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
National Register listings: 24
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.