Tazewell County, Virginia

Founding: 1800
Parent counties: Russell and Wythe
Namesake: Henry Tazewell, Virginia politician
Seat: Tazewell (1800–)
Land area: 519 square miles
Population (2020): 40,429
Population (historic): 2,127 (1800); 6,290 (1840); 10,791 (1870); 23,384 (1900); 32,477 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1850; 1860–1950; 1970s; 2000s
Subdivisions: Five towns; four CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,635 (12.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 19.9%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 16.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,674
Average outbuilding value (1930): $747
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.5 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,602
Average farm size (1920): 74.7 acres
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Tazewell

 
Namesake: Henry Tazewell, Virginia politician
Founding: 1800 (platting as Jeffersonville); 1803 (post office); 1822 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 4,486
Population (historic): 508 (1880); 1,096 (1900); 1,211 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1920; 1930s; 1950–1980; 1990–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 343 (17.4%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. James Meek Farm (c. 1870/1889). 5957 Burke's Garden Road. Italianate.
2. Alexander St. Clair Farm (1879–1880). 1700 Hockman Pike. Italianate.
3. George Thompson Farm (1886–1887). 234 Kowpoke Drive. Italianate. Razed.
4. George Hall House (1896). 2025 Riverside Drive. Queen Anne.
5. Walter Sanders House (1896). 200 Sanders Lane. Queen Anne.
6. Maiden Spring / Rees Bowen Farm (1838). 9587 Wardell Road. Greek Revival.
7. Chimney Rock / Hervey George Farm (c. 1843). 2950 Witten Valley Road. Federal.

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