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

Go to County Formation Year:
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
Census Years:
1790 • 1800 • 1810 • 1820 • 1830 • 1840 • 1850 • 1860 • 1870 • 1880 • 1890 • 1900 • 1910 • 1920 • 1930
Census Year with previous Census Year overlayed:
1800 • 1810 • 1820 • 1830 • 1840 • 1850 • 1860 • 1870 • 1880 • 1890 • 1900 • 1910 • 1920 • 1930
Census Year with next Census Year overlayed:
1790 • 1800 • 1810 • 1820 • 1830 • 1840 • 1850 • 1860 • 1870 • 1880 • 1890 • 1900 • 1910 • 1920 • 1930

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 Antique Maps & Atlases has images of old American atlases during the years 1795, 1814, 1822, 1823, 1836, 1838, 1845, 1856, 1866, 1879 and 1897 for Virginia and other states.

You can view rotating animated maps for Virginia showing all the county boundary changes for each year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundaries . You can view a list of maps for other states and State Department of Transportation Maps at County Maps.