Seat=New Castle| Data2=1851 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Robert Craig (representative)|Robert Craig]], [[U.S. Representative]] from Virginia | Population=5091| Area=330 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=047| Name=Culpeper| Seat=Culpeper| Data2=1748 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper]], colonial proprietary governor | Population=46689| Area=381 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=049| Name=Cumberland| Seat=Cumberland| Data2=1749 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland]], British general, politician, and son of King George II | Population=9017| Area=298 }}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=051| Name=Dickenson| Seat=Clintwood| Data2=1880 | Data3=? |Data4=William J. Dickinson, member of the [[Virginia House of Delegates]] | Population=16395| Area=333 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=053| Name=Dinwiddie| Seat=Dinwiddie| Data2=1752 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Robert Dinwiddie]], colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia | Population=24533| Area=504 }}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=057| Name=Essex| Seat=Tappahannock| Data2=1692 | Data3=Founded by John Smith who lived in Hustle, Essex County |Data4=[[Essex]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=9989| Area=258 }}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=059| Name=Fairfax| Seat=Fairfax| Data2=1742 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron]], the only resident British noble in Virginia | Population=1081726| Area=396 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=061| Name=Fauquier| Seat=Warrenton| Data2=1759 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Francis Fauquier]], colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia | Population=68010| Area=650}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=063| Name=Floyd| Seat=Floyd| Data2=1831 | Data3=? |Data4=[[John Floyd (Virginia politician)|John Floyd]], governor of Virginia | Population=13874| Area=382}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=065| Name=Fluvanna| Seat=Palmyra| Data2=1777 | Data3=? |Data4=From the Latin name for the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]], which itself translates to "Annie's River" in honor of [[Queen Anne]] | Population=20047| Area=287 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=067| Name=Franklin| Seat=Rocky Mount| Data2=1785 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Benjamin Franklin]], publisher, orator, scholar, and U.S. Founding Father | Population=47286| Area=692}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=069| Name=Frederick| Seat=Winchester| Data2=1743 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Frederick, Prince of Wales]], eldest son of George II | Population=59209| Area=415}}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=071| Name=Giles| Seat=Pearisburg| Data2=1806 | Data3=? |Data4=[[William Branch Giles]], [[U.S. Senator]] from Virginia | Population=16657| Area=358}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=073| Name=Gloucester| Seat=Gloucester| Data2=1651 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Gloucestershire]], [[England]] | Population=34780| Area=217 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=075| Name=Goochland| Seat=Goochland| Data2=1727 | Data3=? |Data4=[[William Gooch]], colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia | Population=16863| Area=284}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=077| Name=Grayson| Seat=Independence| Data2=1793 | Data3=? |Data4=[[William Grayson]], U.S. Senator from Virginia | Population=17917| Area=443 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=079| Name=Greene| Seat=Stanardsville| Data2=1838 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Nathanael Greene]], Revolutionary War general | Population=15244| Area=157 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=081| Name=Greensville| Seat=Emporia| Data2=1780 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Richard Grenville]], commander of the English expedition to found [[Roanoke Colony]] | Population=11560| Area=296}}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=083| Name=Halifax| Seat=Halifax| Data2=1752 | Data3=? |Data4=[[George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax]], [[President of the Board of Trade]] | Population=37355| Area=814}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=085| Name=Hanover| Seat=Hanover| Data2=1720 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Electorate of Hanover]], from which the current line of British monarchs hailed | Population=99863| Area=473}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=087| Name=Henrico| Seat=Richmond| Data2=1617 | Data3=Original county of the Colony under England |Data4=[[Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales]], oldest son of [[James I of England]] | Population=262300| Area=238}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=089| Name=Henry| Seat=Martinsville| Data2=1777 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Patrick Henry]], governor of Virginia and U.S. Founding Father | Population=57930| Area=382}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=091| Name=Highland| Seat=Monterey| Data2=1847 | Data3=? |Data4=Mountainous topography | Population=2536| Area=416 }}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=093| Name=Isle of Wight| Seat=Isle of Wight| Data2=1634 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Isle of Wight]], England | Population=29728| Area=316 }}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=095| Name=James City| Seat=Williamsburg| Data2=1617 | Data3=Original county of the Colony under England |Data4=King [[James I of England]] | Population=67009| Area=143}}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=097| Name=King and Queen| Seat=King and Queen Court House| Data2=1691 | Data3=? |Data4=[[William III of England|King William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Queen Mary II]] | Population=6630| Area=316}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=099| Name=King George| Seat=King George| Data2=1721 | Data3=? |Data4=[[George I of Great Britain]] | Population=16803| Area=180 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=101| Name=King William| Seat=King William| Data2=1702 | Data3=? |Data4=[[William III of England]] | Population=13146| Area=275}}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=103| Name=Lancaster| Seat=Lancaster| Data2=1651 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=11567| Area=133}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=105| Name=Lee| Seat=Jonesville| Data2=1793 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Light Horse Harry Lee]], Revolutionary War general and governor of Virginia | Population=23589| Area=437}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=107| Name=Loudoun| Seat=Leesburg| Data2=1757 | Data3=? |Data4=[[John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun]], British [[Commander-in-Chief, North America]] during the Seven Years War | Population=312311| Area=520}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=109| Name=Louisa| Seat=Louisa| Data2=1742 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Louise of Great Britain|Princess Louise]], youngest daughter of George II | Population=25627| Area=498 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=111| Name=Lunenburg| Seat=Lunenburg| Data2=1746 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg]], from which the current line of British monarchs hailed | Population=13146| Area=432}}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=113| Name=Madison| Seat=Madison| Data2=1793 | Data3=? |Data4=[[James Madison]], Congressman from Virginia, principal author of the [[U.S. Constitution]], and future U.S. President | Population=12520| Area=322 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=115| Name=Mathews| Seat=Mathews| Data2=1791 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Thomas