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Virginia Counties

The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties and 39 independent cities, which are considered county-equivalents for census purposes.

Wythe County, Virginia

Wythe County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Wytheville
Year Organized: 1790
Square Miles: 463

Court House:

340 South Sixth Street
County Administration Building
Wytheville, VA 24382-0000

Named: Wythe is named for Founding Father George Wythe.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

County History

Wythe County, Virginia formed from Montgomery and Grayson Counties. Legislative enactment in 1789. Organized in 1790. Grayson County gave only small portions in 1824-1826, 1831-1832, 1839-1841, 1861-1862, and 1874-1875. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.]

Wythe County was named for George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and chancellor of Virginia in 1789 when Wythe County was formed from Montgomery County. Part of Grayson County was added in 1825. Its area is 463 square miles, and the county seat is Wytheville.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 465 square miles (1,203 km²), of which, 463 square miles (1,200 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (4 km²) of it (0.29%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Bland County, VA to the north
Carroll County, VA to the south
Grayson County, VA to the south
Pulaski County, VA to the east
Smyth County, VA to the west

Cities and Towns:

- Rural Retreat	town	Incorporated Area
- Wytheville (County Seat)	town	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

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