Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- Wythe
- Mayor
- Beth A. Taylor
- Town
- 14.58 sq mi (37.77 km )
- Land
- 14.49 sq mi (37.53 km )
- Water
- 0.093 sq mi (0.24 km )
- Elevation
- 2,287 ft (697 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 8,177
- Density
- 546.7/sq mi (211.07/km )
- Metro
- 28,290
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Fips code
- 51-88000
- Website
- wytheville .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Named after
- George Wythe
- Official name
- Wytheville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Wythe County
- Population
- 8265
- Area
- 37.767148
- Elevation
- 697
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Capital of
- Wythe County
- Official website
- www.wytheville.org
- Image
- WythevilleVACourthouse.jpg
- Households
- 3947
- Dialing code
- 276
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- postal code
- 24382
- Commons category
- Wytheville, Virginia
- water as percent of area
- 0.635
- per capita income
- 40544
- P12749
- Angarsk
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Encyclopedic overview
Wytheville (/ˈwɪθvɪl/ WITH-vil) is a town in and the county seat of Wythe County, Virginia, United States. It is named after George Wythe, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and mentor to Thomas Jefferson. Wytheville's population was 8,264 at the 2020 census. Interstate Highways 77 and 81 were constructed to intersect at the town.
During the American Civil War, Wytheville had a strategic importance. It was attacked in 1863 (Toland's Raid) and 1865 (Stoneman's 1865 Raid). The town is the birthplace of Edith Bolling Wilson, second wife of President Woodrow Wilson.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wytheville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.