Smyth County, Virginia

Founding: 1832
Parent counties: Washington and Wythe
Namesake: Alexander Smyth, Virginia politician
Seat: Marion (1832–)
Land area: 451 square miles
Population (2020): 29,800
Population (historic): 6,522 (1840); 8,952 (1860); 12,160 (1880); 17,121 (1900); 25,125 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870–1980; 1990s
Subdivisions: Three towns; five CDPs
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,908 (12.4%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 35.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 9.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 17.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 14.3%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,186
Average outbuilding value (1930): $555

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,473
Average farm size (1920): 77.5 acres
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Marion

 
Namesake: Francis Marion, Continental Army general
Founding: 1832 (platting); 1835 (post office); 1849 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 5,955
Population (historic): 445 1860); 919 (1880); 2,045 (1900); 4,156 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1960
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 505 (18.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Charles Scott House (c. 1800). 965 Buckeye Hollow Road.
2. John Preston House (1842). 212 Chestnut Ridge Road. Greek Revival.
3. Frederick Cullop House (c. 1810). 5392 Lee Highway.
4. Abijah Thomas House (1856–1857). 663 Thomas Bridge Road.

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