County not to be reduced to insufficient area, population or sources of revenue

Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-3228, under Chapter 32. Boundary Changes of Towns and Cities..

Va. Code Ann. § 15.2-3228

If, as the result of an annexation, the area remaining in a county (i) would be reduced below sixty square miles, excluding property owned by the United States of America, or (ii) would otherwise be insufficient in area, population, or sources of revenue to adequately support the county government and schools, then the annexation shall not be decreed unless the whole county is annexed.