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Prior Nebraska Description
The County was named for John Adams. The County has Natchez as its seat and the County was created 1799. The County is located in the southwest area of the state.

Accomack Description
Accomack County is located on the northernmost portion of Virginia's Eastern Shore and was created in 1634 as one of the eight original counties of the Commonwealth. The county’s name comes from the Native American word Accawmack, meaning “the other shore”. The County seat is Accomack.

Albemarle Description
Albemarle County is located in the Central region of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was formed in 1744 by an act of the General Assembly. It was named in honor of William Ann Keppel, second Earl of Albemarle, who was then governor of the colony. The County seat was moved to Charlottesville which was established as a city in 1888.

Alleghany Description
Alleghany County is located on the far western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia and took its name from the mountain range on which it borders. It was formed by act of Virginia Legislature on January 5, 1822 from parts of Botetourt, Bath, and Monroe counties. The County seat is the City of Covington.

Amelia Description
Amelia County is located in the Central region of the Commonwealth of Virginia just west of the state's capital of Richmond. It was created in 1735 from portions of Prince George and Brunswick Counties and named in honor of Princess Amelia, daughter of King George II. The County seat is Amelia Courthouse.

Amherst Description
Amherst County is located in the Piedmont region near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was formed in 1761 from the southern half of Albemarle County in honor of Lord Jeffery Amherst, British Commander-in-Chief. The County seat is Amherst.

Appomattox Description
Appomattox County is located in the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was created in 1845 when Buckingham, Prince Edward, Charlotte and Campbell Counties each surrendered portions of their territory for a new county. The area was named after the Appamatuck people who were shown on Captain John Smith's map of 1612 and the name eventually evolved into "Appomattox". The County seat is Appomattox.

Arlington Description
Arlington County is a jurisdiction of 25.8 square miles located across the Potomac River from Washington D.C. The County was originally part of the ten-mile square surveyed in 1791 for the Nation’s Capital. From 1801 to 1847, what are now Arlington and a portion of the City of Alexandria were known as Alexandria County, District of Columbia. In 1847, at the request of the local residents, Congress retroceded Alexandria County to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The name “Arlington” was chosen because General Robert E. Lee’s home of that name is located in the County, on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery. The Count seat is the City of Arlington.

Augusta Description
Augusta County is located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and was created on November 1, 1738 when Orange County was divided. Augusta County was named for the Princess of Wales. The County seat is the City of Staunton.

Bedford Description
Bedford County is located in the Western Central portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was formed in 1754 from Lunenburg County in honor of John Russell, The Fourth Duke of Bedford. The County seat is Bedford.

Gloucester Description
Gloucester County was formed from York County (one of the original Virginia Colony counties) in 1651 and named for Henry, Duke of Gloucester, third son of Charles I. The County seat is Gloucester Courthouse.

Louisa Description
Louisa County is located in the Central portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was formed in 1742 from Hanover County in honor of Princess Louisa, daughter of King George II and Queen Caroline of England. The County seat is Louisa.

Pittsylvania Description
Pittsylvania is the largest county (per square miles) in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is situated in the south-central Piedmont plateau region. The County was formed in 1767 from Halifax County and was named for William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham, a British Statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. The town of Chatham is the county seat.

Pulaski Description
Pulaski County is located in the Southwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and is known as the heart of the New River Valley. The County was created from portions of Montgomery and Wythe Counties on March 30, 1839 and was named in honor of Count Casimir Pulaski, an exiled Polish nobleman, who came to the colonies in 1777 to join Washington's army. The County seat is the town of Pulaski.

Powhatan Description
Originally settled by French Huguenots in the early 1700s, Powhatan County was created by The Virginia General Assembly in 1777. The County was named in honor of the Indian Chief Powhatan, father of Pocahontas. Powhatan County is located in the Central portion of the state, 20 miles west of Richmond, the Commonwealth's capital. The County seat is in Powhatan.

Rappahannock Description
Rappahannock County was formed from Culpeper County by an Act of the Virginia General Assembly in 1833 and named for the Rappahannock River. Rappahannock County is located in Virginia’s Piedmont Region and the town of Washington is the County seat.

Westmoreland Description
Westmoreland County is located on the Northern Neck Peninsula of the eastern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was taken from the older colony of Northumberland by an Act of the "Grand Assembly", July 1653. From Westmoreland County came leaders such as George Washington, James Monroe, Richard Henry Lee and Robert E. Lee. The County seat is Montross, Virginia.

Wise Description
Wise County is located in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia and was created on February 16, 1856 by an act of the Virginia Legislature. The County was named after Henry A. Wise, Virginia Governor at the time, and the County seat is Wise.

Wythe Description
Wythe County is located in the Southwest portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was formed from Montgomery County in 1790. Wythe County was named for George Wythe, a noted lawyer of Eastern Virginia, who was among the first Virginians to sign the Declaration of Independence and he designed the Virginia Seal. The County seat is Wytheville.

York Description
York County is located in the eastern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia and was formed in 1634 as one of the eight original counties of the Virginia Colony. Named after the York River on which it lies, the seat of York County is Yorktown.