2. 4 Original Citties: Hco = Henrico Cittie Bda = (Charles Cittie) Jc = James Cittie Kec = Kecoughtan (renamed “ Elizabeth Cittie”)

3. 8 Original Counties: WR = Warwick River Shire (Extinct) EC = Elizabeth City Shire (Extinct) CR = Charles River Shire Wqs =Warrosquyoake Shire (now Isle of Wight Co.) JC = James City Shire CC = Charles City Shire Hco = Henrico Shire Aca = Accomac Shire (now Accomack Co.)

58. Part lost to PA

64. Part of Fairfax County (i.e., present-day Arlington Co.) Ceded to Federal Government for the District of Columbia (1791)

65. Part ceded ~from Fairfax

102. Part Retro-ceded ~from DC

103. Retro-ceded land named Alexandria Co was later called Arlington Co.

143. VA County 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

144. Counties Cont.: 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 County Map Abbreviations Cont.