Mathews]], British commander in the [[War of the Austrian Succession]] | Population=9207| Area=86}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=117| Name=Mecklenburg| Seat=Boydton| Data2=1765 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], wife of King George III | Population=32380| Area=624}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=119| Name=Middlesex| Seat=Saluda| Data2=1673 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Middlesex]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=9932| Area=130}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=121| Name=Montgomery| Seat=Christiansburg| Data2=1777 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Richard Montgomery]], Revolutionary War general | Population=83629| Area=388}}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=125| Name=Nelson| Seat=Lovingston| Data2=1808 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Thomas Nelson Jr.]], governor of Virginia and signer of the [[Declaration of Independence]] | Population=14445| Area=472}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=127| Name=New Kent| Seat=New Kent| Data2=1654 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Kent County, England]] | Population=13462| Area=210}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=131| Name=Northampton| Seat=Eastville| Data2=1634 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Northamptonshire]], England | Population=13093| Area=207 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=133| Name=Northumberland| Seat=Heathsville| Data2=1648 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Northumberland]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=12259| Area=192}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=135| Name=Nottoway| Seat=Nottoway| Data2=1789 | Data3=? |Data4=Nodawa tribe| Population=15725| Area=315 }}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=137| Name=Orange| Seat=Orange| Data2=1734 | Data3=? |Data4=[[William III of England]] | Population=25881| Area=342 }}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=139| Name=Page| Seat=Luray| Data2=1831 | Data3=? |Data4=[[John Page (Virginia politician)|John Page]], governor of Virginia | Population=23177| Area=311}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=141| Name=Patrick| Seat=Stuart| Data2=1791 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Patrick Henry]], governor of Virginia and U.S. Founding Father | Population=19407| Area=483}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=143| Name=Pittsylvania| Seat=Chatham| Data2=1767 | Data3=? |Data4=[[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt]], British Prime Minister | Population=61745| Area=978}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=145| Name=Powhatan| Seat=Powhatan| Data2=1777 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Powhatan people]] | Population=22377| Area=261}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=147| Name=Prince Edward| Seat=Farmville| Data2=1754 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany]], brother of George III | Population=19720| Area=353 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=149| Name=Prince George| Seat=Prince George| Data2=1703 | Data3=From Charles City County |Data4=[[Prince George of Denmark]], husband of Queen Anne | Population=33047| Area=266}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=153| Name=Prince William| Seat=Manassas| Data2=1731 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland|Prince William Augustus]], son of George II | Population=402002| Area=338}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=155| Name=Pulaski| Seat=Pulaski| Data2=1839 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Kazimierz Pulaski]], Polish-born Revolutionary War general | Population=35127| Area=321}}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=157| Name=Rappahannock| Seat=Washington| Data2=1833 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Rappahannock River]] | Population=6983| Area=267}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=159| Name=Richmond| Seat=Warsaw| Data2=1692 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond]], illegitimate son of King Charles II | Population=8809| Area=192}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=161| Name=Roanoke| Seat=Salem | Data2=1838 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Roanoke River]] | Population=85778| Area=251 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=163| Name=Rockbridge| Seat=Lexington| Data2=1778 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Natural Bridge (Virginia)|Natural Bridge]] | Population=20808| Area=600}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=165| Name=Rockingham| Seat=Harrisonburg| Data2=1778 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham]], British Prime Minister | Population=67725| Area=851}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=167| Name=Russell| Seat=Lebanon| Data2=1786 | Data3=? |Data4=[[William Russell (Virginia)|William Russell]], frontiersman and state representative | Population=30308| Area=475}}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=169| Name=Scott| Seat=Gate City| Data2=1814 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Winfield Scott]], [[War of 1812]] and later Mexican-American War general | Population=23403| Area=537 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=171| Name=Shenandoah| Seat=Woodstock| Data2=1772 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Shenandoah River]] | Population=35075| Area=512}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=173| Name=Smyth| Seat=Marion| Data2=1832 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Alexander Smyth]], Congressman from Virginia | Population=33081| Area=452}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=175| Name=Southampton| Seat=Courtland| Data2=1749 | Data3=? |Data4=Disputed; either [[Southampton]], [[England]] or [[Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton]], one of the founders of the [[Virginia Company]] | Population=17482| Area=600}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=177| Name=Spotsylvania| Seat=Spotsylvania Courthouse| Data2=1721 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Alexander Spotswood]], colonial lieutenant governor of Virignia | Population=122397| Area=401}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=179| Name=Stafford| Seat=Stafford| Data2=1664 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Stafford, England]] | Population=128961| Area=270 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=181| Name=Surry| Seat=Surry| Data2=1652 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Surrey]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=6829| Area=279}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=183| Name=Sussex| Seat=Sussex| Data2=1754 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Sussex]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=12504| Area=491}}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=185| Name=Tazewell| Seat=Tazewell| Data2=1800 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Henry Tazewell]], U.S. Senator from Virginia | Population=44598| Area=520 }}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=187| Name=Warren| Seat=Front Royal| Data2=1836 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Joseph Warren]], Revolutionary War general | Population=31584| Area=214 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=191| Name=Washington| Seat=Abingdon| Data2=1777 | Data3=? |Data4=[[George Washington]], Revolutionary War commander, U.S. Founding Father, and future U.S. President | Population=51103| Area=564}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=193| Name=Westmoreland| Seat=Montross| Data2=1653 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Westmorland|Westmoreland]], [[United Kingdom]] | Population=16718| Area=229 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=195| Name=Wise| Seat=Wise| Data2=1856 | Data3=? |Data4=[[Henry Alexander Wise]], governor of Virginia | Population=40123| Area=403 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=197| Name=Wythe| Seat=Wytheville| Data2=1790 | Data3=? |Data4=[[George Wythe]], legal scholar and signer of the Declaration of Independence | Population=27599| Area=463}}

