Virginia, the Old Dominion

Land area: 39,598 sq. mi. (37)
Population (2000): 7,078,515 (12)
Population density: 178.76 per sq. mi. (14)
U.S. Representatives (2003-12): 11
Entered Union: 25-Jun-1788 (10)
My first view of Virginia was probably a trip to Mount Vernon around 1970. I got back there in 1993, but I’ve also seen the state’s section of the Blue Ridge Parkway, as well as Charlottesville, featuring Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home. Three hours east, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel is a 17-mile long engineering feat that links the Delmarva peninsula with Virginia Beach. Nearby are Norfolk, Newport News, and Colonial Williamsburg. Virginia also has one of the most extensive cave systems in the nation.

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No. of Counties I’ve Visited: 134 of 134

County Pop. (2000)     Latest Visit   County Seat Visited?
Accomack 38,305 10-Mar-2001 Accomac yes
Albemarle 79,236 26-Aug-2007 Charlottesville yes
Alleghany 12,926 29-Nov-2002 Covington yes
Amelia 11,400 3-Aug-2000 Amelia Court House
Amherst 31,894 28-Jul-1996 Amherst yes
Appomattox 13,705 27-Jul-1996 Appomattox yes
Arlington 189,453 23-Nov-2006 Arlington yes
Augusta 65,615 26-Aug-2007 Staunton yes
Bath 5,048 7-Aug-1999 Warm Springs yes
Bedford 60,371 4-Aug-2000 Bedford yes
Bland 6,871 12-Aug-2001 Bland yes
Botetourt 30,496 28-Jul-2005 Fincastle yes
Brunswick 18,419 23-Nov-2006 Lawrenceville
Buchanan 26,978 30-Jul-2000 Grundy
Buckingham 15,623 26-Jul-1996 Buckingham yes
Campbell 51,078 4-Aug-2000 Rustburg
Caroline 22,121 25-Nov-2006 Bowling Green
Carroll 29,245 11-Aug-2001 Hillsville yes
Charles City 6,926 28-Mar-1998 Charles City yes
Charlotte 12,472 3-Aug-2000 Charlotte Court House
Chesterfield 259,903 25-Nov-2006 Chesterfield
Clarke 12,652 26-Aug-2007 Berryville yes
Craig 5,091 29-Nov-2002 New Castle yes
Culpeper 34,262 29-Jul-2000 Culpeper yes
Cumberland 9,017 26-Jul-1996 Cumberland yes
Dickenson 16,395 30-Jul-2000 Clintwood
Dinwiddie 24,533 25-Nov-2006 Dinwiddie yes
Essex 9,989 26-Jul-1996 Tappahannock
Fairfax 969,749 23-Nov-2006 Fairfax yes
Fauquier 55,139 30-Nov-2002 Warrenton yes
Floyd 13,874 16-Aug-1997 Floyd
Fluvanna 20,047 31-Dec-1994 Palmyra
Franklin 47,286 27-Jul-1996 Rocky Mount yes
Frederick 59,209 25-Aug-2007 Winchester yes
Giles 16,657 16-Aug-1997 Pearisburg
Gloucester 34,780 26-Jul-1996 Gloucester
Goochland 16,863 11-Mar-2001 Goochland
Grayson 17,917 1-Sep-1996 Independence yes
Greene 15,244 26-Aug-2007 Stanardsville
Greensville 11,560 14-Aug-1999 Emporia yes
Halifax 37,355 3-Aug-2000 Halifax
Hanover 86,320 25-Nov-2006 Hanover
Henrico 262,300 25-Nov-2006 Richmond yes
Henry 57,930 14-Jul-2002 Collinsville
Highland 2,536 7-Aug-1999 Monterey
Isle of Wight 29,728 10-Mar-2001 Isle of Wight
James City 48,102 11-Mar-2001 Williamsburg yes
King and Queen 6,630 26-Jul-1996 King and Queen Court House
King George 16,803 25-Nov-2006 King George
King William 13,146 26-Jul-1996 King William
Lancaster 11,567 26-Jul-1996 Lancaster
Lee 23,589 8-Aug-1999 Jonesville yes
Loudoun 169,599 26-Aug-2007 Leesburg
Louisa 25,627 11-Mar-2001 Louisa
Lunenburg 13,146 25-Nov-2006 Lunenburg yes
Madison 12,520 26-Aug-2007 Madison yes
Mathews 9,207 26-Jul-1996 Mathews
Mecklenburg 32,380 25-Nov-2006 Boydton
Middlesex 9,932 26-Jul-1996 Saluda yes
Montgomery 83,629 28-Jul-2005 Christiansburg yes
Nelson 14,445 26-Aug-2007 Lovingston yes
New Kent 13,462 11-Mar-2001 New Kent
Northampton 13,093 10-Mar-2001 Eastville yes
Northumberland 12,259 26-Jul-1996 Heathsville yes
Nottoway 15,725 25-Nov-2006 Nottoway
Orange 25,881 11-Mar-2001 Orange
Page 23,177 11-Mar-2001 Luray yes
Patrick 19,407 16-Aug-1997 Stuart
Pittsylvania 61,745 4-Aug-2000 Chatham yes
Powhatan 22,377 26-Jul-1996 Powhatan yes
Prince Edward 19,720 3-Aug-2000 Farmville
Prince George 33,047 14-Aug-1999 Prince George
Prince William 280,813 23-Nov-2006 Manassas yes
Pulaski 35,127 28-Jul-2005 Pulaski yes
Rappahannock 6,983 26-Aug-2007 Washington
Richmond 8,809 26-Jul-1996 Warsaw yes
Roanoke 85,778 28-Jul-2005 Salem yes
Rockbridge 20,808 28-Jul-2005 Lexington yes
Rockingham 67,725 26-Aug-2007 Harrisonburg yes
Russell 30,308 30-Jul-2000 Lebanon
Scott 23,403 30-Jul-2000 Gate City
Shenandoah 35,075 26-Aug-2007 Woodstock yes
Smyth 33,081 28-Jul-2005 Marion yes
Southampton 17,482 10-Mar-2001 Courtland yes
Spotsylvania 90,395 23-Nov-2006 Spotsylvania
Stafford 92,446 23-Nov-2006 Stafford
Surry 6,829 14-Aug-1999 Surry
Sussex 12,504 14-Aug-1999 Sussex
Tazewell 44,598 30-Jul-2000 Tazewell
Warren 31,584 28-Jul-2005 Front Royal yes
Washington 51,103 5-Aug-2000 Abingdon yes
Westmoreland 16,718 26-Jul-1996 Montross yes
Wise 40,123 30-Jul-2000 Wise yes
Wythe 27,599 28-Jul-2005 Wytheville yes
York 56,297 11-Mar-2001 Yorktown
39 Independent Cities (included in totals)
Alexandria 128,283 29-Jul-2006
Bedford 6,299 4-Aug-2000
Bristol 17,367 28-Jul-2005
Buena Vista 6,349 29-Jul-2000
Charlottesville 45,049 26-Aug-2007
Chesapeake 199,184 10-Mar-2001
Clifton Forge 4,289 7-Aug-1999 *
Colonial Heights 16,897 25-Nov-2006
Covington 6,303 7-Aug-1999
Danville 48,411 4-Aug-2000
Emporia 5,665 14-Aug-1999
Fairfax 21,498 12-Jul-1998
Falls Church 10,377 11-Mar-2001
Franklin 8,346 10-Mar-2001
Fredericksburg 19,279 23-Nov-2006
Galax 6,837 16-Aug-1997
Hampton 146,437 10-Mar-2001
Harrisonburg 40,468 26-Aug-2007
Hopewell 22,354 14-Aug-1999
Lexington 6,867 29-Jul-2000
Lynchburg 65,269 26-Aug-2007
Manassas 35,135 28-Jul-1996
Manassas Park 10,290 28-Jul-1996
Martinsville 15,416 14-Jul-2002
Newport News 180,150 10-Mar-2001
Norfolk 234,403 10-Mar-2001
Norton 3,904 30-Jul-2000
Petersburg 33,740 25-Nov-2006
Poquoson 11,566 10-Mar-2001
Portsmouth 100,565 10-Mar-2001
Radford 15,859 30-Aug-1998
Richmond 197,790 25-Nov-2006
Roanoke 94,911 28-Jul-2005
Salem 24,747 28-Jul-2005
Staunton 23,853 30-Nov-2002
Suffolk 63,677 10-Mar-2001
Virginia Beach 425,257 10-Mar-2001
Waynesboro 19,520 26-Aug-2007
Williamsburg 11,998 11-Mar-2001
Winchester 23,585 30-Aug-1998

* Clifton Forge (Alleghany Co.) reverted to town status 1-Jul-2001. I visited it while it was still a city; therefore, it is noted. I did not visit South Boston (Halifax Co.) prior to its reversion in 1995.

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