Virginia: Consolidated Chronology of State and County Boundaries
Virginia Atlas of Historical County
Boundaries
John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck
Sinko, Historical Compiler; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Laura Rico-Beck,
GIS Specialist and Digital Compiler; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Emily Kelley,
Research Associate; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant.
Copyright The Newberry Library 2003
[Note: Chronologies and maps for West Virginia counties (denoted "W.Va."), for years after 1863, are in the Consolidated Chronology for West Virginia.]
King James I chartered two Virginia Companies, headquartered in different cities, to establish colonies along the coast of North America. The Virginia Company of London was assigned coast between 34 degrees and 41 degrees north latitude, including present Virginia, and the Virginia Company of Plymouth was assigned coast between 38 degrees and 45 degrees north latitude. Colonies of the two companies were to be at least 100 miles apart, even where grants overlapped. First permanent settlement in Virginia was established at Jamestown in 1607. (Paullin, pl. 42; Swindler, 10:17–23; Van Zandt, 92)
King James I granted a new charter to the Virginia Company of London, expanding its jurisdiction along the coast to 200 miles north and south of Point Comfort (c. 37 degrees north latitude), including islands within 100 miles, and extending westward and northwestward to the Pacific Ocean. (Paullin, pl. 42; Swindler, 10:24–36; Van Zandt, 92)
King James I granted a new charter to the Virginia Company of London, expanding its jurisdiction to encompass all land between 30 degrees and 41 degrees north latitude, plus offshore islands within 300 leagues, including Bermuda, and by implication still extending to the Pacific Ocean. (Swindler, 10:37–45; Van Zandt, 92–93)
The Court of the King's Bench revoked the charter of the Virginia Company of London, and Virginia became a royal colony under direct authority of the King and Privy Council. Virginia still claimed boundaries fixed by its 1609 charter. (Morton, Colonial Virginia, 1:106)
King Charles I created Maryland from earlier range of Virginia territory, granting it as a proprietary colony to Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore. Territory was bounded on the south by the south bank of the Potomac River, a line from the river's mouth across Chesapeake Bay to Watkins Point, and thence a line due east across the Delmarva peninsula to the ocean, and on the west by the meridian of the head of the Potomac. (Swindler, 4:359; Van Zandt, 81, 85)
1634
Eight shires (original counties) created: ACCOMACK (original, now NORTHAMPTON), CHARLES CITY, CHARLES RIVER (now YORK), ELIZABETH CITY (extinct), HENRICO, JAMES CITY, WARROSQUYOAKE (now ISLE OF WIGHT), and WARWICK RIVER (later WARWICK, extinct). (Hening, 1:224; Tyler, 197–198)
1636
NEW NORFOLK (extinct) created from ELIZABETH CITY (extinct). (Robinson, 62, 85–86)
1637
LOWER NORFOLK (extinct) and UPPER NORFOLK (later NANSEMOND, extinct) created from NEW NORFOLK; NEW NORFOLK eliminated. (Robinson, 59, 70, 85)
WARROSQUYOAKE renamed ISLE OF WIGHT. (Robinson, 82)
Virginia formally acknowledged Maryland's existence and implicitly recognized its 1632 boundaries. In 1658 Virginia renounced any claim to Maryland and reiterated that position in its constitution of 1776. (Bozman, 2:72, 586; Van Zandt, 85)
1640
Boundaries of ISLE OF WIGHT, LOWER NORFOLK (extinct), and UPPER NORFOLK (later NANSEMOND, extinct) redefined [no change]. (Hening, 1:228, 247; Robinson, 197–198)
1642
UPPER NORFOLK renamed NANSEMOND (extinct). (Hening, 1:321; Robinson, 85, 198)
1643
ACCOMACK (original) renamed NORTHAMPTON; CHARLES RIVER renamed YORK; WARWICK RIVER renamed WARWICK (extinct). (Hening, 1:249)
1647
Boundary between ISLE OF WIGHT and NANSEMOND (extinct) clarified [no change]. (Robinson, 198)
1648
NORTHUMBERLAND created from YORK. (Hening, 1:294n., 352, 362; Robinson, 63, 86)
1649
NORTHUMBERLAND boundaries clarified [no change]. (Hening, 1:362)
1651
GLOUCESTER created from YORK. (Hening, 1:371n.; Robinson, 51, 79)
LANCASTER created from NORTHUMBERLAND and YORK. (Hening, 1:374; Robinson, 57, 82–83)
1652
SURRY created from JAMES CITY. (Hening, 1:373n.; Robinson, 68, 87)
1653
WESTMORELAND created from NORTHUMBERLAND. (Hening, 1:381; Robinson, 71)
1654
NEW KENT created from YORK. (Hening, 1:387n., 388; Robinson, 62)
1656
ISLE OF WIGHT gained from NANSEMOND (extinct). (Hening, 1:423)
RAPPAHANNOCK (original, extinct) created from LANCASTER. (Hening, 1:427; Robinson, 66, 86)
King Charles II created Carolina from earlier range of Virginia territory and granted it as a proprietary colony to eight of his supporters. Boundary on the north with Virginia was the north end of Lucke Island and the parallel of 36 degrees north latitude. (Swindler, 7:357–358)
1663
ACCOMACK created from NORTHAMPTON. (Robinson, 42, 73)
1664
STAFFORD created from WESTMORELAND. (Robinson, 68, 87; Warner, 21)
King Charles II granted a new charter to the proprietors of Carolina, expanding its jurisdiction to north and south. New boundary on the north was a line from the north end of the Currituck River westward to "Wyonoak" Creek and thence due west along the parallel of 36 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude. The new northern line implicitly redefined the southern limit of Virginia as the parallel of 36 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude, and, although this definition has not changed to the present, attempts at demarcation have produced an unusually irregular boundary. (Swindler, 7:375)
Commissioners from Maryland and Virginia agreed on the demarcation of their boundary across the southern end of the Delmarva peninsula [no later change]. (Archives of Md., 5:44–45)
1674
MIDDLESEX created from LANCASTER. (Robinson, 60, 84)
KING AND QUEEN created from NEW KENT. (Hening, 3:94–95; Robinson, 57)
NORFOLK (extinct) and PRINCESS ANNE (extinct) created from LOWER NORFOLK; LOWER NORFOLK eliminated. (Hening, 3:95–96; Robinson, 63, 65)
ESSEX and RICHMOND created from RAPPAHANNOCK (original); RAPPAHANNOCK (original) eliminated. (Hening, 3:104–105; Robinson, 49, 66)
Southern boundaries of ISLE OF WIGHT, SURRY, and CHARLES CITY clarified [no change]. (Winfree, 2–3)
KING WILLIAM created from KING AND QUEEN. (Hening, 3:211–212)
Boundaries of ISLE OF WIGHT, SURRY, CHARLES CITY, and NANSEMOND (extinct) clarified [no change]. (Winfree, 8–9)
PRINCE GEORGE created from CHARLES CITY. (Winfree, 11–12)
BRUNSWICK created from PRINCE GEORGE; BRUNSWICK not fully organized, attached to PRINCE GEORGE. (Hening, 4:77–79; Robinson, 46, 75–77; Winfree, 179–185)
CHARLES CITY gained from JAMES CITY. (Winfree, 193–194)
KING GEORGE created from RICHMOND . (Winfree, 197–198)
HANOVER created from NEW KENT. (Winfree, 198–199)
SPOTSYLVANIA created from ESSEX, KING AND QUEEN, and KING WILLIAM. (Hening, 4:77–79; Robinson, 77; Winfree, 179–185)
BRUNSWICK gained from ISLE OF WIGHT and SURRY. (Va. Exec. Jour., 4:56)
The North Carolina–Virginia boundary (defined 1665) was demarcated from the Atlantic coast westward to the Dan River. No later change in this portion of boundary. (Van Zandt, 97)
CAROLINE created from ESSEX, KING AND QUEEN, and KING WILLIAM. (Winfree, 319–320)
GOOCHLAND created from HENRICO. (Winfree, 321–322)
Boundary between BRUNSWICK and GOOCHLAND clarified [no
change]. (Va. Exec. Jour., 4:216)
PRINCE WILLIAM created from KING GEORGE and STAFFORD. (Hening, 4:303)
BRUNSWICK gained from ISLE OF WIGHT and SURRY; BRUNSWICK fully organized, detached from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hening, 4:355–356)
ORANGE created from SPOTSYLVANIA; ORANGE extended westward to "the utmost limits of Virginia," including all of present Kentucky and West Virginia. (Hening, 4:450–451)
AMELIA created from BRUNSWICK and PRINCE GEORGE. (Hening, 4:467–468)
AUGUSTA and FREDERICK created from ORANGE; AUGUSTA and FREDERICK not fully organized, attached to ORANGE. (Hening, 5:78–80; Robinson, 43, 50)
Boundaries among KING GEORGE, RICHMOND, and WESTMORELAND clarified [no discernible change]. (Eaton, 1–2)
CAROLINE gained from KING AND QUEEN. (Hening, 5:185)