{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=199| Name=York| Seat=Yorktown| Data2=1634 | Data3=? |Data4=[[James II of England|James Stuart, Duke of York]], the future King James II | Population=65464| Area=106 }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=510| Notype=yes| Name=City of Alexandria| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas">[http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/virginia/viewer.htm "Virginia Historical Counties"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040804003824/http://historical-county.newberry.org/website/Virginia/viewer.htm |date=2004-08-04 }}. ''Atlas of Historical County Boundaries''. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved 2010-07-09. Compare the maps for July 9 and July 10, 1902.</ref>
| Data3=From [[Alexandria County, Virginia|Alexandria County]] before 1870<ref name=census>{{cite web |last1=Bureau |first1=US Census |title=1920 Census: Volume 1. Population, Number and Distribution of Inhabitants |url=https://www.census.gov/library/publications/1921/dec/vol-01-population.html |website=Census.gov}}</ref> |Data4=Phillip & John Alexander, brothers and area plantation owners | Population=139966| Area=15| Map=VAMap-doton-Alexandria.png }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=515| Notype=yes| Name=City of Bedford| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1968| Data3=? |Data4=[[John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford]], British politician and negotiator of the [[Peace of Paris (1763)|Peace of Paris]] | Population=6299| Area=7| Map=VAMap-doton-Bedford.png }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=520| Notype=yes| Name=City of Bristol| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Washington County in 1890<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Bristol]], England | Population=17367| Area=12| Map=VAMap-doton-Bristol.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=530| Notype=yes| Name=City of Buena Vista| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Rockbridge County in 1892<ref name="census"/> |Data4=from the Buena Vista Company, which founded an iron mine in the area and established the town for its laborers | Population=6349| Area=7| Map=VAMap-doton-BuenaVista.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=540| Notype=yes| Name=City of Charlottesville| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Albemarle County in 1888<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], wife of King George III | Population=45049| Area=10| Map=VAMap-doton-Charlottesville.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=550| Notype=yes| Name=City of Chesapeake| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1963| Data3=Formed out of consolidation of [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk County]] (extinct) and City of [[South Norfolk, Virginia|South Norfolk]] (extinct)<ref name=Durman>{{cite web|last=Durman|first=George W.|title=Current Virginia Counties & Independent Cities|url=http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~george/countyformations/currentcounties&independentcities.html|work=Germanna Colonies|accessdate=31 January 2012}}</ref> |Data4=[[Chesapeake (tribe)|Chesapeake]] tribe | Population=222209| Area=341| Map=VAMap-doton-Chesapeake.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=570| Notype=yes| Name=City of Colonial Heights| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1948| Data3=? |Data4=From the actions of Revolutionary War general [[Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette]]; his soldiers, nicknamed the "Colonials," placed a artillery on high ground overlooking Petersburg | Population=16897| Area=8| Map=VAMap-doton-ColonialHeights.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=580| Notype=yes| Name=City of Covington| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1952| Data3=? |Data4=[[Leonard Covington]], hero of the [[Siege of Fort Recovery]] and Congressman from Maryland | Population=6303| Area=4| Map=VAMap-doton-Covington.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=590| Notype=yes| Name=City of Danville| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Pittsylvania County before 1870<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Dan River]] | Population=48411| Area=43| Map=VAMap-doton-Danville.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=595| Notype=yes| Name=City of Emporia| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1967| Data3=? |Data4=[[Emporia, Kansas]] | Population=5665| Area=7| Map=VAMap-doton-Emporia.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=600| Notype=yes| Name=City of Fairfax| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1961| Data3=? |Data4=[[Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron]], only resident British noble in colonial Virginia | Population=21498| Area=6| Map=VAMap-doton-Fairfax.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=610| Notype=yes| Name=City of Falls Church| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1948| Data3=? |Data4=[[The Falls Church]] | Population=12332| Area=2| Map=VAMap-doton-FallsChurch.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=620| Notype=yes| Name=City of Franklin| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1961| Data3=? |Data4=[[Benjamin Franklin]], publisher, scholar, orator, and U.S. Founding Father | Population=8346| Area=8| Map=VAMap-doton-Franklin.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=630| Notype=yes| Name=City of Fredericksburg| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Spotsylvania County before 1870<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Frederick, Prince of Wales]], eldest son of King George II | Population=24286| Area=10| Map=VAMap-doton-Fredericksburg.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=640| Notype=yes| Name=City of Galax| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1952| Data3=? |Data4=the [[galax]] shrub | Population=6837| Area=8| Map=VAMap-doton-Galax.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=650| Notype=yes| Name=City of Hampton| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1908| Data3=Founded 1610. Current city formed by consolidation of [[Elizabeth City County, Virginia|Elizabeth City County]] and [[Hampton, Virginia|City of Hampton]] in 1952<ref name=Durman /> |Data4=Disputed; either [[Southampton]], [[England]] or [[Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton]], one of the founders of the [[Virginia Company]] | Population=146437| Area=52| Map=VAMap-doton-Hampton.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=660| Notype=yes| Name=City of Harrisonburg| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1916| Data3=From Rockingham County in 1916<ref name="census"/> |Data4=Thomas Harrison, pioneering settler and town founder | Population=40468| Area=18| Map=VAMap-doton-Harrisonburg.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=670| Notype=yes| Name=City of Hopewell| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1916| Data3=From Prince George County in 1916<ref name="census"/> |Data4= ''The Hopewell'', a ship that carried some of the early English settlers to Virginia | Population=22354| Area=10| Map=VAMap-doton-Hopewell.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=678| Notype=yes| Name=City of Lexington| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1966| Data3=? |Data4=Revolutionary War [[Battles of Lexington and Concord|Battle of Lexington]] | Population=6867| Area=2| Map=VAMap-doton-Lexington.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=680| Notype=yes| Name=City of Lynchburg| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Campbell County before 1870<ref name="census"/> |Data4=John Lynch, ferry operator and constructor of the first bridge across the James River in the area | Population=65269| Area=49| Map=VAMap-doton-Lynchburg.