On the opposite end of the spectrum is the Virginia "strong county" model.

A new county of Virginia was named after him during his governorship.

The new Virginia counties were growing rapidly, and with this growth came trouble.

This council serves about 10,500 girls in 36 Virginia counties.

This, sir, passed in a remote county of Virginia more than twenty years ago.

At the time the plant received federal protection it was known from 28 populations in two Virginia counties.

I was stunned at the exception of those Virginia counties.

There had been sentiment even before the war for the northwestern counties of Virginia to break away and form a new state.

Many of these names were later reused to name other new Virginia counties.

By 2000, the number was down to 31, the sharpest decline of all Virginia counties.