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County History
Created on December 20,
1799, Tazewell County was made from parts of Russell and Wythe
Counties. It was named after a United States Senator from
Virginia named Henry Tazewell. The town of Jeffersonville,
renamed Tazewell, is the county seat.
INCORPORATEDTOWNS>
Bluefield - Cedar Bluff - Pocahontas - Richlands - Tazewell
UNINCORPORATED
COMMUNITIES
Abbs Valley - Baptist Valley - Bishop - Boissievain - Burkes Garden -
Claypool Hill - Frog Level - Hidden Valley
Jewell Ridge - Liberty - North Tazewell - Paintlick - Pisgah - Pounding
Mill - Raven - Springville
Tannersville - Tip Top - Thompson Valley - Wardell
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County Updates
Dec 2011
Joseph Starke Calfee
Biography
Rev. William Ward Hicks
Biography
Hon. Meshack
S.
Ratcliff Biography
May
2011
Thomas
Adams Witten
April 2011
Bios: Perry
March 2011
1813 Postmasters
Feb.
2011
Bios: Bowen
1840 Pensioners
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Surrounding Counties
Bland
- Buchanan - Mercer Co
WV - McDowell
Co WV - Russell - Smyth