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=683| Notype=yes| Name=City of Manassas| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1975| Data3=? |Data4=[[Manassas Gap Railroad]]| Population=37821| Area=10| Map=VAMap-doton-Manassas.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=685| Notype=yes| Name=City of Manassas Park| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1975| Data3=? |Data4=Manassas Gap Railroad and [[Manassas National Battlefield Park]] | Population=14273| Area=2| Map=VAMap-doton-ManassasPark.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=690| Notype=yes| Name=City of Martinsville| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1928| Data3=? |Data4=[[Joseph Martin (general)|Joseph Martin]], Revolutionary War general | Population=15416| Area=11| Map=VAMap-doton-Martinsville.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=700| Notype=yes| Name=City of Newport News| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Warwick County in 1896<ref name="census"/> |Data4=Uncertain—see [[Newport News, Virginia#Name|main city article]] | Population=180150| Area=68| Map=VAMap-doton-NewportNews.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=710| Notype=yes| Name=City of Norfolk| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1845<ref name=Norfolk1>{{cite web|last=City of Norfolk|title=19th Century History|url=http://www.norfolk.gov/history/19th_century.asp|work=City of Norfolk History|accessdate=31 January 2012|archive-date=23 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223133121/http://norfolk.gov/history/19th_century.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> | Data3=Founded 1682.<ref name=Norfolk2>{{cite web|last=City of Norfolk|title=17th Century History|url=http://www.norfolk.gov/history/17th_century.asp|work=City of Norfolk History|accessdate=31 January 2012|archive-date=23 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223130300/http://norfolk.gov/history/17th_century.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Incorporated as City in 1845 from [[Lower Norfolk County, Virginia|Lower Norfolk County]] (extinct)<ref name=Durman /> |Data4=[[Norfolk, England]] | Population=242803| Area=54| Map=VAMap-doton-Norfolk.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=720| Notype=yes| Name=City of Norton| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1954| Data3=? |Data4=Eckstein Norton, president of the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] | Population=3904| Area=7| Map=VAMap-doton-Norton.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=730| Notype=yes| Name=City of Petersburg| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Prince George County before 1870<ref name="census"/> |Data4=Peter Jones, early settler and merchant | Population=33740| Area=23| Map=VAMap-doton-Petersburg.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=735| Notype=yes| Name=City of Poquoson| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1975| Data3=From York County |Data4=An [[Algonquin language|Algonquin]] term roughly translating to "great marsh" or "flat land" | Population=11566| Area=16| Map=VAMap-doton-Poquoson.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=740| Notype=yes| Name=City of Portsmouth| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1858<ref name=Durman />| Data3=Founded 1752.<ref name=Ptown>{{cite web|last=City of Portsmouth|title=City of Portsmouth, Virginia - History|url=http://www.portsmouthva.gov/history/|work=City of Portsmouth|accessdate=31 January 2012|archive-date=14 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214073906/http://www.portsmouthva.gov/history/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Incorporated as City in 1858 from [[Norfolk County, Virginia|Norfolk County]] (extinct)<ref name="Durman"/> |Data4=[[Portsmouth]], [[England]] | Population=100565| Area=33| Map=VAMap-doton-Portsmouth.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=750| Notype=yes| Name=City of Radford| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Montgomery County in 1892<ref name="census"/> |Data4=Dr. John Blair Radford, owner of a plantation that included that town's lands | Population=15859| Area=10| Map=VAMap-doton-Radford.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=760| Notype=yes| Name=City of Richmond| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Henrico County before 1870<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Richmond, London|Richmond, Surrey]], [[England]] | Population=204214| Area=60| Map=Map of Virginia highlighting Richmond City.svg}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=770| Notype=yes| Name=City of Roanoke| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Roanoke County in 1884<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Roanoke River]] | Population=94911| Area=43| Map=VAMap-doton-Roanoke.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=775| Notype=yes| Name=City of Salem| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1968| Data3=? |Data4=After [[Salem, New Jersey]], home of town founder William Bryan | Population=24747| Area=15| Map=VAMap-doton-Salem.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=790| Notype=yes| Name=City of Staunton| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Augusta County before 1870<ref name="census"/> |Data4=Lady Rebecca Staunton, wife of colonial Lieutenant Governor [[William Gooch]] | Population=23853| Area=20| Map=VAMap-doton-Staunton.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=800| Notype=yes| Name=City of Suffolk| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1910<ref name=Suffolk>{{cite web|last=City of Suffolk|title=All About Suffolk: History|url=http://www.suffolkva.us/community/history.html|work=Suffolk: Community|accessdate=31 January 2012|archive-date=19 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419003722/http://www.suffolkva.us/community/history.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | Data3=Founded 1742.<ref name="Suffolk"/> Incorporated as City in 1910 from [[Nansemond County, Virginia|Nansemond County]] (extinct)<ref name="Suffolk"/> |Data4=[[Suffolk, England]] | Population=63677| Area=400| Map=VAMap-doton-Suffolk.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=810| Notype=yes| Name=City of Virginia Beach| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1963 | Data3=Founded 1906 around existing community of Seatack. Incorporated as City in 1963 from [[Princess Anne County, Virginia|Princess Anne County County]] (extinct)<ref name="Durman"/> |Data4=The city's coastal location | Population=437994| Area=248| Map=VAMap-doton-VirginiaBeach.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=820| Notype=yes| Name=City of Waynesboro| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1948| Data3=? |Data4=[[Anthony Wayne]], Revolutionary War general | Population=19520| Area=14| Map=VAMap-doton-Waynesboro.PNG }}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=830| Notype=yes| Name=City of Williamsburg| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From James City County<!-- The 1900 Census covers Williamsburg as an independent city, no date of origin. 1910 and 1920 do not cover Williamsburg as an IC or note any historical changes regarding James City County or Williamsburg City. --> |Data4=[[William III of England]] | Population=14068| Area=9| Map=VAMap-doton-Williamsburg.PNG}}
{{Countyrow|N=51|Num=840| Notype=yes| Name=City of Winchester| Noseat=N/A| Data2=1902<ref name="Atlas"/>
| Data3=From Frederick County in 1874<ref name="census"/> |Data4=[[Winchester]], [[England]] | Population=23585| Area=9| Map=VAMap-doton-Winchester.PNG}}
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The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties and 38 independent cities, which are considered county-equivalents for census purposes. Some of the cities are the same size as a county.

In Virginia, cities are separate from counties, but towns are inside counties. For a list of towns, see List of towns in Virginia.

