Virginia Counties

Existing Virginia Counties

Counties That Have "Disappeared" - and Why

How Counties Got Started in Virginia

How The Counties Were Named

Why There Are No Towns or Counties in Southeastern Virginia

NOTE: Boundaries of counties, towns, and cities continue to change - see Town and City Boundaries and Annexation

Links

• Census Bureau
• Virginia Counties
• Commission on Local Government
  • Alternative Forms Of County Government In Virginia
  • Discretionary Authorities And Special Districts Available To Local Government In Virginia
  • Functional Authority of Virginia Local Government
  • Taxing Powers Granted To Virginia Counties, Cities And Towns
  • Virginia Localities
• Geoworld - Virginia Counties
• History of Virginia and West Virginia Counties
• Library of Congress
  • Virginia County boundaries based on a 1770 map
• Municipal Code Corporation - Virginia County Codes
• National Association of Counties
  • Virginia Counties (be sure to distinguish any Virginia city that has joined NACo from the 95 Virginia counties)
• Newberry Library - Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
• Notes on the State of Virginia (by Thomas Jefferson)
• "Counties and towns" A notice of the counties, cities, townships, and villages?
• Rural Policy Research Institute
  • Community Information Resources Center
• University of Virginia
• Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
• County and City Data Books
• Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
• Map of Virginia Cities and Counties
• Virginia Statistics (VASTAT)
• VAGenWeb project, with a focus on genealogically-interesting sources for each county and city
• Virginia Association of Counties
• Virginia Division of Legislative Services
• Counties, Cities, and Towns with Charters
• Virginia Graveyards by county/city

Virginia had 95 counties and 38 cities, after the City of Bedford shifted to town status in 2013
Source: US Geological Survey (USGS) National Atlas, County Map