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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Grayson County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, "Commonwealth" — of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 17,917. Its county seat is Independence6. It is bounded on the northwest by Smyth County; on the northeast by Wythe County; on the southwest by Ashe County, North Carolina; on the south by Alleghany County, North Carolina, on the southeast by Surry County, North Carolina, on the east by the Independent City of Galax and by Carroll County, and on the west by Johnson County, Tennessee and Washington County. The state's highest peak, Mount Rogers (5729 ft.) is in Grayson County.
History
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Grayson County was founded in 1793 from part of Wythe County. It was named for William Grayson, delegate to the Continental Congress form 1784 to 1787 and one of the first two U.S. Senators from Virginia.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1793 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1793 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1793 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1793 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1793 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1800 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1853 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1970 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1800 | 3,912
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| 1810 | 4,941
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| 1820 | 5,598
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| 1830 | 7,675
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| 1840 | 9,087
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| 1850 | 6,677
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| 1860 | 8,252
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| 1870 | 9,587
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| 1880 | 13,068
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| 1890 | 14,394
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| 1900 | 16,853
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| 1910 | 19,856
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| 1920 | 19,816
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| 1930 | 20,017
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| 1940 | 21,916
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| 1950 | 21,379
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| 1960 | 17,390
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| 1970 | 15,439
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| 1980 | 16,579
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| 1990 | 16,278
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Note: Galax city, formed almost equally from Carroll and Grayson Counties (1953); combined in the table with Carroll County.
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