Wise County, Virginia
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About Wise County
Wise County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties and named for Henry A. Wise, who was the Governor of Virginia at the time. The county seat is in Wise.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Facts
Wise County at a glance
- County seat
- Wise
- Population
- 36,130 (2020)
- Land area
- 405 sq mi
- Founded
- 1856
Communities
Largest communities in Wise County
- Big Stone Gappopulation 5,254
- Wise County seatpopulation 2,971
- Coeburnpopulation 1,598
- Appalachiapopulation 1,432
- Poundpopulation 877
History
History of Wise County
The Cherokee colonized the area including Wise from the Xualae between 1671 and 1685. It was later contested by the Haudenosaunee and the Shawnee. Cherokee and Shawnee hunting parties fought a protracted battle at the headwaters of the Clinch River for two days in the summer of 1786, a victory for the Cherokee although losses were heavy on both sides. The first white explorers to reach present-day Wise county are said to have been Thomas Walker and Christopher Gist, both in 1750. Several forts were built all along the Clinch from 1774 onward, but only after Chickamauga Cherokee leader Bob Benge was slain in 1794 was present-day Wise considered safe for white settlers even to hunt in. One of the earliest settlers within the county was William Wells around 1792. In the 1880s, coal deposits became the dominant resource utilized in the area.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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