FAIRFAX created from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Hening, 5:207–208)
LOUISA created from HANOVER. (Hening, 5:208–209)
FREDERICK fully organized, detached from ORANGE. (Robinson, 79)
ALBEMARLE created from GOOCHLAND. (Hening, 5:266–269)
AUGUSTA fully organized, detached from ORANGE. (Robinson, 74)
LUNENBURG created from BRUNSWICK. (Hening, 5:383–385)
Royal commissioners placed a marker, the Fairfax Stone, at the headspring of the north branch of the Potomac River to identify it as the source of the Potomac (officially so designated in 1736) and, therefore, the western limit of Maryland with Virginia. (Paullin, 78; Van Zandt, 88, 94)
The North Carolina–Virginia boundary (defined 1665) was demarcated from the end of the 1728 survey (Dan River) westward to Steep Rock Creek, near the present northwest corner of North Carolina. No later change in this portion of the boundary. (Van Zandt, 97)
CULPEPER created from ORANGE. (Winfree, 425–426)
CUMBERLAND created from GOOCHLAND. (Winfree, 426–427)
SOUTHAMPTON created from ISLE OF WIGHT. (Winfree, 432–434)
CHESTERFIELD created from HENRICO. (Winfree, 446–447)
DINWIDDIE created from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hening, 6:254–256)
HALIFAX created from LUNENBURG. (Hening, 6:252–254)
PRINCE EDWARD created from AMELIA. (Hening, 6:379–380)
SUSSEX created from SURRY. (Hening, 6:384–385)
HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from AUGUSTA and FREDERICK; FREDERICK gained from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 6:376–379)
BEDFORD created from LUNENBURG. (Hening, 6:381–383)
BEDFORD gained from ALBEMARLE and LUNENBURG. (Hening, 6:441–442)
LOUDOUN created from FAIRFAX. (Hening, 7:148–149)
FAUQUIER created from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Hening, 7:311–312)
AMHERST and BUCKINGHAM created from ALBEMARLE; ALBEMARLE gained from LOUISA. (Hening, 7:419–423)
The Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years' War between Great Britain (the victor) and France and Spain, implicitly set the Mississippi River as a new western limit for British colonies, including Virginia, whose charter bounds had technically extended to the Pacific Ocean. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 1)
CAROLINE gained from KING AND QUEEN. (Hening, 7:620–621)
CHARLOTTE and MECKLENBURG created from LUNENBURG. (Hening, 8:41–42)
JAMES CITY exchanged with NEW KENT. (Hening, 8:208–210)
PITTSYLVANIA created from HALIFAX. (Hening, 8:205–208)
Boundary between JAMES CITY and YORK clarified [no change]. (Hening, 8:405–406)
ISLE OF WIGHT gained from NANSEMOND (extinct). (Hening, 8:405–406)
BOTETOURT created from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 8:395–398)
Islands in the Fluvanna [James] River were assigned to ALBEMARLE and AMHERST [location unknown, not mapped]. (Hening, 8:395–398)
JAMES CITY gained small area from YORK [not mapped]. (Hening 8:419–420)
ISLE OF WIGHT gained from NANSEMOND (extinct). (Hening, 8:602–603)
BERKELEY (W.Va.) and DUNMORE (now SHENANDOAH) created by Virginia from FREDERICK. (Hening, 8:597–599)
FINCASTLE (extinct) created from BOTETOURT. (Hening, 8:600–601)
Virginia created West Augusta District (extinct) from AUGUSTA to provide jurisdiction over the Pittsburgh region in present Pennsylvania. Boundaries were not specified at the time (described in detail in 1776 when the District was replaced by three new counties) but were obviously meant to cover area around the head of the Ohio River that Virginia claimed was within its 1609 charter limits and west of Pennsylvania's western limit. This extension of Virginia's jurisdiction conflicted with Pennsylvania, which in February 1773 had created WESTMORELAND County for the region. At this time, Pennsylvania had actual control of the territory. (Abernethy, 94)
Virginia took control of Pittsburgh and the surrounding area by force, but permitted Pennsylvania's Westmoreland court at Hannastown (30 miles east of Pittsburgh) to continue to function. Virginia retained control of the Pittsburgh region against the protests of Pennsylvania until near the end of the War of the American Revolution. (Abernethy, 94; Crumrine, Boundary Controversy, 518; Sosin, 228)
King George III approved the Quebec Act, which added to Quebec all territory west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. This effectively limited the western claim of Virginia to territory south and east of the Ohio River. (Farnham, 8:62)
Settlers in Carters Valley and the North Holston area of North Carolina (now Tennessee), believing they were located in Virginia, put themselves under the authority of FINCASTLE (extinct) and after 31 December 1776, under WASHINGTON [not mapped]. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 16, 89; Folmsbee, 60–61; Williams, Samuel C., 15–18)
In its state constitution, Virginia gave up all claims to the territory of Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina, but asserted its claim to all other American territory within the scope of its 1609 charter, including territory north and west of the Ohio River. Virginia continued to dispute Pennsylvania's claimed western limit and maintained control of the Pittsburgh region. (Swindler, 10:55)
Virginia became an independent state. (Declaration of Independence)
OHIO (W.Va.) and YOHOGANIA (extinct) created by Virginia from West Augusta District; both overlapped territory claimed by Pennsylvania. MONONGALIA (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) and West Augusta District; overlapped territory claimed by Pennsylvania. HAMPSHIRE gained from West Augusta District; West Augusta District eliminated. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 93; Hening, 9:262–274)
HENRY created from PITTSYLVANIA. (Hening, 9:241–242)
KENTUCKY (extinct), MONTGOMERY, and WASHINGTON created from FINCASTLE; FINCASTLE eliminated. KENTUCKY County encompassed all of the present state of Kentucky. (Hening, 9:257–261)
STAFFORD exchanged with KING GEORGE. (Hening, 9:244–245)
FLUVANNA created from ALBEMARLE. (Hening, 9:325–327)
POWHATAN created from CUMBERLAND. (Hening, 9:322–325)
MONTGOMERY exchanged with WASHINGTON. (Hening, 9:330–331)
LUNENBURG gained from CHARLOTTE. (Hening, 9:327)
DUNMORE renamed SHENANDOAH. (Hening, 9:420–424)
GREENBRIER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BOTETOURT and MONTGOMERY. (Hening, 9:420–424)
HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) gained from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 9:420–424)
ROCKBRIDGE created from AUGUSTA and BOTETOURT. (Hening, 9:420–424)
ROCKINGHAM created from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 9:420–424)
KING GEORGE exchanged with WESTMORELAND. (Hening, 9:432)
CUMBERLAND gained from BUCKINGHAM. (Hening, 9:559)
ILLINOIS (extinct) created by Virginia. Encompassed all territory claimed by Virginia since 1609 east of the Mississippi River and north and west of the Ohio River, including all of present Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. (Hening, 9:552–555, 10:303–304; Robinson, 55)
MONONGALIA (W.Va.) gained from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 10:114)
Virginia and Pennsylvania agreed that the course of Pennsylvania's western line would be a meridian running north from a point on an extension of the Mason-Dixon line 5 degrees of longitude west of the Delaware River. This line was demarcated in 1784 and 1785 and has not changed since. (Crumrine, Boundary Controversy, 521–523; Van Zandt, 83)
North Carolina took control of the Carters Valley and North Holston settlements in Tennessee, ending efforts by settlers to place themselves under WASHINGTON. Precise location of the boundary between Virginia and North Carolina remained in dispute. (N.C. State Recs., 24:ch.29/pp. 300–301)
Commissioners from North Carolina and Virginia attempted to demarcate their boundary (defined 1665) westward from the end of the 1749 survey (Steep Rock Creek) to the Tennessee River. Difficulty in locating the starting point produced the offset at the present northeast corner of Tennessee. Early disagreement over accuracy led to running two lines to Cumberland Gap, and neither won acceptance. The Virginia team alone marked the boundary from the Cumberland River to the Tennessee River along a line made irregular by imperfect instruments and a willingness to accommodate property owners along the way. (Sames, 14; Van Zandt, 97)
