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FACTS
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Accomack
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Accomack, the original shire name, was
created
from the Native
American word Accawmack,
meaning "on the
other side".
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Albermarle
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President Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
home is located in
this county.
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Alleghany
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Alleghany Co is named for the Allegany
Mountains.
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Amelia
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During the Civil War, Gen. Robert E Lee
& his Army
spent time at the
Amelia courthouse before surrendering
to Ulysses S Grant
at Appomattox.
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Amherst
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In the early days, the major crop raised
in Amherst County
was tobacco.
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Appomattox
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Appomattox Co was formed in 1845 from
Buckingham, Prince
Edward, Campbell & Charlotte Counties
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Arlington
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The well-known Arlington Cemetery
is located in this
county.
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Augusta
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Augusta Co was formed in 1738 from Orange
Co.
It was named for
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales
& mother of
the future King George III of the United Kingdom.
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Bath
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Bath Co was established on December 14,
1790.
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Bedford
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Bedford
Co was established on December 13, 1753.
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Bland
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Bland Co was formed in 1861 from Wythe,
Tazewell & Giles Counties.
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Botetourt
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Botetourt
Co was established in 1770 from Augusta Co.
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Brunswick
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Brunswick Co was established in 1720 from
Prince George Co.
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Buchanan
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Buchanan Co was named for the 15th
President, James Buchanan.
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Buckingham
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A
fire destroyed the courthouse designed by Thomas Jefferson in 1869.
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Campbell
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Campbell
Co was named for Revolutionary War hero
George William Campbell who was known for the 1780
Battle of Kings Mountain.
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Caroline
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Caroline Co was named for Caroline of
Ansbach,
the wife of King
George II of Great Britain.
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Carroll
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Carroll Co was named for Charles Carroll,
a signer of the
Declaration of Independence.
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Charles City
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The Charles City Courthouse was
constructed in the 1750s
and is one of the
only five courthouses in America
that have been in
continuous use for judicial purposes
since the
Revolutionary War.
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Charlotte
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Charlotte Co was formed in 1764.
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Chesterfield
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On
May 25, 1749, the Virginia General Assembly
passed the act that seperated Chesterfield from Henrico Co.
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Clarke
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Clarke Co is named for General George
Rogers Clark
of the Revolutionary War.
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Craig
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Craig Co is located in the Shenandoah
Valley region of Virginia.
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Culpeper
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Culpeper
Co was established in 1749 from Orange Co.
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Cumberland
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Cumberland
Co was established in 1749 from Goochland Co.
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Dickenson
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Dickenson
Co is Virginia's youngest county.
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Dinwiddie
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Dinwiddie
Co was formed May 1, 1752 from Prince George Co.
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Essex
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Essex
Co was established in 1692 from Rappahannock Co.
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Fairfax
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The
Battle of Chantilly, or Ox Hill, during same campaign
as the 2nd Battle of Bull Run, was fought in this county.
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Fauquier
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Fauquier
Co is located between bustling Northern Virginia
and the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Floyd
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Trader's
Path is the earliest known travel way through Floyd Co.
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Fluvanna
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Fluvanna
Co was once part of Henrico Co.
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Franklin
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Franklin
Co was named after Benjamin Franklin.
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Frederick
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Frederick
Co was established in 1743 out of Orange Co.
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Giles
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Giles
Co was established in 1806 from
Montgomery, Monroe, Tazewell & Wythe Counties.
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Gloucester
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Gloucester
Co borders the York River and the Lower Chesapeake Bay.
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Goochland
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General
Lafayette stopped at the Powell's Tavern in Goochland
when he traveled from Richmond to Monticello
to visit Thomas Jefferson.
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Grayson
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Grayson
Co was founded in 1793 from a part of Wythe County.
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Greene
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Greene
Co was established in 1838 from Orange County.
It is named for the American Revolutionary Hero, Nathaniel Greene.
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Greensville
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Greenville
Co was established in 1781 from Brunswick Co.
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Halifax
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In
1752, Halifax Co was established from Lunenburg Co.
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Hanover
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Hanover
Co was created on November 26, 1720.
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Henrico
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Henrico
Co was founded by Sir Thomas Dale in 1611.
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Henry
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Originally
Henry Co was named Patrick Henry Co to
honor the first governor of VA after Independence.