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Virginia counties and independent cities

List of counties and independent cities

County
 FIPS code[1] County seat[2][3] Est.[2] Formed from Meaning of name Population
(2020)[4] 		Area[2] Map
Accomack County 001 Accomac 1663 From part of Northampton County From the Native American word Accawmack, meaning "on the other side", because the county is across the Chesapeake Bay 33,413 455 sq mi
(1,178 km2)		 State map highlighting Accomack County
Albemarle County 003 Charlottesville 1744 From part of Goochland County Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, colonial proprietary governor 112,395 723 sq mi
(1,873 km2)		 State map highlighting Albemarle County
Alleghany County 005 Covington 1822 From parts of Bath and Botetourt counties as well as Monroe County (now in WV) Alleghany Mountains 15,223 446 sq mi
(1,155 km2)		 State map highlighting Alleghany County
Amelia County 007 Amelia 1735 From parts of Brunswick and Prince George counties Princess Amelia Sophia, second daughter of George II of Great Britain 13,265 357 sq mi
(925 km2)		 State map highlighting Amelia County
Amherst County 009 Amherst 1761 From part of Albemarle county Jeffery Amherst, British conqueror of Quebec during the Seven Years' War and colonial governor of Virginia 31,307 475 sq mi
(1,230 km2)		 State map highlighting Amherst County
Appomattox County 011 Appomattox 1845 From parts of Buckingham, Campbell, Charlotte and Prince Edward counties Appomattox River 16,119 334 sq mi
(865 km2)		 State map highlighting Appomattox County
Arlington County 013 Arlington 1846 From part of the District of Columbia Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, originally called Alexandria County; renamed in 1920 238,643 26 sq mi
(67 km2)		 State map highlighting Arlington County
Augusta County 015 Staunton 1738 From part of Orange County Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, the Princess of Wales 77,487 971 sq mi
(2,515 km2)		 State map highlighting Augusta County
Bath County 017 Warm Springs 1791 From parts of Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier counties Bath, England 4,209 532 sq mi
(1,378 km2)		 State map highlighting Bath County
Bedford County 019 Bedford 1754 From part of Lunenburg county John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British politician and one of the head negotiators of the Peace of Paris 79,462 755 sq mi
(1,955 km2)		 State map highlighting Bedford County
Bland County 021 Bland 1861 From parts of Giles, Tazewell, and Wythe counties Richard Bland, member of the Continental Congress and publisher of the American Revolutionary War-era tract An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies 6,270 359 sq mi
(930 km2)		 State map highlighting Bland County
Botetourt County 023 Fincastle 1770 From part of Augusta county Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, colonial governor of Virginia 33,596 543 sq mi
(1,406 km2)		 State map highlighting Botetourt County
Brunswick County 025 Lawrenceville 1720 From part of Prince George county. Parts of Surry and Isle of Wight counties were added in 1732 (when the county's government was established.) Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from which the current line of British monarchs hailed 15,849 566 sq mi
(1,466 km2)		 State map highlighting Brunswick County
Buchanan County 027 Grundy 1858 From parts of Russell and Tazewell counties James Buchanan, fifteenth U.S. President 20,355 504 sq mi
(1,305 km2)		 State map highlighting Buchanan County
Buckingham County 029 Buckingham 1761 From part of Albemarle county Duke of Buckingham 16,824 581 sq mi
(1,505 km2)		 State map highlighting Buckingham County
Campbell County 031 Rustburg 1782 From part of Bedford county William Campbell, Revolutionary War general 55,696 504 sq mi
(1,305 km2)		 State map highlighting Campbell County
Caroline County 033 Bowling Green 1728 From parts of Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties Caroline of Ansbach, wife of King George II of Great Britain 30,887 533 sq mi
(1,380 km2)		 State map highlighting Caroline County
Carroll County 035 Hillsville 1842 From part of Grayson county Charles Carroll of Carrollton 29,155 476 sq mi
(1,233 km2)		 State map highlighting Carroll County
Charles City County 036 Charles City 1634 Colonial division before 1635[5] King Charles I of England 6,773 182 sq mi
(471 km2)		 State map highlighting Charles City County
Charlotte County 037 Charlotte Court House 1765 From part of Lunenburg county Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III of Great Britain 11,529 475 sq mi
(1,230 km2)		 State map highlighting Charlotte County
Chesterfield County 041 Chesterfield 1749 From part of Henrico County Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, British politician and Lord of the Bedchamber 364,548 426 sq mi
(1,103 km2)		 State map highlighting Chesterfield County
Clarke County 043 Berryville 1836 From part of Frederick County George Rogers Clarke, Revolutionary War general 14,783 177 sq mi
(458 km2)		 State map highlighting Clarke County
Craig County 045 New Castle 1851 From parts of Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, and Monroe (in present-day West Virginia) Counties Robert Craig, U.S. Representative from Virginia 4,892 330 sq mi
(855 km2)		 State map highlighting Craig County
Culpeper County 047 Culpeper 1749 From part of Orange County Thomas Colepeper, 2nd Baron Colepeper, colonial proprietary governor 52,552 381 sq mi
(987 km2)		 State map highlighting Culpeper County
Cumberland County 049 Cumberland 1749 From part of Goochland County Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, British general, politician, and son of King George II 9,675 298 sq mi
(772 km2)		 State map highlighting Cumberland County
Dickenson County 051 Clintwood 1880 From parts of Buchanan, Russell, and Wise Counties William J. Dickinson, member of the Virginia House of Delegates 14,124 333 sq mi
(862 km2)		 State map highlighting Dickenson County
Dinwiddie County 053 Dinwiddie 1752 From part of Prince George County Robert Dinwiddie, colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia 27,947 504 sq mi
(1,305 km2)		 State map highlighting Dinwiddie County
Essex County 057 Tappahannock 1692 From the original Rappahannock County, Virginia, which was split to form Essex and Richmond counties. Essex, United Kingdom 10,599 258 sq mi
(668 km2)		 State map highlighting Essex County
Fairfax County 059 Fairfax 1742 From part of Prince William County Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the only British noble resident in Virginia 1,150,309 396 sq mi
(1,026 km2)		 State map highlighting Fairfax County
Fauquier County 061 Warrenton 1759 From part of Prince William County Francis Fauquier, colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia 72,972 650 sq mi
(1,683 km2)		 State map highlighting Fauquier County
Floyd County 063 Floyd 1831 From part of Montgomery County John Floyd, governor of Virginia 15,476 382 sq mi
(989 km2)		 State map highlighting Floyd County
Fluvanna County 065 Palmyra 1777 From part of Henrico County From the Latin name for the James River, which itself translates to "Annie's River" in honor of Queen Anne 27,249 287 sq mi
(743 km2)		 State map highlighting Fluvanna County