MONONGALIA (W.Va.) gained from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 10:351)
WESTMORELAND (Pa.) gained from MONONGALIA (W.Va.), OHIO (W.Va.), and YOHOGANIA (extinct) when Pennsylvania regained effective jurisdiction of the Pittsburgh region from Virginia. (Crumrine, Boundary Controversy, 521–523; Van Zandt, 83)
JEFFERSON (Ky.), FAYETTE (Ky.), and LINCOLN (Ky.) created by Virginia from KENTUCKY; KENTUCKY County eliminated. (Hening, 10:315–317)
GREENSVILLE created from BRUNSWICK. (Hening, 10:363–364)
CAMPBELL created from BEDFORD. (Hening, 10:447–449)
Kentucky District, a special judicial district, was created by Virginia to serve Virginians living west of the Allegheny Mountains. Its extent was described only in terms of the counties it encompassed: FAYETTE (Ky.), JEFFERSON (Ky.), and LINCOLN (Ky.). This District became the state of Kentucky in 1792. (Hening, 11:85)
Commissioners from Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris (ratifications exchanged 12 May 1784), ending the War of the American Revolution, recognizing American independence, and generally defining U.S. boundaries as including the St. Croix River–Atlantic watershed–45th parallel–St. Lawrence River–Great Lakes–Lake of the Woods line on the north and the Mississippi River on the west. This reopened the possibility of claims by Connecticut and Virginia to territory north and west of the Ohio River where Virginia had created ILLINOIS County in 1778. (Parry, 48:481, 487, 491–492; Van Zandt, 12)
Virginia ceded to the United States its 1609 charter claims to territory "northwestward of the river Ohio," thereby setting the north bank of the Ohio River as the northern and northwestern limit for present Kentucky and West Virginia. ILLINOIS County eliminated. (Hening, 11:571–575)
HARRISON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Hening, 11:366–368)
NELSON (Ky.) created by Virginia from JEFFERSON (Ky.). (Hening, 11:469–470)
Commissioners from Maryland and Virginia, concerned with trade and navigation between their states in Chesapeake Bay, defined their mutual boundary across the Bay as running from Smith's Point at the mouth of the Potomac River to "Watkins's Point, near the mouth of Pocomoke River" on the Eastern Shore. This first attempt to specify details of the overwater boundary proved unsatisfactory and was replaced by an informal arrangement in 1868. (Hening, 12:50; Paullin, 85)
BOTETOURT gained from ROCKBRIDGE. (Hening, 12:74)
Boundary between FLUVANNA and GOOCHLAND redefined [no change]. (Hening, 12:71)
OHIO (W.Va.) gained all of YOHOGANIA; YOHOGANIA eliminated. (Hening, 12:114)
FRANKLIN created from BEDFORD and HENRY. (Hening, 12:70–71)
HARDY (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:86–88)
SOUTHAMPTON gained from NANSEMOND (extinct). (Hening, 12:69)
BOURBON (Ky.) created by Virginia from FAYETTE (Ky.). (Hening, 12:89–91)
RUSSELL created from WASHINGTON. (Hening, 12:110–111)
MADISON (Ky.) and MERCER (Ky.) created by Virginia from LINCOLN (Ky.). (Hening, 12:118–120)
RANDOLPH (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:393–395)
GREENSVILLE gained from BRUNSWICK. (Hening, 12:596–597)
HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) gained from HARDY (W.Va.). (Hening, 12:597)
Francis Deakins demarcated a line running northward from the Fairfax Stone at the headspring of the Potomac River to Pennsylvania as the western limit of bounty lands he was surveying for Maryland. The Deakins Line has been observed ever since as the western limit of Maryland, first with Virginia, and later with West Virginia. (Paullin, 78; Van Zandt, 88)
PENDLETON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from AUGUSTA, HARDY (W.Va.), and ROCKINGHAM. (Hening, 12:637–638)
Boundary between HANOVER and HENRICO redefined [no change]. (Hening, 12:620–621)
MASON (Ky.) created by Virginia from BOURBON (Ky.). (Hening, 12:658–659)
NOTTOWAY created from AMELIA. (Hening, 12:723–724)
WOODFORD (Ky.) created by Virginia from FAYETTE (Ky.). (Hening, 12:663–665)
KANAWHA (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GREENBRIER (W.Va.) and MONTGOMERY. (Hening, 12:670–672)
WYTHE created from MONTGOMERY; MONTGOMERY gained from BOTETOURT. (Hening, 13:76–78)
The United States created an unnamed federal district (now the District of Columbia) from MONTGOMERY and PRINCE GEORGES in Maryland and from FAIRFAX in Virginia to be the seat of the federal government. The district was a square with each corner at a point of the compass (north, east, south, and west) with each side ten miles long. Until 27 February 1801, when Congress created two counties to provide local government in the district, the laws and county jurisdictions of Maryland and Virginia continued in the ceded areas. (Richardson, 1:102; Van Zandt, 88, 90)
BATH created from AUGUSTA, BOTETOURT, and GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Hening, 13:165–167)
MATHEWS created from GLOUCESTER. (Hening, 13:162–163)
PENDLETON (W.Va.) gained from AUGUSTA. (Hening, 13:165–167)
PATRICK created from HENRY. (Hening, 13:160–162)
PATRICK gained from HENRY. (Hening, 13:290)
The state of Kentucky was created from the Kentucky District of Virginia and admitted to the Union. Boundaries were described only as those of the District, which was defined by the counties that composed it: BOURBON, FAYETTE, JEFFERSON, LINCOLN, MADISON, MASON, MERCER, NELSON, and WOODFORD. (Hening, 11:85; U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 4[1791]/p. 189)
GRAYSON created from WYTHE. (Hening, 13:559–561)
MADISON created from CULPEPER. (Hening, 13:558–559)
LEE created from RUSSELL. (Hening, 13:556–557)
GRAYSON gained from WYTHE. (Shepherd, 1:315)
KANAWHA (W.Va.) gained from GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 1:388–389)
BOTETOURT exchanged with MONTGOMERY. (Shepherd, 1:406)
PENDLETON (W.Va.) gained from BATH. (Shepherd, 2:53)
BOTETOURT exchanged with MONTGOMERY. (Shepherd, 2:64)
BROOKE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from OHIO (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:54–55)
FAIRFAX gained from LOUDOUN. (Shepherd, 2:107–108)
MONROE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:168–169)
WOOD (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:170–171)
HARRISON (W.Va.) gained from MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:203)
TAZEWELL created from RUSSELL and WYTHE. (Shepherd, 2:217–218)
WOOD (W.Va.) gained from KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:263)
The United States Congress created two counties in the federal District of Columbia: ALEXANDRIA on the south side of the Potomac River for the area acquired from Virginia in 1791 (formerly part of FAIRFAX), and WASHINGTON on the north side of the river. FAIRFAX effectively lost jurisdiction over that part of its former territory that was ceded in 1791. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 15[1801]/pp. 103–108)
JEFFERSON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BERKELEY (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 2:271–272)
HARRISON (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.); MONROE (W.Va.) gained from BOTETOURT and MONTGOMERY. (Shepherd, 2:345–346)
GREENSVILLE gained from SUSSEX. (Shepherd, 2:347–348)
Tennessee and Virginia accepted the results of a joint survey (October-December 1802) of their boundary from the northeastern corner of Tennessee to Cumberland Gap along a compromise course between the rival lines run in 1779. (Sames, 46; Van Zandt, 95)
MASON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 3:77–78)
HARRISON (W.Va.) gained from OHIO (W.Va.). (Shepherd, 3:174–175)
GILES created from MONROE (W.Va.), MONTGOMERY, and TAZEWELL. (Shepherd, 3:244–245)
TAZEWELL gained from RUSSELL. (Shepherd, 3:310)
GILES gained from WYTHE. (Shepherd, 3:389)
NELSON created from AMHERST. (Shepherd, 3:378–379)
CABELL (W.Va.) created by Virginia from KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1808–1809, ch. 45, sec. 1/pp.
