Bland County was formed March 30, 1861 from Wythe, Tazewell, and Giles County. Later there was more of Giles County added on. It was named in honor of Richard Bland, the prominent Revolutionary period Virginia patriot. Situated almost on the West Virginia border, Bland felt divided loyalties during the Civil War. In 1864, a skirmish was fought at Rocky Gap in connection with a raid on the Virginia and Tennessee railroad. Bland County is spanned by Interstate 77, running north to south. Old US Highway # 21/52 runs north to south through Bland County. Two other major roadways, Routes 42 and 61 run east to west through the county. Bland is the County Seat.

 SHANNON Family Births

 Chataigne's Virginia Gazetteer
and Classified Business Directory
1888-1889 for
Bland County

An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver

Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company

1923-1946

 The Railroad in Bland County

 A list of cemeteries that are in Bland County

 AKERS Cemetery

Bethany Church Cemetery

 LAMBERT Cemetery

 ROBINETT Cemetery

 Sharon Lutheran Cemetery

An offsite Link

 SHRADER Cemetery

Shrader Cemetery #2 - Round Bottom, Bland County, Virginia

 I.F. STOWERS Family Cemetery

Bland County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

 An Offsite Link

1840 Census of Pensioners - Military

An Offsite Link

 Electronic census spreadsheets

An Off Site Link

 USGenWeb Census Project

All off site links

Bastian Union Church

Honaker Church

Nebo Methodist Church

 Walkers Creek Deaths
1853 forward

ALL Off Site Links

DILLOW Family

 HANSHEW Family

 STAFFORD Family

THOMPSONS of Wythe and Bland 

Bland County History Archives

 Archives of Appalachia

Historical Highway Markers of Bland County 

 The Fincastle Resolutions

  Draper Manuscripts

Chalkley's Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia

 William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine

 Bland County Public Library

 Bland County Microfilm at the Library of Virginia

Bogle Library at the Bland County Historical Society

Genealogical Databases of Old Prison Records 

 County Map of Bland

Virginia 1861 Map 

 1895 Map of Bland County

Virginia Historical Counties Map

Provides on-demand, printable, large-scale maps of every boundary change of every county and independent city of Virginia.User chooses any day and month from 1634 to 2000 and can zoom in or out or alter the map in other ways. An easy-to-use HELP file and supplementary texts support the maps. From the Newberry Library

 U.S. Census Maps 1790-1930

War in Bland County 

Bland County - Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows

 Bland County, Virginia WWII Deaths

 Wolf Creek Indian Village and Museum

 Obituary of George Byrd AKERS, 1937

Submitted by Jack B. Akers

e-mail the Historical Society

Bland County Kiwanis History
Organized April 5, 1940. Chartered May 22, 1940

 Bland Lodge AF&AM, No. 206, 1933, Bland, Virginia

Photographs of Bland County
An Offsite Link by Jeffrey C. Weaver

All off site links

Historic Bridges in Bland County

  Bastian

(originally called Parkersburg)

Bland

(originally called Crab Orchard after the creek that runs through town, then Seddon, and now Bland)

Ceres

 Dry Fork Community

 Hollybrook

 Mechanicsburg

 Pinch Creek

 Rocky Gap

 Tunnels of Bland County

Wm. HEARN Estate, 1870

An Off Site Link

 Amos THOMPSON Will, 1870

An Off Site Link

  Copies of birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates can be requested from the Virginia Department of Health Office of Vital Records

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