Wytheville, VA

Wytheville, the county-seat, is on the main turnpike from Harper's Ferry to Knoxville, Tenn.,... it bore the name of Evansham, until changed to its present one in 1838. It contains 8 mercantile stores, 2 newspaper printing-offices, 1 Presbyterian, 1 Protestant Methodist, 1 German Lutheran, and 1 Catholic church, and about 700 inhabitants. The village is neat, well built, and flourishing. (Historical Collections, 1852)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Wythe County, VA

Wytheville, Virginia (Howe)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Wytheville, the county-seat, is on the main turnpike from Harper's Ferry to Knoxville, Tenn., 248 miles southwesterly from Richmond, 55 miles from Abingdon, and 27 from Newbern. This town was established by law in 1792, on land given by Stophel Zimmerman and John Davis; and the following gentlemen were appointed trustees: Alexander Smyth, Walter Crockett, William Ward, Robert Adams, James Newell, David McGavock, William Caffee, and Jesse Evans; it bore the name of Evansham, until changed to its present one in 1838. It contains 8 mercantile stores, 2 newspaper printing-offices, 1 Presbyterian, 1 Protestant Methodist, 1 German Lutheran, and 1 Catholic church, and about 700 inhabitants. The village is neat, well built, and flourishing.
Henry Howe, Historical Collections of Virginia… (Charleston, SC: William R. Babcock, 1852), 514.
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
East End Cemetery, Wytheville, VA Location or Site
Date Title
New York Times, “Latest Dispatches,” October 21, 1859
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