Goochland County was formed from the original shire
of Henrico in May 1728 and named for the new Lieutenant
Governor, William Gooch. In 1727, a petition made by the
House of Burgesses was presented to the Royal Governor of Virginia. The petition, which was presented at the colonial capital in Williamsburg, Virginia created the county. Goochland was the
first county created after the original eight shires
of the Virginia Colony. In 1728, Goochland stretched
westward to the Blue Ridge Mountains along both
sides of the James River  encompassing
the present day counties of Powhatan, Fluvana, Cumberland,
Albermarle, Chesterfield, Buckingham, Appomattux,
Amherst, and Nelson.
Today, Goochland lies along the northside of the river and is bounded to the east by
Henrico county, to the west by Fluvanna, to the south by Cumberland and Powhatan, and to
the north by Louisa and Hanover Counties.
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