Commonwealth counties bear British birthright.(Local) The Virginian Pilot | November 14, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Despite the stellar role that Virginia played in severing the political ties of the 13 American colonies with Great Britain in 1776, many of its counties still bear names that either connect them with members of the royal family or places associated with them at the time that they were created. Moreover, the list would even be larger if the names of no-longer-existing counties were taken into consideration.

BRUNSWICK: (1720) Named for the duchy of Brunswick-Lunenburg, one of the German possessions of George I.

GLOUCESTER: (1651) Probably named for the English county, although ...

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