Monroe County, Virginia

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Monroe County, Virginia was a former county in Virginia that later became part of what is now Monroe County, West Virginia, prior to the creation of Giles County from its territory.

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Label Occurrences
Monroe County, Virginia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (24)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former county ⓘ
administrativeLevel county ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedByEvent creation of Giles County, Virginia ⓘ
creation of Monroe County, West Virginia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver territory now in Giles County, Virginia ⓘ
territory now in Monroe County, West Virginia ⓘ
hasSuccessorAdministrativeUnit Giles County, Virginia ⓘ
Monroe County, West Virginia ⓘ
historicalRelation contributed territory to Giles County, Virginia ⓘ
predecessor of Monroe County, West Virginia ⓘ
languageOfOfficialActs English ⓘ
locatedIn Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Virginia

western Virginia (pre-1863 boundaries) ⓘ
linked to: western Virginia
locatedInRegion Appalachian region ⓘ
locatedInTime before creation of West Virginia in 1863 ⓘ
namedAfter James Monroe ⓘ
partlyReplacedBy Monroe County, West Virginia ⓘ
partOf Virginia (pre-Civil War) ⓘ
partOfHistoricalEntity U.S. state of Virginia before 1863 ⓘ
sharesNameWith Monroe County, West Virginia ⓘ
status defunct county ⓘ
territoryLaterIncludedIn Giles County, Virginia ⓘ
Monroe County, West Virginia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giles County, Virginia → formedFrom → Monroe County, Virginia ⓘ