About Wythe County . . .
. . . formed in 1790 from Montgomery County. The original boundary lines for Wythe County included all of Carroll and Grayson Counties, part of Smyth County, most of Tazewell County, parts of Bland and Buchanan Counties, a small portion of Giles County, part of Pulaski County, McDowell County, parts of Mercer, Wyoming, Boone, Logan, and Mingo Counties. The latter six (6) counties are now in West Virginia.
. . . shares boundary lines with Smyth County to the west, Bland County to the north, Pulaski County to the east, and Carroll and Grayson Counties to the south.
. . . Wytheville is the county seat
. . . Wythe County is spanned by two Interstates. Interstate 81 runs northeast to southwest, and Interstate 77 runs north to south, intersecting with I-81 at Wytheville, Virginia. The major secondary (once the primary) routes are US Highway # 11, the general route of Interstate 81, and US #21/52 running north to south, the general route of Interstate 77. the early days of Wythe County, US Highway # 11 was referred to as "The Great Rock Road," which replaced "The Old Stage Road" that can still be travelled in many places. The first Europeans and Scotch-Irish to reach Southwestern Virginia found only Buffalo and Indian trails. The approximate route of today's US Highway # 11 through Wythe County was known in the very early days as "The Buffalo Trail," or "The Hogoheegee Path," the Cherokee name for the Holston River. The Old Stage Road, and The Great Rock Road were the way west for thousands of pioneers as they entered Wythe County, and many who ventured west into Tennessee, Kentucky, and beyond.