Giles County, Virginia

Founding: 1806
Parent counties: Monroe, Montgomery, and Tazewell
Namesake: William Giles, Virginia senator
Seat: Pearisburg (1808–)
Land area: 356 square miles
Population (2020): 16,787
Population (historic): 3,745 (1810); 5,307 (1840); 5,875 (1870); 10,793 (1900); 12,804 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1860; 1870–1950; 1970s; 1990–2010
Subdivisions: Five towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,122 (13.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 34.8%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 22.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.1%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,346
Average outbuilding value (1930): $559
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.2 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,056
Average farm size (1920): 75.9 acres
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Pearisburg

 
Namesake: George Pearis, owner of the town site
Founding: 1808 (platting); 1811 (post office); 1835 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 2,909
Population (historic): 285 (1880); 464 (1900); 668 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1960; 1990–2020
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 44 (3.9%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Frank Sibold House (1872). 497 Bluegrass Trail. Greek Revival.
2. Eaton's Chapel (c. 1895). 741 Eaton's Chapel Road. Gothic Revival.
3. Maybrook (c. 1850/1880s). 420 Eggleston Road. Italianate.
4. Henson House (c. 1885). 1104 Henson Avenue. Eastlake.
5. Reynolds House (1866). 152 Old Furnace Road. Greek Revival.
6. Prospect (1859). 151 Prospectdale Road. Greek Revival/Italianate.

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