44–46)
GRAYSON gained from PATRICK. (Va. Acts 1809–1810, ch. 66, sec. 1/p. 58)
Boundary between LEE and RUSSELL clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1812–1813, ch. 86, sec. 1/pp.
110–111)
SCOTT created from LEE, RUSSELL, and WASHINGTON. (Va. Acts 1814–1815, ch. 38, sec. 1/pp.
85–87)
TYLER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from OHIO (W.Va.). (Robinson, 88; Va. Acts 1814–1815, ch. 40,
sec. 1/pp. 87–89)
Boundary between LEE and SCOTT clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts 1814–1815, ch. 39, sec. 1/p. 87)
LEWIS (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1816–1817, ch. 85, sec. 1/pp.
152–153)
KANAWHA (W.Va.) exchanged with MASON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1816–1817, ch. 89, sec. 1/p. 157)
PRESTON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from MONONGALIA (W.Va.).
(Va. Acts 1817–1818, ch. 32, sec.
1/pp. 32–34)
NICHOLAS (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GREENBRIER
(W.Va.), KANAWHA (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1817–1818, ch. 33, sec. 1/pp. 34–35)
LEWIS (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1817–1818, ch. 141, sec. 1/p. 184)
The Ohio River and its islands, previously unassigned to
particular counties, were declared to be part of the adjacent Virginia counties
of BROOKE (W. Va.), CABELL (W.Va.), MASON (W.Va.), OHIO (W.Va.), TYLER (W.Va.),
and WOOD (W.Va.) [not mapped]. (Va.
Acts 1819–1820, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 66)
NICHOLAS (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1819–1820, ch. 114, sec. 1/p.
91)
MORGAN (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BERKELEY (W.Va.) and
HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts
1819–1820, ch. 34, sec. 1/pp. 27–28)
Boundary between HAMPSHIRE (W.Va.) and MORGAN (W.Va.)
clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts
1820–1821, ch. 102, sec. 1/pp. 120–121)
POCAHONTAS (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BATH, PENDLETON
(W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va.
Acts 1821–1822, ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 27–28)
ALLEGHANY created from BATH, BOTETOURT, and MONROE (W.Va.);
MONROE (W.Va.) gained small area from BOTETOURT. (Va. Acts 1821–1822, ch. 28, sec. 1/pp. 28–30)
LEE gained from SCOTT. (Va. Acts 1822–1823, ch. 71, sec. 1/pp. 90–91)
BATH gained from ALLEGHANY. (Va. Acts 1822–1823, ch. 65, sec. 1/p. 88)
Boundary between KANAWHA (W.Va.) and MASON (W.Va.) clarified
[no discernible change]. (Va. Acts
1823–1824, ch. 75, sec. 1/p. 81)
LOGAN (W.Va.) created by Virginia from CABELL (W.Va.),
GILES, KANAWHA (W.Va.), and TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1823–1824, ch. 11, sec. 1/pp. 20–21)
NICHOLAS (W.Va.) gained from KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1823–1824, ch. 74, sec. 1/p. 80)
POCAHONTAS (W.Va.) gained from GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1824–1825, ch. 63, sec. 1/pp.
73–74)
WYTHE gained from GRAYSON. (Va. Acts 1824–1825, ch. 66, secs. 1–2/p. 75)
TAZEWELL gained from WASHINGTON and WYTHE. (Va. Acts 1825–1826, ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 40)
GILES gained from TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1825–1826, ch. 40, sec. 1/p. 39)
GILES gained from MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1826–1827, ch. 51/p. 42)
GREENBRIER (W.Va.) gained from MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1826–1827, ch. 50/p. 41)
PRESTON (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1827–1828, ch. 82, sec. 1/pp. 53–54)
GILES gained from MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1828–1829, ch. 121, sec. 1/pp. 119–120)
LOGAN (W.Va.) gained from CABELL (W.Va.) and KANAWHA
(W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1829–1830, ch.
118, sec. 1/p. 117)
FLOYD created from MONTGOMERY. (Va. Acts 1830–1831, ch. 72, secs. 1, 12/pp. 137–138)
FAYETTE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GREENBRIER (W.Va.),
KANAWHA (W.Va.), LOGAN (W.Va.), and NICHOLAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830–1831, ch. 70, sec. 1/pp. 134–136)
JACKSON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from KANAWHA (W.Va.),
MASON (W.Va.), and WOOD (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830–1831, ch. 73, sec. 1/pp. 138–140)
PAGE created from ROCKINGHAM and SHENANDOAH. (Va. Acts 1830–1831, ch. 74, sec. 1/pp. 140–142)
FAYETTE (W.Va.) exchanged with GREENBRIER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1830–1831, ch. 71, sec. 1/p.
136)
SMYTH created from WASHINGTON and WYTHE. (Va. Acts 1831–1832, ch. 67, sec. 1/pp. 47–49)
RAPPAHANNOCK created from CULPEPER. (Robinson, 66, 87; Va. Acts 1832–1833, ch. 73,
sec. 1/pp. 44–46)
GREENBRIER (W.Va.) gained from FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1832–1833, ch. 75, sec. 1/pp.
47–48)
TAZEWELL gained from LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1833–1834, ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 73)
RUSSELL exchanged with TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1834–1835, ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 40)
MARSHALL (W.Va.) created by Virginia from OHIO (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1834–1835, ch. 57, secs. 1, 16/pp. 38–40)
BRAXTON (W.Va.) created by Virginia from KANAWHA (W.Va.),
LEWIS (W.Va.), NICHOLAS (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1835–1836, ch. 18, sec. 1/pp. 18–20)
CLARKE created from FREDERICK. (Va. Acts 1835–1836, ch. 19, sec. 1/pp. 20–22)
WARREN created from FREDERICK and SHENANDOAH. (Va. Acts 1835–1836, ch. 20, sec. 1/pp. 22–24)
GILES gained small area from TAZEWELL to accommodate local
landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts
1835–1836, ch. 21, sec. 1/p. 24)
MERCER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GILES and TAZEWELL. (Va. Acts 1836–1837, ch. 53, sec. 1/pp.
