The Quest in Song: Randolph Walker's suggestion for Virginia's state song, which includes every city and county in the lyrics so as not to offend anyone. Alas, for some reason he also included the Town of Fincastle.

The Quest in the News: Listen to an interview on WVTF's Weekend Virginia (7/6/09, 1MB)
(note that the address at the end should be fifer.net, not .com)

Quest News: Clifton Forge reverts from city to town status...

THE QUEST

The quest is simple: to visit each of Virginia's 95 counties and 39 cities.

RULES

In order to count a county or city as having been visited:

1. You must have travelled within the legal boundaries of the county or city via ground or water transportation, although you are not required to have operated the method of transportation.

2. If asked, you must be able to identify the specific community, town, place, feature, or other location in the city or county you visited, or the highway through the city or county on which you travelled.

3. You must have visited each current county while it was that county, and each current city while it was that city.

4. You must be absolutely, positively sure that you have been in the county or city.

GETTING STARTED

The easiest way to begin is to take the list of counties and cities and use the state map to remove the cities and counties along the major highways you know you've taken. Then go back through the list and figure out if you've been anywhere in each remaining locality. E-mail me the list of the counties and cities to which you HAVE NOT been.

RESOURCES

Roads

The official state transportation map is the easiest way to determine which roads go through which counties and cities. View the map online, or use the order form and you'll have one in a few days. To find a county or city, use the map index.

Towns and Major Features

Enter a town or major feature at USGS to see what county or city it's in.

Schools

Visit the Virginia Department of Education to check which county or city a public school is in.

 

As of August 15, 2012:

Dominic Gabello

Charlie O'Reilly

Sean Johnson

Lynda Myers

Craig Fifer

Eric Payne

Chris Bast

Zack Robbins

Keath Marx

Christie Ann Bieber

Isaac Sarver

Sean Holihan

Waldo Jaquith

Stephen Davis

David Crain

Anna Scholl

Trent Armitage

Jordan Fifer

Todd Eakes

TOTAL (134)

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134

132

129

127

127

124

120

119

119

120

113

109

108

105

104

101

99

98

COUNTIES (95)

95

95

93

91

89

90

88

84

82

85

85

84

75

74

73

72

66

67

63

Accomack

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Albemarle

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Alleghany

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Amelia

X

X

X

X

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Amherst

X

X

X

X

X

X

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Appomattox

X

X

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X

X

X

X

X

X

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X

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X

X

Arlington

X

X

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Augusta

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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X

X

X

X

X

Bath

X

X

X

X

X

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X

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X

X

Bedford

X

X

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X

X

X

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Bland

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Botetourt

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X

X

Brunswick

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Buchanan

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X

X

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X

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X

X

X

X

Buckingham

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X

X

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X

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Campbell

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Caroline

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Carroll

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Charles City

X

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Charlotte

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Chesterfield

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X

Clarke

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Craig

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Culpeper

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Cumberland

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X

X

Dickenson

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X

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Dinwiddie

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Essex

X

X

X

X

X

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Fairfax

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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X

X

X

Fauquier

X

X

X

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X

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X

X

X

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X

X

X

X

X

Floyd

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X

X

X

X

X

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Fluvanna

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Franklin

X

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Frederick

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Giles

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X

X

Gloucester

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X

X

X

X

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X

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X

X

X

Goochland

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X

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X

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X

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X

X

Grayson

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X

Greene

X

X

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X

Greensville

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Halifax

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Hanover

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Henrico

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Henry

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Highland

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Isle of Wight

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James City

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King and Queen

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King George

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King William

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Lancaster

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Lee

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Loudoun

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Louisa

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Lunenburg

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Madison

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Mathews

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Mecklenburg

X

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Middlesex

X

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Montgomery

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Nelson

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New Kent

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Northampton

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Northumberland

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Nottoway

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Orange

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Page

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Pittsylvania

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Powhatan

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Prince Edward

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Prince George

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Prince William

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Pulaski

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Rappahannock

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Richmond

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Roanoke

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Rockbridge

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Rockingham

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Russell

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Scott

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Shenandoah

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Smyth

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Southampton

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Spotsylvania

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Stafford

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Surry

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Sussex

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Tazewell

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Warren

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Washington

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Westmoreland

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Wise

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Wythe

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York

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CITIES (39)

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38

38

37

36

36

37

35

35

39

34

34

34

32

35

32

35

Alexandria

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Bedford

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Bristol

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Buena Vista

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Charlottesville

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Chesapeake

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Colonial Heights

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Covington

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Danville

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Emporia

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Fairfax

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Falls Church

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Franklin

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Fredericksburg

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Galax

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Hampton

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Harrisonburg

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Hopewell

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Lexington

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Lynchburg

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Manassas

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Manassas Park

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Martinsville

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Newport News

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Norfolk

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Norton

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Petersburg

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Poquoson

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Portsmouth

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Radford

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Richmond

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Roanoke

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Salem

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Staunton

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Suffolk

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Virginia Beach

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Waynesboro

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Williamsburg

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Winchester

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