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Giles County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- William Branch Giles
- Seat
- Pearisburg
- Largest town
- Pearisburg
- Total
- 360 sq mi (930 km )
- Land
- 356 sq mi (920 km )
- Water
- 4.6 sq mi (12 km ) 1.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 16,564
- Density
- 47.2/sq mi (18.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .virginiasmtnplayground .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- William Branch Giles
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Pearisburg
- Population
- 16787
- Area
- 933
- Shares border with
- Bland County
- Official website
- www.gilescounty.org
- Image
- Giles courthouse, Pearisburg.jpg
- Households
- 6715
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- water as percent of area
- 1.3
- topic's main category
- Category:Giles County, Virginia
- native label
- Giles County
- different from
- Giles County
- Commons category
- Giles County, Virginia
- inception
- 1806-00-00
- social media followers
- 1133
- per capita income
- 27679
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Giles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia on the West Virginia state line. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,787. Its county seat is Pearisburg.
Giles County is included in the Blacksburg–Christiansburg metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giles County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.