Lower Norfolk County, Virginia

Lower Norfolk County is a long-extinct county which was located in colonial Virginia from until.

was formed in 1636 from, one of the eight original s (or ) formed in in the colony of Virginia by direction of the King of England. New Norfolk County included all the area in now incorporated in the five independent cities located there in modern times.

The following year, in, it was divided into and Lower Norfolk County.

In Lower Norfolk County was in turn divided to form  and.

In, after approval by referendum of the voters of the City of and the rest of Norfolk County and the , they were combined and reorganized as a new city, ending the threat of additional annexations. The new name selected by the voters was Chesapeake, and so, the new city of was created.

Also in 1963, after approval by referendum of the voters of the City of and the rest of Princess Anne County and the, they were consolidated as an independent city, assuming the better-known name of Virginia Beach.