Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
Christiansburg, the county-seat, lies 203 miles southwesterly from Richmond, 46 miles from Fincastle, and 47 from Wytheville, on the main stage-road from Richmond to Nashville, Tenn... It contains 4 stores, 1 Presbyterian and 1 Methodist church, and a population of about 400. (Historical Collections, 1852)