31–33)
GREENE created from ORANGE. (Va. Acts 1838, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 52–54)
PRESTON (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1838, ch. 62, sec. 1/pp. 57–58)
ROANOKE created from BOTETOURT. (Va. Acts 1838, ch. 60, secs. 1, 15/pp. 54–57)
KANAWHA (W.Va.) gained from FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1839, Jan. sess., ch. 51, sec. 1/p. 33)
PULASKI created from MONTGOMERY and WYTHE. (Va. Acts 1839, Jan. sess., ch. 50, sec. 1/pp. 30–33)
Boundary between MONTGOMERY and PULASKI clarified [no
change]. (Va. Acts 1839–1840, ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 35–36)
GILES gained from MERCER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1840–1841, ch. 45, sec. 1/pp. 61–62)
PRESTON (W.Va.) gained from MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1840–1841, ch. 44, sec. 1/p. 61)
MARION (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.) and
MONONGALIA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts
1841–1842, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 34–36)
CARROLL created from GRAYSON. (Va. Acts 1841–1842, ch. 58, sec. 1/pp. 32–34)
WAYNE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from CABELL (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1841–1842, ch. 60, sec. 1/pp.
36–38)
MONTGOMERY gained from PULASKI. (Va. Acts 1841–1842, ch. 62, sec. 1/pp. 39–40)
ALLEGHANY gained from MONROE (W.Va.) [change too small to
map]. (Va. Acts 1842–1843, ch. 56,
sec. 1/pp. 40–41)
RITCHIE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.),
LEWIS (W.Va.), and WOOD (W.Va.). (Va.
Acts 1842–1843, ch. 52, sec. 1/pp. 35–37)
BARBOUR (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.),
LEWIS (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1842–1843, ch. 53, sec. 1/pp. 37–40)
Boundaries of MARION (W.Va.) clarified [no discernible
change]. (Va. Acts 1842–1843, ch. 55, sec. 1/p. 40)
TAYLOR (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BARBOUR (W.Va.),
HARRISON (W.Va.), and MARION (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1843–1844, ch. 44, sec. 1/pp. 34–37)
GILMER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from KANAWHA (W.Va.) and
LEWIS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1844–1845,
ch. 43, sec. 1/pp. 45–49)
DODDRIDGE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from HARRISON (W.Va.),
LEWIS (W.Va.), and RITCHIE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1844–1845, ch. 42, sec. 1/pp. 42–45)
APPOMATTOX created from BUCKINGHAM, CAMPBELL, CHARLOTTE, and PRINCE EDWARD. (Va. Acts 1844–1845, ch. 41, secs. 1, 16/pp. 38–42)
WETZEL (W.Va.) created by Virginia from TYLER (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1845–1846, ch. 65, sec. 1/pp.
51–54)
The District of Columbia ceded ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON) to Virginia [see 20 March 1847]. (U.S. Stat., vol. 9, ch. 35[1846]/pp. 35–37 and appendix 3/p. 1000)
BOONE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from CABELL (W.Va.), KANAWHA (W.Va.), and LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1846–1847, ch. 55, sec. 1/pp. 49–52)
ALLEGHANY gained from BATH. Boundaries of MERCER (W.Va.)
clarified [no discernible change]. (Va.
Acts 1846–1847, ch. 59, secs. 1–2/pp. 57–58)
Boundary between MARION (W.Va.) and MONONGALIA (W.Va.)
clarified [no change]. (Va. Acts
1846–1847, ch. 58, sec. 1/p. 57)
Virginia officially extended its jurisdiction over
ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON), which had been ceded to Virginia by the District of
Columbia on 7 September 1846. Despite disputes over details of the
D.C.–Virginia line in the Potomac River, there has been no mappable change in
the boundary with the District to present. (Va. Acts 1846–1847, ch. 53/pp. 41–48)
HIGHLAND created from BATH and PENDLETON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1846–1847, ch. 56, secs. 1, 13/pp. 52–55)
HANCOCK (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BROOKE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847–1848, ch. 58, sec. 1/pp.
30–34)
WIRT (W.Va.) created by Virginia from JACKSON (W.Va.) and
WOOD (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847–1848,
ch. 60, sec. 1/pp. 38–41)
PUTNAM (W.Va.) created by Virginia from CABELL (W.Va.),
KANAWHA (W.Va.), and MASON (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1847–1848, ch. 59, sec. 1/pp. 34–38)
APPOMATTOX gained from CAMPBELL. (Va. Acts 1847–1848, ch. 61, sec. 1/pp. 41–42)
FRANKLIN gained from PATRICK. (Va. Acts 1847–1848, ch. 62, secs. 1, 3/p. 42)
ROANOKE gained from MONTGOMERY. (Va. Acts 1848–1849, ch. 63, sec. 1/pp. 28–30)
BRAXTON (W.Va.) gained from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1848–1849, ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 30)
RALEIGH (W.Va.) created by Virginia from FAYETTE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849–1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/pp. 19–21)
WYOMING (W.Va.) created by Virginia from LOGAN (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849–1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 25, sec. 1/pp. 21–24)
PUTNAM (W.Va.) gained from CABELL (W.Va.) and KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849–1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 24–25)
POWHATAN gained from CHESTERFIELD. (Va. Acts 1849–1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 28, sec. 1/p. 26)
FAYETTE (W.Va.) gained from KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1849–1850, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 25–26)
CRAIG created from BOTETOURT, GILES, MONROE (W.Va.), and
ROANOKE. (Va. Acts 1850–1851, ch.
25, sec. 1/pp. 21–23)
UPSHUR (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BARBOUR (W.Va.), LEWIS (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Robinson, 88; Va. Acts 1850–1851, ch. 26, sec. 1/pp. 23–25)
PLEASANTS (W.Va.) created by Virginia from TYLER (W.Va.) and
WOOD (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1850–1851,
ch. 27, sec. 1/pp. 25–26)
JAMES CITY gained small area from YORK to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1852, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 41, sec. 1/p. 31)
JACKSON (W.Va.) gained from WIRT (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1852–1853, ch. 151, sec. 1/p. 130)
CRAIG gained from MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1852–1853, ch. 152, sec. 1/p. 130)
CRAIG gained from MONTGOMERY. (Va. Acts 1852–1853, ch. 153, secs. 1, 3/pp. 130–131)
CRAIG gained from MONROE (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855–1856, ch. 112, sec. 1/pp. 97–98)
WISE created from LEE, RUSSELL, and SCOTT. (Va. Acts 1855–1856, ch. 107, sec. 1/pp. 87–90)
CRAIG gained small area from ALLEGHANY to accommodate local
landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts
1855–1856, ch. 111, sec. 1/p. 97)
TAYLOR (W.Va.) gained from MARION (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855–1856, ch. 113, sec. 1/p. 98)
CARROLL gained from PATRICK. (Va. Acts 1855–1856, ch. 114, sec. 1/p. 98)
CALHOUN (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GILMER (W.Va.); GILMER temporarily divided into two parts. (Va. Acts 1855–1856, ch. 108, sec. 1/pp.
90–91)
TUCKER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855–1856, ch. 110, sec. 1/pp.
95–97)
ROANE (W.Va.) created by Virginia from GILMER (W.Va.),
JACKSON (W.Va.), and KANAWHA (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1855–1856, ch. 109, sec. 1/pp. 91–94)
BUCHANAN created from RUSSELL and TAZEWELL. (Robinson, 77; Va. Acts 1857–1858, Dec. reg.
sess., ch. 156, sec. 1/pp. 108–110)
HENRY gained from PATRICK. (Va. Acts 1857–1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 159, sec. 1/pp. 113–114)
McDOWELL (W.Va.) created by Virginia from TAZEWELL and WYOMING (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1857–1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 155, sec. 1/pp. 106–108)
CLAY (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BRAXTON (W.Va.), NICHOLAS (W.Va.), and a small part of KANAWHA (W.Va.) [KANAWHA not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1857–1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 158, sec. 1/pp. 111–113; W.Va. Acts 1863, ch. 64, sec. 1/p. 61)
CRAIG gained small area from GILES [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1857–1858, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 160, sec. 1/p. 114)
WEBSTER (W.Va.) created by Virginia from BRAXTON (W.Va.),
NICHOLAS (W.Va.), and RANDOLPH (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1859–1860, ch. 47, sec. 1/pp. 151–157)
Legislature authorized CLARKE to gain small area from WARREN
to accommodate local landowner; change did not take effect [not mapped]. (Va.
