Norfolk Borough

[A18]

Does anyone know what the official relationship between Norfolk County and Norfolk Borough was in the year 1800? Was the latter a part of the former, or was it an independent jurisdiction?

[JohnnyLongtorso]

Wikipedia, as usual, knows everything:

"Norfolk grew in the late 1600s as a "Half Moone" fort was constructed and 50 acres (200,000 m2) were acquired in exchange for 10,000 pounds of tobacco. The House of Burgesses established "Towne of Lower Norfolk County" in 1680.[4][5] In 1691, a final county subdivision took place when Lower Norfolk County split to form Norfolk County (present day Norfolk, Chesapeake, and parts of Portsmouth) and Princess Anne County (present day Virginia Beach). Norfolk was incorporated in 1705 and in 1736, George II granted Norfolk a royal charter as a borough."

What used to be Norfolk County is now all of the city of Chesapeake and most of the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth.