VA-Z289 Giles County

Marker text: GILES COUNTY

Area 369 Square Miles

Formed in 1806 from Montgomery, Tazewell and Monroe, and named for William B. Giles, United States Senator and Governor of Virginia, 1827-1830. Mountain Lake is in this county.

Virginia State Library, 1951.

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Location: US 219 (southbound) at the West Virginia (Monroe Co.) and Virginia (Giles Co.) state line., Giles County, Virginia

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