Acts 1859–1860, ch. 286, sec. 1/p. 496)
BUCKINGHAM gained small area from APPOMATTOX to accommodate
local landowner [not mapped]. (Va.
Acts 1859–1860, ch. 62, sec. 1/p. 171)
WEBSTER (W.Va.) gained from NICHOLAS (W.Va.). (Va. Acts 1861, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 24, sec. 1/p. 50)
BLAND created from GILES, TAZEWELL, and WYTHE. (Va. Acts 1861, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 23, sec. 1/pp. 45–49)
PULASKI gained small area from WYTHE to accommodate local landowner [location unknown, not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1861–1862, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 91, sec. 1/pp. 106–107)
The State of West Virginia was formally separated from Virginia and admitted to the Union. Most of West Virginia had been effectively independent of Virginia since June 1861. West Virginia was defined only in terms of the counties it included: BARBOUR, BOONE, BRAXTON, BROOKE, CABELL, CALHOUN, CLAY, DODDRIDGE, FAYETTE, GILMER, GREENBRIER, HAMPSHIRE, HANCOCK, HARDY, HARRISON, JACKSON, KANAWHA, LEWIS, LOGAN, McDOWELL, MARION, MARSHALL, MASON, MERCER, MONONGALIA, MONROE, MORGAN, NICHOLAS, OHIO, PENDLETON, PLEASANTS, POCAHONTAS, PRESTON, PUTNAM, RALEIGH, RANDOLPH, RITCHIE, ROANE, TAYLOR, TUCKER, TYLER, UPSHUR, WAYNE, WEBSTER, WETZEL, WIRT, WOOD, and WYOMING. (Swindler, 10:363)
Virginia lost BERKELEY (W.Va.) to West Virginia. (U.S. Rpts., 78:39 [Wallace, vol. 11]; U.S. Stat., vol. 14, res. 12[1866]/p. 350; W.Va. Acts 1863, 1st sess., ch. 35, sec. 1/pp. 33–35)
Virginia lost JEFFERSON (W.Va.) to West Virginia. (U.S. Rpts., 78:39 [Wallace, vol. 11]; U.S. Stat., vol. 14, res. 12[1866]/p. 350; W.Va. Acts 1863, 1st sess., ch. 90, sec. 1/pp. 103–105)
Oyster inspectors for Maryland and Virginia agreed on a de facto boundary across Chesapeake Bay from the mouth of the Potomac River to the southern tip of Watkins Point on the Eastern Shore [not mapped]. (Paullin, 85)
FLOYD gained small area from FRANKLIN [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1872–1873, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 103, sec. 1/p. 85)
ACCOMACK gained a small portion of the southern end of Smith's Island from SOMERSET (Md.) when the United States approved the Maryland-Virginia boundary down the south side of the Potomac River and across Chesapeake Bay, as settled in 1877 by arbitration [not mapped]. (Paullin, 85; Van Zandt, 87)
GILES gained small area from CRAIG to accommodate local landowner [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1879–1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 194, sec. 1/p. 183)
DICKENSON created from BUCHANAN, WISE, and a small area of
RUSSELL [RUSSELL not mapped]. (Robinson,
48; Va. Acts 1879–1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 140, sec. 1/pp. 125–129)
JAMES CITY gained remainder of Williamsburg from YORK [not mapped]. (Va. Acts 1879–1880, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 265, sec. 1/pp. 257–258)
Boundary between ELIZABETH CITY (extinct) and WARWICK (extinct) redefined [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1881–1882, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 46, sec. 1/p. 43)
ROCKBRIDGE gained from BOTETOURT. (Va. Acts 1887–1888, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 488, secs. 1, 5/pp. 556–557)
Boundary between BLAND and GILES redefined [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1899–1900, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 617/pp. 665–666)
BLAND gained from GILES. (Va. Acts 1899–1900, Dec. reg. sess., ch. 617, sec. 1/pp. 665–666)
WASHINGTON gained from SULLIVAN (Tenn.) when the Tennessee-Virginia line through the town of Bristol was adjusted [not mapped]. (Van Zandt, 110)
The new Virginia state constitution created a system of independent cities, separate from the counties; initially, eighteen cities became independent. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 18–21; Swindler, 10:166, 169)
Alexandria made an independent city (1st class) from ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON)
Bristol made an independent city (2d class) from WASHINGTON
Buena Vista made an independent city (2d class) from ROCKBRIDGE
Charlottesville made an independent city (2d class) from ALBEMARLE
Danville made an independent city (1st class) from PITTSYLVANIA
Fredericksburg made an independent city (2d class) from SPOTSYLVANIA
Lynchburg made an independent city (1st class) from CAMPBELL
Manchester (extinct) made an independent city (2d class) from CHESTERFIELD
Newport News made an independent city (1st class) from WARWICK (extinct)
Norfolk made and independent city (1st class) from NORFOLK (extinct)
Petersburg made an independent city (1st class) from DINWIDDIE and PRINCE GEORGE
Portsmouth made an independent city (1st class) from NORFOLK (extinct)
Radford made an independent city (2d class) from MONTGOMERY
Richmond made an independent city (1st class) from HENRICO
Roanoke made an independent city (1st class) from ROANOKE
Staunton made an independent city (2d class) from AUGUSTA
Williamsburg made an independent city (2d class) from JAMES CITY
Winchester made an independent city (2d class) from FREDERICK
Independent city of Staunton gained from AUGUSTA. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Winchester gained small area from FREDERICK. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Winchester Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Norfolk gained small area from NORFOLK (extinct). (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Staunton's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Dodson, Cities, "Staunton")
Clifton Forge made an independent city (2d class) from ALLEGHANY. (Dodson, Cities, "Clifton Forge")
Independent city of Richmond gained from HENRICO. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; "Henrico County v. City of Richmond" in Va. Rpts., 106:282–287)
Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)
Independent city of Lynchburg gained from CAMPBELL. (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989)
Hampton made an independent city (2d class) from ELIZABETH CITY (extinct). (Dodson, Cities, "Hampton")
Independent city of Portsmouth gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [240])
Independent city of Richmond absorbed the independent city of Manchester; Manchester eliminated. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 117)
Suffolk made an independent city (2d class) from NANSEMOND (extinct). (Dodson, Cities, "Suffolk")
Independent city of Norfolk gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Bain, Annexation, [240]; Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Richmond gained from CHESTERFIELD and HENRICO. (Bain, Annexation, [241]; Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990)
Independent city of Alexandria gained small areas from ALEXANDRIA (now ARLINGTON) and FAIRFAX. (Bain, Annexation, p. [240]; Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)
Independent city of Williamsburg gained small areas from JAMES CITY and YORK. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)
Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Bain, Annexation, [241]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)
Harrisonburg made an independent city (2d class) from ROCKINGHAM. (Harrisonburg Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)
Hopewell made an independent city (1st class) from PRINCE GEORGE.; Hopewell was divided into two parts. (Va. Acts 1916, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 65/pp. 89–102)
Independent city of Suffolk gained small area from NANSEMOND (extinct) [not mapped]. (Bain, Annexation, [241])
Independent city of Charlottesville gained from ALBEMARLE. Charlottesville's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Dodson, Cities, "Charlottesville")
Independent city of Newport News gained from WARWICK (extinct). (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 12; "Warwick County v. Newport News" in Va. Rpts., 120:182)
Independent city of Portsmouth gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [241])
Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Bain, Annexation, [241]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)
ALEXANDRIA renamed ARLINGTON. (Va. Acts 1920, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 241, sec. 1/p. 343)
Independent city of Newport News gained small areas from ELIZABETH CITY (extinct) and WARWICK (extinct). (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 12)
South Norfolk (extinct) made an independent city (2d class) from NORFOLK (extinct). (Dodson, Cities, "South Norfolk;" Chesapeake Public Library, correspondence, September 2003)
Independent city of Newport News gained from WARWICK (extinct). (Brown, Alexander C., 12)
Independent city of Petersburg gained small areas from DINWIDDIE and PRINCE GEORGE. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])
Independent city of Winchester gained from FREDERICK. (Winchester Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [242])
CHESTERFIELD gained from HENRICO. (Va. Acts 1922, Jan. reg. sess., ch. 22, sec. 1/pp. 26–27)
Independent city of Norfolk gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [242])
Independent city of Hopewell gained from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hopewell Housing and Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])
Independent city of Williamsburg gained small areas from JAMES CITY and YORK. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [242])
Independent city of Lynchburg gained from CAMPBELL. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [242])
Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Bain, Annexation, [242]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Suffolk gained small area from NANSEMOND (extinct) [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [242])
Independent city of Newport News gained from ELIZABETH CITY (extinct). A minor correction was made in this line on 27 February 1927. (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 12–13)
Martinsville made an independent city (2d class) from HENRY. (Dodson, Cities, "Martinsville")
