Southeast

Blacksburg

Montgomery County, VA

Population

45,147

Walk Score

90 · Walker's Paradise

Median rent

$1,237

Median home value

$387,700

Founded

1798

Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg and the surrounding county is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of Virginia Tech.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Blacksburg Historic District · listed 1991
  • Kentland Farm Historic and Archeological District · listed 1991
  • Kentland Farm Historic and Archeological District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2006
  • Miller-Southside Residential Historic District · listed 1991
  • North Fork Valley Rural Historic District · listed 1991
  • North Fork Valley Rural Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 2021
  • North Fork Valley Rural Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 1991
  • Prices Fork Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2014
  • Slusser-Ryan Farm · listed 2017

Notable landmarks

  • Amiss-Palmer House · listed 1989
  • Barracks No. 1 · listed 2014
  • Blacksburg Motor Company, Inc. · listed 2008
  • Currie House · listed 1994
  • Keister House · listed 1989
  • Kinzer, Michael, House · listed 1989
  • Odd Fellows Hall · listed 2005
  • Phillips-Ronald House · listed 1989
  • Smithfield · listed 1969
  • Solitude · listed 1989
  • Whitethorn · listed 1989

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