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

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: An elision of New Fincastle

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.

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