Independent city of Suffolk gained small area from NANSEMOND (extinct) [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Alexandria gained from ARLINGTON and FAIRFAX. (Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Petersburg gained from DINWIDDIE. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Winchester's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Dodson, Cities, "Winchester")
Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Staunton gained small area from AUGUSTA. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Harrisonburg gained small area from ROCKINGHAM. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Harrisonburg gained small area from
ROCKINGHAM [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Charlottesville gained from ALBEMARLE. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Martinsville gained small area from HENRY. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Fredericksburg gained small area from SPOTSYLVANIA. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Lynchburg gained small area from CAMPBELL. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Newport News gained from WARWICK (extinct). (Newport News Public Library, correspondence, February 1990; Brown, Alexander C., 13)
Independent city of Fredericksburg's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Dodson, Cities, "Fredericksburg")
Independent city of Martinsville's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Dodson, Cities, "Martinsville")
Independent city of Williamsburg gained from JAMES CITY and YORK. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Richmond gained from CHESTERFIELD and HENRICO. (Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [243]; "Henrico County v. City of Richmond" in Va. Rpts., 177:768–769)
Independent city of Bristol gained from WASHINGTON. Bristol's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Bristol Community Development and Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Dodson, Cities, "Bristol")
Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Bain, Annexation, [244]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Suffolk's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Dodson, Cities, "Suffolk")
Independent city of Petersburg gained from PRINCE GEORGE. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [244])
Independent city of Martinsville gained from HENRY. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [244])
Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [244])
Waynesboro made an independent city (2d class) from AUGUSTA. (Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, "Body Incorporate," 63–64)
Independent city of Portsmouth gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [244])
Independent city of Staunton gained from AUGUSTA. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [244])
Independent city of Waynesboro's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Bain, "Body Incorporate," 63–64; Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)
Colonial Heights made an independent city (2d class) from CHESTERFIELD. (Virginia Commission on Local Government, correspondence, February 1990)
Falls Church made an independent city (2d class) from FAIRFAX. (Falls Church Public Library, correspondence, March 1990)
Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Bain, Annexation, [245]; Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)
Boundary between NEW KENT and
HENRICO clarified [no change]. (Va.
Acts 1950, ch. 155, sec. 1/pp. 226–227)
Independent city of Harrisonburg gained small area from ROCKINGHAM. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])
Independent city of South Norfolk (extinct) gained from
NORFOLK (extinct). (Bain, Annexation, [245])
Independent city of Fredericksburg gained small area from SPOTSYLVANIA. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])
Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])
Independent city of Alexandria gained from FAIRFAX. (Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])
Independent city of Hopewell gained from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hopewell Housing and Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [245])
Virginia Beach made an independent city (2d class) from PRINCESS ANNE (extinct). (Va. Acts 1952, ext. sess., ch. 33/pp. 42–48)
ELIZABETH CITY, the independent city of Hampton (2d class), and the town of Phoebus were consolidated to form the independent city of Hampton (1st class); ELIZABETH CITY County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1952, ext. sess., ch. 9/pp. 21–39)
Warwick (extinct) made an independent city (1st class) from WARWICK; WARWICK County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1952, reg. sess., ch. 706/pp. 1151–1167)
Covington made an independent city (2d class) from ALLEGHANY. (Virginia Commission on Local Government, correspondence, February 1990)
Status of South Norfolk (extinct) changed from 2d class to 1st class. (City of Chesapeake Circuit Court, correspondence, April 1990; Va. Acts 1952, reg. sess., ch. 215/pp. 236–258)
Galax made an independent city (2d
class) from CARROLL and GRAYSON. (Va.
Sec. Rpt., 522)
Norton made an independent city (2d class) from WISE. (Virginia Commission on Local Government, correspondence, February 1990)
Independent city of Colonial Heights gained from CHESTERFIELD. (Colonial Heights Office of the City Planner, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])
Independent city of Fredericksburg gained from SPOTSYLVANIA. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])
Independent city of Norfolk gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])
Independent city of Waynesboro gained from AUGUSTA. (Augusta County Law Order Book, vol. 33: 357–361; Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [245])
Independent city of Danville gained small area from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [246])
Independent city of Petersburg gained small areas from DINWIDDIE and PRINCE GEORGE. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [246])
Independent city of Staunton gained small area from AUGUSTA. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])
Independent city of Waynesboro gained from AUGUSTA. (Augusta County Law Order Book, vol. 34: 170–176; Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])
Independent city of Colonial Heights gained from CHESTERFIELD. (Colonial Heights Office of the City Planner, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])
Independent city of Lynchburg gained from BEDFORD and CAMPBELL. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989 and August 1992; Bain, Annexation, [246])
Independent cities of Newport News
and Warwick were consolidated to form the independent city of Newport News (1st
class); Warwick eliminated. (Va.
Acts 1958, ch. 141/pp. 147–190)
Independent city of Norfolk gained from PRINCESS ANNE (extinct). (Bain, Annexation,
[246]; Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; "City
of Norfolk v. County of Princess Anne" in Va. Rpts., 200:105–106)
Boundary between ALLEGHANY and MONROE (W.Va.) redefined [no change]. (Va. Acts 1959, ext. sess., ch. 44, secs. 1–2/pp. 122–123)
South Boston made an independent city (2d class) from HALIFAX. (South Boston Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)
Independent city of Martinsville gained small area from HENRY. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [246])
Independent city of Portsmouth gained from NORFOLK (extinct). (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [247])
Independent city of Danville gained small area from
PITTSYLVANIA [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [246])
Independent city of Galax gained small area from CARROLL
[change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [246])
Independent city of Colonial Heights's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Va. Acts 1960, ch. 213/pp. 220–278; Va. Acts 1962, p. 1452)
Fairfax made an independent city (2d class) from FAIRFAX. (Fairfax Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)
Franklin made an independent city
(2d class) from SOUTHAMPTON. (Va.
Sec. Rpt., 521)
Independent city of Harrisonburg gained from ROCKINGHAM. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Bain, Annexation, [247])
Independent city of Norton gained from WISE. (Norton City Manager, correspondence, April 1994; Bain, Annexation, [247])
Independent city of Virginia Beach (2d class) and PRINCESS ANNE were
consolidated to form the independent city of Virginia Beach (1st class);
PRINCESS ANNE County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1962, ch. 147/pp. 204–216)
Chesapeake made an independent city (1st class) from NORFOLK and the independent city of South Norfolk; NORFOLK County and South Norfolk both eliminated. (Va. Acts 1962, ch. 211/pp. 301–316)
Independent city of Charlottesville gained from ALBEMARLE. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [243])
Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [247])
Independent city of Clifton Forge gained from ALLEGHANY. Clifton Forge reverted to town status on 1 July 2001. (Clifton Forge City Manager's Office, correspondence, April 1994; Bain, Annexation, [247])
Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)
Independent city of Lynchburg gained small area from BEDFORD. (Lynchburg Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [247])
Independent city of Richmond gained from CHESTERFIELD [change too small to map]. (Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence., Jan. 1990)
Independent city of Williamsburg gained from JAMES CITY and YORK. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [247])
Independent city of Martinsville gained from HENRY. (Martinsville Public Works Dept., correspondence, December 1989; Bain, Annexation, [248])
Independent city of Roanoke gained small area from ROANOKE. (Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of South Boston gained from HALIFAX. (South Boston City Manager's Office, correspondence, February 1990; Bain, Annexation, [248])
Independent city of Harrisonburg gained small area from ROCKINGHAM [change too small to map]. (Bain, Annexation, [248])
1966
Independent city of Radford gained from MONTGOMERY. (Bain, Annexation,
[248]; Radford Zoning Dept., correspondence, March 1994)
Lexington made an independent city
(2d class) from ROCKBRIDGE. (Va.
