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
National Register listings: 11
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.