Bland County, Virginia

Founding: 1861
Parent counties: Giles, Tazewell, and Wythe

Namesake: Richard Bland, Virginia politician
Seat: Bland (1861–)

Land area: 358 square miles

Population (2020): 6,270

Population (historic): 4,000 (1870); 5,129 (1890); 5,154 (1910); 6,031 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1900; 1910–1940; 1970–2000

Subdivisions: One CDP

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 316 (9.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 24.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 28.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,277
Average outbuilding value (1930): $479
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.3 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 778
Average farm size (1920): 79 acres
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Bland

Namesake: Richard Bland, Virginia politician

Founding: 1861 (post office)

Population (2020): 383

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 49 (18.6%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Junius Updyke Farm (c. 1910). 4859 Bluegrass Trail. Classical Revival.
2. Compton Farm (1852). 1142 Wilderness Road.

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