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 _________________________________________________________________________________ Pearisburg Nam...