Franklin County 067 Rocky Mount 1786 From parts of Bedford and Henry Counties Benjamin Franklin, publisher, orator, scholar, and U.S. Founding Father 54,477 692 sq mi
(1,792 km2)		 State map highlighting Franklin County
Frederick County 069 Winchester 1738 From part of Orange County Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son of George II 91,419 415 sq mi
(1,075 km2)		 State map highlighting Frederick County
Giles County 071 Pearisburg 1806 From parts of Montgomery, Monroe, Wythe, and Tazewell Counties William Branch Giles, U.S. Senator from Virginia 16,787 358 sq mi
(927 km2)		 State map highlighting Giles County
Gloucester County 073 Gloucester 1651 From part of York County Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester 38,711 217 sq mi
(562 km2)		 State map highlighting Gloucester County
Goochland County 075 Goochland 1728 From part of Henrico County William Gooch, colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia 24,727 284 sq mi
(736 km2)		 State map highlighting Goochland County
Grayson County 077 Independence 1793 From part of Wythe County William Grayson, U.S. Senator from Virginia 15,333 443 sq mi
(1,147 km2)		 State map highlighting Grayson County
Greene County 079 Stanardsville 1838 From part of Orange County Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War general 20,552 157 sq mi
(407 km2)		 State map highlighting Greene County
Greensville County 081 Emporia 1781 From part of Brunswick County Richard Grenville, commander of the English expedition to found Roanoke Colony 11,391 296 sq mi
(767 km2)		 State map highlighting Greensville County
Halifax County 083 Halifax 1752 From part of Lunenburg County George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax, President of the Board of Trade 34,022 814 sq mi
(2,108 km2)		 State map highlighting Halifax County
Hanover County 085 Hanover 1721 From the area of New Kent County called St. Paul's Parish Electorate of Hanover, from which the current line of British monarchs hailed 109,979 473 sq mi
(1,225 km2)		 State map highlighting Hanover County
Henrico County 087 Laurel 1617 Original county of the Colony under England Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, oldest son of James I of England 334,389 238 sq mi
(616 km2)		 State map highlighting Henrico County
Henry County 089 Martinsville 1777 From Pittsylvania County, it was initially named Patrick Henry County Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia and U.S. Founding Father 50,948 382 sq mi
(989 km2)		 State map highlighting Henry County
Highland County 091 Monterey 1847 From parts of Bath and Pendleton Counties[6] Mountainous topography 2,232 416 sq mi
(1,077 km2)		 State map highlighting Highland County
Isle of Wight County 093 Isle of Wight 1634 Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Warrosquyoake Shire Isle of Wight, England 38,606 316 sq mi
(818 km2)		 State map highlighting Isle of Wight County
James City County 095 Williamsburg 1617 Original county of the Colony under England King James I of England 78,254 143 sq mi
(370 km2)		 State map highlighting James City County
King and Queen County 097 King and Queen 1691 From part of New Kent County. King William III and Queen Mary II 6,608 316 sq mi
(818 km2)		 State map highlighting King and Queen County
King George County 099 King George 1721 From part of Richmond County George I of Great Britain 26,723 180 sq mi
(466 km2)		 State map highlighting King George County
King William County 101 King William 1702 English colonists formed King William County in 1702 out of King and Queen County, Virginia. William III of England 17,810 275 sq mi
(712 km2)		 State map highlighting King William County
Lancaster County 103 Lancaster 1651 From parts of Northumberland and York counties. Lancaster, United Kingdom 10,919 133 sq mi
(344 km2)		 State map highlighting Lancaster County
Lee County 105 Jonesville 1793 From part of Russell County Light Horse Harry Lee, Revolutionary War general and governor of Virginia 22,173 437 sq mi
(1,132 km2)		 State map highlighting Lee County
Loudoun County 107 Leesburg 1757 From part of Fairfax County John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, British Commander-in-Chief, North America during the Seven Years' War 420,959 520 sq mi
(1,347 km2)		 State map highlighting Loudoun County
Louisa County 109 Louisa 1742 From part of Hanover County Princess Louise, youngest daughter of George II 37,596 498 sq mi
(1,290 km2)		 State map highlighting Louisa County
Lunenburg County 111 Lunenburg 1746 From part of Brunswick County Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, from which the current line of British monarchs hailed 11,936 432 sq mi
(1,119 km2)		 State map highlighting Lunenburg County
Madison County 113 Madison 1793 From part of Orange County James Madison, Congressman from Virginia, principal author of the U.S. Constitution, and future U.S. President 13,837 322 sq mi
(834 km2)		 State map highlighting Madison County
Mathews County 115 Mathews 1791 From part of Gloucester County Thomas Mathews, Revolutionary War general. 8,533 86 sq mi
(223 km2)		 State map highlighting Mathews County
Mecklenburg County 117 Boydton 1765 From part of Lunenburg County Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III 30,319 624 sq mi
(1,616 km2)		 State map highlighting Mecklenburg County
Middlesex County 119 Saluda 1673 From part of Lancaster County Middlesex, United Kingdom 10,625 130 sq mi
(337 km2)		 State map highlighting Middlesex County
Montgomery County 121 Christiansburg 1777 From part of Fincastle County Richard Montgomery, Revolutionary War general 99,721 388 sq mi
(1,005 km2)		 State map highlighting Montgomery County
Nelson County 125 Lovingston 1808 From part of Amherst County Thomas Nelson Jr., governor of Virginia and signer of the Declaration of Independence 14,775 472 sq mi
(1,222 km2)		 State map highlighting Nelson County
New Kent County 127 New Kent 1654 From part of York County, Virginia. Kent County, England 22,945 210 sq mi
(544 km2)		 State map highlighting New Kent County
Northampton County 131 Eastville 1634 Original county of the Colony under England, initially named Accomac Shire. In 1642, it was renamed Northampton County. Northamptonshire, England 12,282 207 sq mi
(536 km2)		 State map highlighting Northampton County
Northumberland County 133 Heathsville 1648 Created by the Virginia General Assembly during a period of rapid population growth and geographic expansion Northumberland, United Kingdom 11,839 192 sq mi
(497 km2)		 State map highlighting Northumberland County
Nottoway County 135 Nottoway 1789 From the area of Amelia County called Nottaway Parish Nodawa tribe 15,642 315 sq mi
(816 km2)		 State map highlighting Nottoway County
Orange County 137 Orange 1734 From part of Spotsylvania County William IV, Prince of Orange, to celebrate his marriage to the Royal Princess Anne of the House of Hanover, England on March 25, 1734. The county was formed on August 8, 1734 36,254 342 sq mi
(886 km2)		 State map highlighting Orange County
Page County 139 Luray 1831 From parts of Shenandoah and Rockingham counties John Page, governor of Virginia 23,709 311 sq mi
(805 km2)		 State map highlighting Page County
Patrick County 141 Stuart 1791 From part of Patrick Henry County Patrick Henry, governor of Virginia and U.S. Founding Father 17,608 483 sq mi
