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
National Register listings: 22
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.