Wythe County/Grayson County

Grayson County · dedicated 1928 · Rte. 21 at county line

Wythe County Formed in 1789 from Montgomery, and named for George Wythe, signer of the Declaration of Independence. New River flows through this county. Grayson County Formed in 1792 from Wythe, and named for William Grayson, one of the first two United States Senators from Virginia. Headwaters of New River are in this county.

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