(1,251 km2)		 State map highlighting Patrick County
Pittsylvania County 143 Chatham 1767 From part of Halifax County William Pitt, British Prime Minister 60,501 978 sq mi
(2,533 km2)		 State map highlighting Pittsylvania County
Powhatan County 145 Powhatan 1777 From part of Cumberland County Powhatan tribe 30,333 261 sq mi
(676 km2)		 State map highlighting Powhatan County
Prince Edward County 147 Farmville 1754 From part of Amelia County Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany, brother of George III 21,849 353 sq mi
(914 km2)		 State map highlighting Prince Edward County
Prince George County 149 Prince George 1703 From Charles City County Prince George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne 43,010 266 sq mi
(689 km2)		 State map highlighting Prince George County
Prince William County 153 Manassas 1731 From parts of Stafford and King George counties Prince William Augustus, son of George II 482,204 338 sq mi
(875 km2)		 State map highlighting Prince William County
Pulaski County 155 Pulaski 1839 From parts of Montgomery and Wythe counties Kazimierz Pulaski, Polish-born Revolutionary War general 33,800 321 sq mi
(831 km2)		 State map highlighting Pulaski County
Rappahannock County 157 Washington 1833 From part of Culpeper County. The original Rappahannock County, known as Old Rappahannock County, was created in 1656 from part of Lancaster County. Old Rappahannock County became extinct in 1692 when it was split to create Essex and Richmond counties. Rappahannock River 7,348 267 sq mi
(692 km2)		 State map highlighting Rappahannock County
Richmond County 159 Warsaw 1692 From the original Rappahannock County, better known as Old Rappahannock County, which was split to form Richmond and Essex counties. Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, illegitimate son of King Charles II 8,923 192 sq mi
(497 km2)		 State map highlighting Richmond County
Roanoke County 161 Salem 1838 From the southern part of Botetourt County Roanoke River 96,929 251 sq mi
(650 km2)		 State map highlighting Roanoke County
Rockbridge County 163 Lexington 1778 From parts of Augusta and Botetourt counties Natural Bridge 22,650 600 sq mi
(1,554 km2)		 State map highlighting Rockbridge County
Rockingham County 165 Harrisonburg 1778 From part of Augusta County Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British Prime Minister 83,757 851 sq mi
(2,204 km2)		 State map highlighting Rockingham County
Russell County 167 Lebanon 1786 From a section of Washington County William Russell, frontiersman and state representative 25,781 475 sq mi
(1,230 km2)		 State map highlighting Russell County
Scott County 169 Gate City 1814 From parts of Washington, Lee, and Russell Counties Winfield Scott, War of 1812 and later Mexican-American War general 21,576 537 sq mi
(1,391 km2)		 State map highlighting Scott County
Shenandoah County 171 Woodstock 1772 Formed from non-county territory; originally named for Governor John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, but renamed in 1778. Shenandoah River 44,186 512 sq mi
(1,326 km2)		 State map highlighting Shenandoah County
Smyth County 173 Marion 1832 From Washington and Wythe counties Alexander Smyth, Congressman from Virginia 29,800 452 sq mi
(1,171 km2)		 State map highlighting Smyth County
Southampton County 175 Courtland 1749 Most of it from part of Warrosquyoake Shire Disputed; either Southampton, England or Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, one of the founders of the Virginia Company 17,996 600 sq mi
(1,554 km2)		 State map highlighting Southampton County
Spotsylvania County 177 Spotsylvania Courthouse 1721 Spotsylvania From parts of Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties. Alexander Spotswood, colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia 140,032 401 sq mi
(1,039 km2)		 State map highlighting Spotsylvania County
Stafford County 179 Stafford 1664 From part of Westmoreland County Stafford, England 156,927 270 sq mi
(699 km2)		 State map highlighting Stafford County
Surry County 181 Surry 1652 From part of James City County Surrey, United Kingdom 6,561 279 sq mi
(723 km2)		 State map highlighting Surry County
Sussex County 183 Sussex 1754 From part of Surry County Sussex, United Kingdom 10,829 491 sq mi
(1,272 km2)		 State map highlighting Sussex County
Tazewell County 185 Tazewell 1800 From parts of Wythe and Russell counties Henry Tazewell, U.S. Senator from Virginia 40,429 520 sq mi
(1,347 km2)		 State map highlighting Tazewell County
Warren County 187 Front Royal 1836 From parts of Frederick and Shenandoah counties Joseph Warren, Revolutionary War general 40,727 214 sq mi
(554 km2)		 State map highlighting Warren County
Washington County 191 Abingdon 1777 From part of Fincastle County George Washington, Revolutionary War commander, U.S. Founding Father, and future U.S. President 53,935 564 sq mi
(1,461 km2)		 State map highlighting Washington County
Westmoreland County 193 Montross 1653 From part of Northumberland County Westmoreland, United Kingdom 18,477 229 sq mi
(593 km2)		 State map highlighting Westmoreland County
Wise County 195 Wise 1856 From parts of Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties Henry Alexander Wise, governor of Virginia 36,130 403 sq mi
(1,044 km2)		 State map highlighting Wise County
Wythe County 197 Wytheville 1790 From part of Montgomery County George Wythe, legal scholar and signer of the Declaration of Independence 28,290 463 sq mi
(1,199 km2)		 State map highlighting Wythe County
York County 199 Yorktown 1634 Formed in 1634 as one of the eight shires of Virginia. It was originally called Charles River Shire. James Stuart, Duke of York, the future King James II 70,045 106 sq mi
(275 km2)		 State map highlighting York County
Alexandria 510 N/A 1870[7] From Alexandria County[8] Phillip & John Alexander, brothers and area plantation owners 159,467 15 sq mi
(39 km2)		 State map highlighting Alexandria
Bristol 520 N/A 1890[8] From Washington County[8] Bristol, England 17,219 12 sq mi
(31 km2)		 State map highlighting Bristol
Buena Vista 530 N/A 1892[8] From Rockbridge County[8] from the Buena Vista Company, which founded an iron mine in the area and established the town for its laborers 6,641 7 sq mi
(18 km2)		 State map highlighting Buena Vista
Charlottesville 540 N/A 1888[8] From Albemarle County[8] Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of King George III 46,553 10 sq mi
(26 km2)		 State map highlighting Charlottesville
Chesapeake 550 N/A 1963 Formed by combining Norfolk County and City of South Norfolk[9] Chesapeake tribe 249,422 341 sq mi
(883 km2)		 State map highlighting Chesapeake
Colonial Heights 570 N/A 1948 From Chesterfield County From the actions of Revolutionary War general Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette; his soldiers, nicknamed the "Colonials", placed an artillery on high ground overlooking Petersburg 18,170 8 sq mi
(21 km2)		 State map highlighting Colonial Heights
Covington 580 N/A 1952 From Alleghany County Leonard Covington, hero of the Siege of Fort Recovery and Congressman from Maryland 5,737 4 sq mi
(10 km2)		 State map highlighting Covington
Danville 590 N/A 1870[8] From Pittsylvania County[8] Dan River 42,590 43 sq mi
(111 km2)		 State map highlighting Danville
