Upper Norfolk County, Virginia

Upper Norfolk County is an extinct county which was located in colonial from  until.

In, the King of England directed the formation of eight s (or ) in the colony of Virginia. One of these was, which included land area on both sides of.

was formed in 1636 from. It included all the area in now incorporated in the five independent cities located there in modern times.

In 1637, New Norfolk County was divided into Upper Norfolk County and.

Upper Norfolk County became in 1646. The county became the of Nansemond in, and in , merged with the city of. The new consolidated city assumed the name of Suffolk.