Pearisburg, Virginia

Giles County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia. The central block was built in 1836, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick building in the Federal style. It was originally T-shaped, but flanking wings were added soon after its original construction. It has a steep, hipped roof with a large octagonal cupola at its apex. A two-story portico was added about 1900, as was a two-story hyphen and three-story rear addition.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is located in the Pearisburg Historic District.

Andrew Johnston House is a historic home located at Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia. The central block was built in 1829, and is a two-story, five-bay, central-passage plan, brick house over a low basement in the Federal style. It features a one-story, flat-roofed front portico topped by a balustrade and supported by two Ionic order and two Tuscan order columns. Also on the property is a small contributing outbuilding that was built as a doctor's office about 1857. The building houses the Giles County Historical Society, which uses it as a museum and research center.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Pearisburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Pearisburg, Giles County, Virginia. It encompasses 18 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the town of Pearisburg, county seat of Giles County. The district is centered on the Public Square and includes a mix of commercial, institutional, and governmental buildings. Notable buildings include the First National Bank of Pearisburg (1906), Western Hotel (Thomas Building, c. 1827), Pearis Theater (1940), Giles County Sheriff's Office and Jail (1937–38), St. Elizabeth Hospital Building (1920), Giles County Motor Company Building (1923–1924), and Christ Episcopal Church (1910). The Giles County Courthouse is listed separately.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Giles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia on the West Virginia state line. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,787. Its county seat is Pearisburg.Giles County is included in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Giles County is the location of Mountain Lake, one of only two natural fresh water lakes in Virginia. The lake drains into Little Stony Creek, which passes over a waterfall known as The Cascades before reaching the New River.

Ripplemead is an unincorporated community in Giles County, Virginia, United States. Ripplemead is located along the New River, 2.8 miles (4.5 km) east-northeast of Pearisburg. Ripplemead has a post office with ZIP code 24150.

The Draper's Meadow Massacre was an attack in July 1755, when the Draper's Meadow settlement in southwest Virginia, at the site of present day Blacksburg, was raided by a group of Shawnee warriors, who killed at least four people including an infant, and captured five more. The Indians brought their hostages to Lower Shawneetown, a Shawnee village in Kentucky. One of the captives, Mary Draper Ingles, later escaped and returned home on foot through the wilderness. Although many of the circumstances of the massacre are uncertain, including the date of the attack, the event remains a dramatic story in the history of Virginia.

Jefferson Christian Academy is a private K–12 Baptist school in Ripplemead, Giles County, Virginia. Founded in 1994, the school has an enrollment of about 121 students.

Kimballton is an unincorporated community in Giles County, Virginia, United States. Kimballton is located on Stony Creek, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) northeast of Pearisburg. Virginia Tech's Kimballton Underground Research Facility (KURF), a low-background physics laboratory, is located in a limestone mine in Kimballton.

Narrows High School is a public high school in Narrows, Giles County, Virginia, United States that enrolls students from grades 8 through 12. As of 2022 the school has an enrollment of about 290 students.

Mill Creek, a wildland in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests of western Virginia, has been recognized by the Wilderness Society as a special place worthy of protection from logging and road construction. The Wilderness Society has designated the area as a "Mountain Treasure".The area, a valley between two mountain ridges with many cliffs, rocky outcrops and an almost impenetrable vegetation, has the sense of being isolated from the civilized world although it is not far from nearby towns. Several trails give access to the area.The area is part of the Angels Rest Cluster.

Narrows, named for the narrowing of the New River that flows through the town, is a town in Giles County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,029 at the 2010 census, a decline of 3.9% from the 2000 count of 2,111. It is part of the Blacksburg–Christiansburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Wolf Creek is a creek in the United States state of Virginia. It is a tributary of the New River.