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- Dorset is an unincorporated community in Powhatan County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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The largest county in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Pittsylvania County was established in 1767 and named in honor of William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham, in recognition of his support of the American colonies during the Stamp Act crisis.
List of counties in Virginia. The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties and 39 independent cities, which are considered county-equivalents for census purposes.
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Virginia and Pennsylvania shared a border between 1681-1863 Source: National Atlas Today there is no common border between Virginia and Pennsylvania - but between 1681 and 1863, the southwestern border of Pennsylvania was shared with Virginia. Exactly what territory was Virginia and what was Pennsylvania was a challenge that took a century to resol...
American Heritage - Mason & Dixon: their Line and its LegendAppalachian History blogBoyd Crumrine:Pennsylvania ended up with Pittsburgh and Washington County Source: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, State of Pennsylvania(by Samuel Lewis, 1796)
County Projects. Pittsylvania County government is always working to improve services for residents, make operations more efficient, and comply with all relevant regulations. Keep up with Projects.
Pittsylvania County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 60,501. Chatham is the county seat. Pittsylvania County is included in the Danville, VA Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The General Assembly has created subordinate county and city jurisdictions for nearly 400 years, and other counties have been dissolved, converted into cities, or lost to the Northwest Territory, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and West Virginia.
The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties, along with 38 independent cities that are considered county-equivalents for census purposes. In Virginia, cities are co-equal levels of government to counties, but towns are part of counties.
