Virginia County Maps and Atlases

The cartographic history of Virginia begins in the early sixteenth century, and maps, atlases, and gazetteers of the area have been produced ever since. James W. Sames III, comp., Index of Kentucky & Virginia maps, 1562 to 1900 (Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Historical Society, 1976), indexes the maps on file at The Library of Virginia and the Virginia Historical Society.

The map collection of The Library of Virginia is described in Earl Gregg Swem, comp. Maps Relating to Virginia in the Virginia State Library and other Departments of the Commonwealth ... (Reprint, Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1989). This volume also cites maps in other repositories.

The changing boundaries of Virginia's counties are illustrated in Michael F. Doran, Atlas of County Boundary Changes in Virginia, 1634-1895 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Publishing Co., 1987). This atlas is a must for Virginia research. See also John S. Hale, A Historical Atlas of Colonial Virginia (Staunton, Va.: Old Dominion Publication, 1978).

Maps showing watercourses are necessary for locating land grants and property described in deeds. See County Road Map Atlas: Commonwealth of Virginia (Richmond, Va.: Department of Transportation, 1987), which can be ordered by individual county, free of charge, from the Department of Transportation, 1401 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219. Detailed topographical maps of Virginia are published in Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer (Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company, 1989).

Rotating Formation Virginia Boundary County Maps

(Maps made with the use AniMap Plus County Boundary Historical AniMap 3.0 and with the Permission of the Goldbug Company)

County Formation years
1617	1634	1636	1637	1643	1645	1651	1652	1653	1654	1656	1661	1664	1669	1691
1692	1701	1702	1703	1720	1721	1728	1730	1731	1732	1734	1735	1738	1742	1743
1744	1745	1746	1749	1752	1753	1754	1757	1759	1761	1764	1765	1766	1767	1769
1770	1772	1776	1777	1778	1779	1780	1781	1782	1784	1785	1786	1787	1788	1789
1790	1791	1792	1793	1796	1797	1798	1799	1800	1801	1804	1806	1807	1808	1809
1814	1816	1818	1820	1821	1822	1824	1831	1832	1833	1835	1836	1837	1838	1839
1842	1843	1844	1845	1846	1847	1848	1850	1851	1856	1858	1860	1861	1863	1866
1867	1871	1880	1882	1887	1895	1900	1906	1908	1910	1916	1920	1921	1928	1948
1952	1953	1954	1958	1960	1961	1963	1966	1967	1968	1972	1974	1975	1995

Map Abbreviations
unorg. = unorganized g. = gained w. = with fr. = from atmt. = attachment exch = exchanged nca.= non county area ch. = changed Aco - Accomack Alb - Albemarle All - Alleghany Ame - Amelia Amh - Amherst Ap - Appomattox Ar - Arlington Au - Augusta Bar - Barbour (WV) Bat - Bath Bcn - Buchanan Bed - Bedford Ber - Berkeley (WV) Bkm - Buckingham Bl - Bland Boo - Boone (WV) Bot - Botetourt Bra - Braxton (WV) Brn - Brunswick Bro - Brooke (WV) Cab - Cabell (WV) Cal - Calhoun (WV) Cam - Campbell CC - Charles City Che - Chesterfield Clk - Clarke Clt - Charlotte Cly - Clay (WV) Cr - Craig	Crl - Carroll Crn - Caroline Cul - Culpeper Cum - Cumberland Dic - Dickenson Din - Dinwiddie Do - Doddridge (WV) EC - Elizabeth City Es - Essex Fai - Fairfax Fau - Fauquier Fay - Fayette (WV) Flo - Floyd Flu - Fluvanna Fra - Franklin Fre - Frederick Gl - Gloucester Gls - Giles Gmr - Gilmer (WV) Go - Goochland Gra - Grant (WV) Gra - Grayson Grb - Greenbrier (WV) Grn - Greene Gvl - Greensville Hal - Halifax Ham - Hampshire (WV) Hck - Hancock (WV) Hco - Henrico Hdy - Hardy (WV) Hi - Highland Hry - Henry Hsn - Harrison (WV) Hvr - Hanover IW - Isle of Wight Jac - Jackson (WV) JC - James City	Je - Jefferson (WV) Ka - Kanawha (WV) KG - King George KQ - King and Queen KW - King William La - Lancaster Ldn - Loudon Lee - Lee Lew - Lewis (WV) Li - Lincoln (WV) Log - Logan (WV) Lsa - Louisa Lu - Lunenburg Mad - Madison Mas - Mason (WV) Mat - Mathews Mc - McDowell (WV) Mec - Mecklenburg Mer - Mercer (WV) Mgl - Monongalia (WV) Mid - Middlesex Mnl - Mineral (WV) Mno - Mingo (WV) Mon - Montgomery Mor - Morgan (WV) Mrn - Marion (WV) Mro - Monroe (WV) Msl - Marshall (WV) Na - Nansemond Nel - Nelson Nfk - Norfolk Nhn - Northampton Ni - Nicholas (WV) NK - New Kent Not - Nottoway Nud - Northumberland Oh - Ohio (WV)	Or - Orange PA - Princess Anne Pag - Page Pat - Patrick Pe - Pendleton (WV) PE - Prince Edward PG - Prince George Pi - Pittsylvania Pl - Pleasants (WV) Poc - Pocahontas (WV) Pow - Powhatan Pr - Preston (WV) Pul - Pulaski Put - Putnam (WV) PW - Prince William Ral - Raleigh (WV) Ran - Randolph (WV) Rap - Rappahannock Rbr - Rockbridge Rhm - Rockingham Ric - Richmond Rit - Ritchie (WV) Rne - Roane (WV) Rnk - Roanoke Ru - Russell Sc - Scott Sh - Shenandoah Sm - Smyth So - Southampton Sp - Spotsylvania St - Stafford Su - Summers (WV) Sur - Surry Sus - Sussex Tay - Taylor (WV) Taz - Tazewell Tu - Tucker (WV)	Ty - Tyler (WV) Up - Upshur (WV) Was - Washington Way - Wayne (WV) Web - Webster (WV) Wes - Westmoreland Wet - Wetzel (WV) Wir - Wirt (WV) Wis - Wise Wod - Wood (WV) Wrn - Warren Wwk - Warwick Wy - Wythe Wyo - Wyoming (WV) Yor - York [Independent - cities: [Alexandria [Bristol [Buena Vista [Charlottesville [Clifton Forge [Danville [Fredericksburg [Hampton [Harrisonburg [Hopewell [Lynchburg [Newport News [Norfolk [Petersburg [Portsmouth [Radford [Richmond [Roanoke [Staunton [Suffolk [Williamsburg [Winchester

Virginia Atlases

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