Defunct Counties
| County |
Created |
Abolished |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte County | 1772 | 1784 | Partitioned and renamed as Washington County |
| Cornwall County | 1665 | 1686 | Transferred to the part of Massachusetts that later became the state of Maine and partitioned; one of the 12 original counties created in the New York colony |
| Cumberland County | 1766 | 1777 | Transferred to Vermont and partitioned |
| Dukes County | 1683 | 1692 | Transferred to Massachusetts; one of 12 original counties created in the New York colony |
| Gloucester County | 1770 | 1777 | Transferred to Vermont and partitioned |
| Tryon County | 1772 | 1784 | Renamed as Montgomery County |
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