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Highland
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The
county seat for Highland is Monterey.
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Isle of Wight
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Isle
of Wight Co was originally named Warrosquyoake Shire.
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James City
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James
City Co is located on the VA Peninsula
in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia.
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King and Queen
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The
county is named for King William III &
Queen Mary of England.
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King George
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King
George Co was formed in 1720 out of Richmond Co VA.
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King William
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King
William Co contains the oldest Courthouse still being used.
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Lancaster
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Established
in 1651 from York and Northumberland Counties.
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Lee
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Lee
Co was formed out of Russell Co in 1793.
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Loudoun
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Settlement
begain in the 1720s-1730s with English,
Germans, Quakers, Scot-Irish and African Slaves.
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Louisa
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Patrick
Henry won his first election in 1765 to represent Louisa County.
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Lunenburg
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Lunenburg
Co was established on May 1, 1746 from Brunswick Co.
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Madison
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Madison
Co was established in December 1792 and named
after the Madison family, and James Madison.
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Mathews
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Mathews
Co was established out of a part of Gloucester Co in 1791.
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Mecklenburg
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Mecklenburg
Co was established from Lunenburg Co in 1765.
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Middlesex
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Middlesex
Co is bordered by Essex Co.
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Montgomery
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Nelson
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Nelson
Co was formed out of Amherst Co in 1807.
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New Kent
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New
Kent Co is named after Kent, England.
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Northampton
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Northampton
was originally named Accawmack.
In 1643 it was changed to Northampton.
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Northumberland
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The
Virginia General Assembly created
Northumberland Co in 1648.
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Nottoway
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Nottoway
Co was occupied by the Nadowa tribe, an Iroquoian
people of the American Indians, before European Settlers. |
Orange
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The
county was previously inhabited by the Siouan Manahoac tribe.
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Page
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Page
Co was formed from Shenandoah and Rockingham Couties in 1831.
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Patrick
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Patrick
Co was named for Patrick Henry and formed in 1777.
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Pittsylvania
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Pittsylvania
was formed in 1767 out of Halifax Co.
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Powhatan
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The
area was inhabited by Native Americans before
the arrival of Europeans in the 17th century.
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Prince Edward
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Prince
Edward Co was formed from the VA
Colony, from Amelia Co in 1754.
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Prince George
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Desiree
Rodcay
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Prince
George Co was named in honor of
Prince George of Denmark, the husband of Queen Anne.
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Prince William
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The
county was named after the Duke of Cumberland,
Prince William Augustus, son of King George II.
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Pulaski
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Pulaski
Co is located in Southwestern VA.
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Rappahannock
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The
county is named for the river that divides it from Fauquier Co.
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Richmond
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Richmond,
the city and capital of VA is not in Richmond Co.
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Roanoke
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Roanoke
Co is named after the Roanoke River.
Salem was the original county seat.
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Rockbridge
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Rockbridge
Co is named for Natural Bridge.
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Rockingham
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Europeans
began settling this area around 1745.
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Russell
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Russell
Co was established on Jan 02 1786 from a section of Washington Co.
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Scott
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June
Carter Cash lived in Scott Co.
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Shenandoah
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Shenandoah
Co was established in 1772
and named after the Senedos Indian Tribe.
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Smyth
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Smyth
Co was named after Alexander Smyth, a general during War of 1812
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Southampton
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Shortly
after the establishment of Jamestown Settlement during
17th century, English settlers explored and settled this area.
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Spotsylvania
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Civil
War battles Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg,
Spotsylvania Courthouse and The Wilderness fought here.
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Stafford
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Stafford
Co was named after Staffordshire England.
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Surry
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Surry
Co orignally consisted of Lawne's Creek Parish & Southwark Parish.
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Sussex
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Sussex
Co is named after Sussex England
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Tazewell
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Tazewell
Co was named after US Senator from VA named Henry Tazewell.
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Warren
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Warren
Co was created from Frederick & Shenandoah Counties
and established in 1836.
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Washington
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Washington
Co is named after George Washington.
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Westmoreland
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George
Washington was born in Westmoreland Co VA.
James Monroe and Gen. Robert E Lee also were born here.
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Wise
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Wythe
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Named
after George Wythe, the first Virginian Signer
of the Declaration of Independence. |
York
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Named
after the city York, in Northern England.
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