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Wise County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Named after
- Henry A. Wise
- Seat
- Wise
- Largest town
- Big Stone Gap
- Total
- 405 sq mi (1,050 km )
- Land
- 403 sq mi (1,040 km )
- Water
- 2 sq mi (5.2 km ) 0.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 34,824
- Density
- 89.7/sq mi (34.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .wisecounty .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 36130
- Area
- 405
- Official website
- www.wisecounty.org
- Image
- Wise County Courthouse.JPG
- Households
- 14916
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- Commons category
- Wise County, Virginia
- inception
- 1856-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.5
- native label
- Wise County
- per capita income
- 21508
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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.
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