Bland County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- Richard Bland
- Seat
- Bland
- Largest community
- Bland
- Total
- 359 sq mi (930 km )
- Land
- 358 sq mi (930 km )
- Water
- 1 sq mi (2.6 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 6,151
- Density
- 17.5/sq mi (6.76/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .blandcountyva .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Richard Bland
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Bland
- Population
- 6270
- Area
- 929
- Shares border with
- Tazewell County
- Official website
- www.blandcountyva.gov
- Image
- Bland County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 2326
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- water as percent of area
- 0.3
- native label
- Bland County
- Commons category
- Bland County, Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Bland County, Virginia
- inception
- 1861-00-00
- per capita income
- 23664
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bland County is a county located in the southwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The county seat is the unincorporated area of Bland. At the 2020 census, the population was 6,270.
Bland County was created in 1861 from parts of Wythe, Tazewell, and Giles counties in Virginia. The new county was named in honor of Richard Bland, a Virginia statesman who served in the House of Burgesses and the Continental Congress.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bland County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.