Bland County was formed in 1861 from
portions of Giles, Tazewell, and Wythe Counties. The people of
the area had become dissatisfied with the distance to the
various county seats. The rough mountain trails did not lend
themselves to the quick and pleasant conduct of necessary
legal affairs. There was also great dissatisfaction with taxes
paid for the benefit of those far removed from the rugged
mountains and valleys of Bland. Thus an act to establish the
County of Bland passed the General Assembly of the State of
Virginia on March 30, 1861.The county was named after Richard
Bland, a leader of Colonial Virginia whose arguments laid the
intellectual foundation for freedom and independence from the
mother country.
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Bland, Virginia