Płock Land was a land (administrative division) of the Kingdom of Poland until 1495, and later, part of the Płock Voivodeship, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1495 to 25 September 1793. The seat of its government was located in Płock.Europa. Regiony i państwa historyczne, Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, Warsaw, 2000, p. 214.Lucjan Tatomir: Geografia ogólna i statystyka ziem dawnej Polski. Kraków: Drukarnia "Czasu" W. Kirchmayera, 1868, p. 151.
Subdivisions The land was divided into five counties.Mazowsze w drugiej połowie XVI wieku; Cz. 2, Komentarz, indeksy, Warsaw, 1973, p. 59.Marian Chudzyński: Dawne województwo płockie jako jednostka podziału administracyjnego, In: Notatki Płockie 20, 1975, p. 3. They were: Płock County (seat: Płock); Bielsk County (seat: Bielsk); Raciąż County (seat: Raciąż); Płońsk County (seat: Płońsk); Sierpc County (seat: Sierpc).
Sierpc County was formed in the 1530s, from the portion of the Bielsk County.
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