Counties of Virginia History & Timeline

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Virginia
Counties
History –
Two Publications
225 pages, illustrated
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#1 –
Virginia
County
Names
By Charles Long
Published 1908, 200+ pages
This book relates how the
Virginia
counties got their names, and in telling the story it endeavors to show how the thoughts and feelings
of the Virginians are reflected in the names the counties bear.
Virginia
county names suggest a significant amount of history. The naming of
Virginia
counties furnishes more material for colonial
history than the county-naming of any other State in the
Union
.
Includes historical information on each county.
Part I
Chapter I – Introduction
Part II – Names From Royal English Families
Chapter II – House of Stuart
Chapter III – The
Nine
Stuart
Counties
Chapter IV – The Three Orange Counties
Chapter V – The Fourteen Hanover Counties
Part III – Other Names From
England
Chapter VI – Thirteen Counties Named After Prominent Englishmen
Chapter VII – Twelve Counties Named After English Shires
Chapter VIII – A County Named After An
English
Island
Part IV – American Warriors and Statesmen
Chapter IX – Counties Named After Eleven Revolutionary Patriots
Chapter X – Counties Named After Seven Virginians
Part V – Virginia Governors and
United States
Presidents
Chapter XI –
Counties Named After Thirteen Virginia Governors
Chapter XII – Counties Named After Three Presidents
Part VI
– Indian Names and Natural Features
Chapter XIII –
Nine
Indian
County
Names
Chapter XIV – Four Names for Natural Features
Part VII – The
Jamestown
Exposition and
Virginia
County
Names
Chapter XV – The
Jamestown
Exposition and
Virginia
County
Names
Chapter XVI – Conclusion
Appendix (Includes formation summary of 100 present day
Virginia
counties, with dates and parent counties. Also includes summary of 65
Virginia
governors before Statehood and 52
Virginia
governors after Statehood.)
#2 –
Virginia
Counties
& Cities Timeline
Summarized from “
Virginia
Counties
– Those Resulting from
Virginia
Legislation”
Published 1916, searchable
This is a 21 page chart summarizing, in date order, the formation of all 180
Virginia
counties now located in the present day states of
Virginia
,
West
Virginia
and
Kentucky
.
Also includes information on the 90 independent
cities of
Virginia
.
Begins in 1634 with the eight original shires, continues through 1776 with
the first
county in present day
Kentucky
, and 1779 with the first county
in present day
West
Virginia
.
Dickenson was the last new Virginia county, formed 1880. (In 1920
Alexandria County
was renamed
Arlington County.)
It is interesting to note that
Virginia
has no
Jefferson
County
.
Jefferson
County Virginia
was formed 1780 from Kentucky Co., and is now part of KY.
After the state of
Kentucky
was formed in 1790, the second
Jefferson
County
was formed 1801 from
Berkeley
County
,
but became part of
West Virginia
in 1863.
Similarly,
Madison
County
,
Virginia
was formed 1785 from
Lincoln
County
,
and is now in
Kentucky
.
The second
Madison
County
was formed 1792
from
Culpepper
County
, and
remains part of
Virginia
.
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