Emporia 595 N/A 1967 From Greensville County Emporia, Kansas 5,766 7 sq mi
(18 km2)		 State map highlighting Emporia
Fairfax 600 N/A 1961 From Fairfax County Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, only British noble resident in colonial Virginia 24,146 6 sq mi
(16 km2)		 State map highlighting Fairfax
Falls Church 610 N/A 1948 From Fairfax County The Falls Church 14,658 2.1 sq mi
(5 km2)		 State map highlighting Falls Church
Franklin 620 N/A 1961 From Southampton County Benjamin Franklin, publisher, scholar, orator, and U.S. Founding Father 8,180 8 sq mi
(21 km2)		 State map highlighting Franklin
Fredericksburg 630 N/A 1870[8] From Spotsylvania County[8] Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son of King George II 27,982 10 sq mi
(26 km2)		 State map highlighting Fredericksburg
Galax 640 N/A 1953 From Grayson County and Carroll County the galax shrub 6,720 8 sq mi
(21 km2)		 State map highlighting Galax
Hampton 650 N/A 1908 Founded 1610. Current city formed by combining Elizabeth City County and City of Hampton in 1952[9] Disputed; either Southampton, England or Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, one of the founders of the Virginia Company 137,148 52 sq mi
(135 km2)		 State map highlighting Hampton
Harrisonburg 660 N/A 1916 From Rockingham County[8] Thomas Harrison, pioneering settler and town founder 51,814 18 sq mi
(47 km2)		 State map highlighting Harrisonburg
Hopewell 670 N/A 1916 From Prince George County[8] The Hopewell, a ship that carried some of the early English settlers to Virginia 23,033 10 sq mi
(26 km2)		 State map highlighting Hopewell
Lexington 678 N/A 1966 From Rockbridge County Revolutionary War Battle of Lexington 7,320 2.5 sq mi
(6 km2)		 State map highlighting Lexington
Lynchburg 680 N/A 1786 From Campbell County[8] John Lynch, ferry operator and constructor of the first bridge across the James River in the area 79,009 49 sq mi
(127 km2)		 State map highlighting Lynchburg
Manassas 683 N/A 1975 From Prince William County Manassas Gap Railroad 42,772 10 sq mi
(26 km2)		 State map highlighting Manassas
Manassas Park 685 N/A 1975 From Prince William County Manassas Gap Railroad and Manassas National Battlefield Park 17,219 2.5 sq mi
(6 km2)		 State map highlighting Manassas Park
Martinsville 690 N/A 1928 From Henry County Joseph Martin, Revolutionary War general 13,485 11 sq mi
(28 km2)		 State map highlighting Martinsville
Newport News 700 N/A 1896[8] From Warwick County[8] Captain Christopher Newport, English privateer[10] 186,247 68 sq mi
(176 km2)		 State map highlighting Newport News
Norfolk 710 N/A 1845[11] Founded 1682.[12] Incorporated as City in 1845 from Norfolk County (extinct)[9] Norfolk, England 238,005 54 sq mi
(140 km2)		 State map highlighting Norfolk
Norton 720 N/A 1954 From Wise County Eckstein Norton, president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad 3,687 7 sq mi
(18 km2)		 State map highlighting Norton
Petersburg 730 N/A 1870[8] From Prince George and Dinwiddie Counties[8] Peter Jones, early settler and merchant 33,458 23 sq mi
(60 km2)		 State map highlighting Petersburg
Poquoson 735 N/A 1975 From York County An Algonquin term roughly translating to "great marsh" or "flat land" 12,460 16 sq mi
(41 km2)		 State map highlighting Poquoson
Portsmouth 740 N/A 1858[9] Founded 1752.[13] Incorporated as City in 1858 from Norfolk County (extinct)[9] Portsmouth, England 97,915 33 sq mi
(85 km2)		 State map highlighting Portsmouth
Radford 750 N/A 1892[8] From Montgomery County[8] John Blair Radford, owner of a plantation that included that town's lands 16,070 10 sq mi
(26 km2)		 State map highlighting Radford
Richmond 760 N/A 1870[8] From Henrico County[8] Richmond, Surrey, England 226,610 60 sq mi
(155 km2)		 State map highlighting Richmond
Roanoke 770 N/A 1884[8] From Roanoke County[8] Roanoke River 100,011 43 sq mi
(111 km2)		 State map highlighting Roanoke
Salem 775 N/A 1968 From Roanoke County After Salem, New Jersey, home of town founder William Bryan 25,346 15 sq mi
(39 km2)		 State map highlighting Salem
Staunton 790 N/A 1870[8] From Augusta County [8] Lady Rebecca Staunton, wife of colonial Lieutenant Governor William Gooch 25,750 20 sq mi
(52 km2)		 State map highlighting Staunton
Suffolk 800 N/A 1910[14] Founded 1742.[14] Incorporated as City in 1910 from Nansemond County (extinct)[14] Suffolk, England 94,324 400 sq mi
(1,036 km2)		 State map highlighting Suffolk
Virginia Beach 810 N/A 1963 Founded 1906 around existing community of Seatack. Incorporated as City in 1963 from Princess Anne County (extinct)[9] The city's coastal location 459,470 248 sq mi
(642 km2)		 State map highlighting Virginia Beach
Waynesboro 820 N/A 1948 From Augusta County Anthony Wayne, Revolutionary War general 22,196 14 sq mi
(36 km2)		 State map highlighting Waynesboro
Williamsburg 830 N/A 1902[8] From James City County William III of England 15,425 9 sq mi
(23 km2)		 State map highlighting Williamsburg
Winchester 840 N/A 1874[8] From Frederick County [8] Winchester, England 28,120 9 sq mi
(23 km2)		 State map highlighting Winchester

Top 10 most populated cities in Virginia (2010)
Virginia counties and cities by population density (population/ square mile) in 2015
Virginia counties and cities by population in 2010

References

  1. ↑ "EPA County FIPS Code Listing". U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved February 23, 2008.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 National Association of Counties. "NACo County Explorer". Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  3. ↑ Virginia Commission on Local Government. "County Seats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2010. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Census QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Virginia Historical Counties" Archived August 4, 2004, at the Wayback Machine. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved July 10, 2010. Select the map for December 31, 1634 (the earliest date available).
  6. ↑ "About Us: History". Highland County. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Virginia Historical Counties" Archived August 4, 2004, at the Wayback Machine. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved July 9, 2010. Compare the maps for July 9 and 10, 1902.
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 8.23 8.24 8.25 8.26 8.27 8.28 Census Office (1920), Fourteenth Census of the United States
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Durman, George W. "Current Virginia Counties & Independent Cities". Germanna Colonies. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  10. ↑ King, Lauren. "What's in a name? | Newport News". pilotonline.com.
  11. ↑ City of Norfolk. "19th Century History". City of Norfolk History. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  12. ↑ City of Norfolk. "17th Century History". City of Norfolk History. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  13. ↑ City of Portsmouth. "City of Portsmouth, Virginia - History". City of Portsmouth. Archived from the original on February 14, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 City of Suffolk. "All About Suffolk: History". Suffolk: Community. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
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