Craig County, Virginia

Founding: 1851
Parent counties: Botetourt, Giles, Monroe, and Roanoke

Namesake: Robert Craig, Virginia politician
Seat: New Castle (1851–)

Land area: 330 square miles

Population (2020): 4,892

Population (historic): 3,553 (1860); 3,794 (1880); 4,293 (1900); 3,562 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1910; 1930s; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: One town

National Register listings: Six

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 396 (13.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 46.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 15.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 11.9%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,034
Average outbuilding value (1930): $606
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 541
Average farm size (1920): 75.2 acres
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New Castle

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: pre-1851 (founding as New Fincastle); 1911 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 125

Population (historic): 225 (1860); 182 (1880); 299 (1900); 259 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1880–1900; 1960s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 41 (38.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Bellevue / Wiley–Neilson Farm (c. 1833/1900). 14505 Cumberland Gap Road. Eastlake.
2. *Farrier Farm (c. 1870). 2071 Little Mountain Road. Greek Revival.
3. *Mount Carmel Lutheran Church (1898). 5536 Little Mountain Road. Italianate.
4. *George Reynolds House. 2171 Sugar Maple Road. Italianate.