Sec. Rpt., 526)
Independent city of Roanoke gained small area from ROANOKE. (Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Portsmouth gained from the independent city of Chesapeake. (Portsmouth City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)
Salem made an independent city (2d class) from ROANOKE. (Middleton, 2–12)
Independent city of Charlottesville gained small area from ALBEMARLE. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Roanoke gained small area from ROANOKE. (Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Salem's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Middleton, 2–12)
Emporia made an independent city (2d class) from GREENSVILLE. (Emporia Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990)
Bedford made an independent city (2d class) from BEDFORD. (Bedford Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)
Independent city of Hopewell gained from PRINCE GEORGE. (Hopewell Housing and Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990)
Independent city of Richmond gained from CHESTERFIELD. (Richmond Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990)
Independent city of Danville gained small area from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)
Independent city of Winchester gained from FREDERICK. (Winchester Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Petersburg gained from DINWIDDIE and PRINCE GEORGE. (Petersburg Assessor's Office, correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Galax gained from CARROLL. (Galax City Engineer, correspondence, April 1994)
Independent city of Radford's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Va. Acts 1968, ch. 209/pp. 288–311; Va. Acts 1972, p. 1664)
Nansemond (extinct) made an independent city (1st class) from NANSEMOND and
the towns of Holland and Whaleyville; NANSEMOND County eliminated. (Va. Acts 1973, ch.
31/pp. 61–74)
Independent city of Alexandria gained small area from FAIRFAX. (Alexandria Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)
Independent city of Danville gained small area from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)
Independent city of Bristol gained from WASHINGTON. (Community Development and Planning Dept., email, February 2003)
Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)
Independent cities of Suffolk and Nansemond were consolidated to form the
independent city of Suffolk (1st class); Nansemond eliminated. (Va. Acts 1973, ch.
367/pp. 516–533)
Independent city of Norton gained from WISE. (Norton City Manager, correspondence, April 1994; Norton City Charter, ch. 1)
Manassas made an independent city (2d class) from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Manassas Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Va. Sec. Rpt., 527)
Poquoson made an independent city
(2d class) from YORK. (Va. Sec.
Rpt., 533)
Manassas Park made an independent
city (2d class) from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Va. Sec. Rpt., 528)
Independent city of Lynchburg gained from BEDFORD and CAMPBELL. (Lynchburg
Planning Division, correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau,
"Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities:
1970–Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Galax gained from CARROLL. (Galax City Engineer, correspondence, April 1994)
Independent city of Roanoke gained from ROANOKE. (Roanoke City Engineer, correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Radford gained from MONTGOMERY. (Radford Zoning Dept., correspondence, March 1994)
Independent city of Danville gained small area from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Division, correspondence, February 1990)
Independent city of Chesapeake gained small area from the independent city of Virginia Beach. (Virginia Beach Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)
Independent city of Radford gained from MONTGOMERY. (Radford Zoning Dept., correspondence, March 1994)
FAIRFAX exchanged with the independent city of Fairfax. (Fairfax City Clerk's Office, correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Harrisonburg gained from ROCKINGHAM. (Harrisonburg Community Development Dept., correspondence, January 1990; Map of the City of Harrisonburg, January 1983)
Independent city of Manassas exchanged with PRINCE WILLIAM. (Manassas Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Buena Vista gained from ROCKBRIDGE. (Buena Vista City Manager, correspondence, January 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Fredericksburg gained from SPOTSYLVANIA. (Fredericksburg Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Williamsburg gained from JAMES CITY. (Williamsburg Planning Dept., correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Norton gained from WISE. (Norton City Manager, correspondence, April 1994; Norton City Charter, ch. 1)
Independent city of Manassas gained small area from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Manassas Planning Dept., correspondence, January 1990)
Independent city of Waynesboro gained from AUGUSTA. (Waynesboro Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Radford gained from MONTGOMERY. (Radford City Cartographer, correspondence, December 2002)
Independent city of Salem gained from ROANOKE. (Salem City Engineer, correspondence, March 1994)
Independent city of Franklin gained from SOUTHAMPTON. (Franklin Office of the City Attorney, correspondence, October 2002; Circuit Court of Southampton County, Book 27, Page 16, 20 December 1985)
Independent city of Staunton gained small area from AUGUSTA. (Staunton Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Salem gained from ROANOKE. (Salem City Engineer, correspondence, March 1994)
Independent city of Norfolk gained small area from the independent city of Virginia Beach. (Norfolk City Planning Dept., correspondence, December 1989)
Independent city of Danville gained from PITTSYLVANIA. (Danville Planning Div., correspondence, February 1990; Danville Dept. of Community Development, correspondence, December 2002; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Emporia gained from GREENSVILLE. (Emporia City Manager's Office, correspondence, February 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Charlottesville gained small area from ALBEMARLE. (Charlottesville Community Development Dept., correspondence, December 1989; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Salem gained from ROANOKE. (Salem City Engineer, correspondence, March 1994)
Independent city of Harrisonburg's status changed from 2d class to 1st class. (Va. Commission on Local Government, correspondence, March 1990)
Independent city of Manassas Park gained from PRINCE WILLIAM. (Manassas Park Planning Director, correspondence, March 1994; U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Covington gained from ALLEGHANY. (U.S. Census Bureau, "Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)
Independent city of Galax gained small area from CARROLL. (Galax City Engineer, correspondence, April 1994)
Legislature authorized the consolidation of ALLEGHANY and the independent city of Clifton Forge into a new independent city of Alleghany; change did not take effect. (Va. Acts 1991, ch. 401/pp. 600–609)
Independent city of Galax gained from CARROLL. (Galax City Engineer, correspondence, April 1994; U.S. Census Bureau, "Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)
Independent city of Bedford gained from BEDFORD. (U.S. Census Bureau, "Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)
Independent city of Fairfax exchanged with FAIRFAX. (U.S. Census Bureau, "Geographic Change Notes: Virginia," http://eire.census.gov/popest/geonotes/51.php, 10 June 2003)
Independent city of Waynesboro gained from AUGUSTA. (U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
HALIFAX gained all of South Boston when South Boston reverted to town status and was eliminated as an independent city. (U.S. Census Bureau, "Significant Changes to Counties and County Equivalent Entities: 1970–Present," http://www.gov/geo/www/tiger/ctychng.html, 4 August 2003)
Independent city of Franklin gained from SOUTHAMPTON. (Franklin Office of the City Attorney, correspondence, October 2002; Circuit Court of Southampton County, Book 27, Page 19, 20 December 1985)
Boundary between LOUDOUN and JEFFERSON (W. Va.) clarified [no discernible change]. (Va. Acts 1993, ch. 141/p. 146; Va. Acts 1998, ch. 123/pp. 213–214; W. Va. Acts 1998, ch. 74/pp. 338–339)
Independent city of Harrisonburg exchanged small areas with ROCKINGHAM [change too small to map]. (City of Harrisonburg, Planning and Community Development Department, email, 12 November 2002; Commission on Local Government, "Municipal Boundary Change Actions in Virginia: 2000," http://www.clg.state.va.us/annexations.2000.pdf, 8 October 2003)
Independent city of Manassas Park gained small area from PRINCE WILLIAM [change too small to map]. (Commission on Local Government, "Municipal Boundary Change Actions in Virginia: 2000," http://www.clg.state.va.us/annexations.2000.pdf, 8 October 2003)