Description

Front: Commonwealth of Virginia, “The Old Dominion”. Settled: 1607, Jamestown. Bird: Cardinal. Flower: Dogwood. Area: 40,815 Sq. Miles. Home of Eight U.S. Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William H. Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Woodrow Wilson.

Back: In 1783, Virginia’s total land area was: 353,674 sq. miles. All the territory west of the Appalachia Mountains was part of Augusta County, except for Kentucky County which was created in 1776. In 1784, the Ohio Valley and land west were donated to the Federal Government.