Pearisburg, Virginia Pearisburg, Virginia Giles County Courthouse, Confederate Memorial and cupola in Pearisburg Giles County Courthouse, Confederate Memorial and cupola in Pearisburg Official seal of Pearisburg, Virginia Pearisburg is a town in Giles County, Virginia, United States.
The populace was 2,786 at the 2010 census. It is the governmental center of county of Giles County. Pearisburg is part of the Blacksburg Christiansburg Radford Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Pearisburg was established in 1808 when Giles County was established. It was titled after George Pearis, a small-town landowner who donated a 50-acre (20 ha) tract to be used for a town that would expanded up around the county court home.
Pearis had directed a ferry on the New River at a settlement called "Bluff City", which is incorporated into the present boundaries of the town of Pearisburg.
Pearisburg is positioned slightly west of the center of Giles County at 37 19 45 N 80 43 57 W (37.329184, -80.732490). It is south of the New River at the foot of Pearis Mountain, which rises to 3,700 feet (1,100 m) to the southwest of town.
The Appalachian Trail descends Pearis Mountain and passes through the limit of the town before crossing the New River.
Route 460 passes through the north side of town, dominant southeast 24 miles (39 km) to Blacksburg and west 27 miles (43 km) to Princeton, West Virginia.
Virginia Route 100 passes through the center of Pearisburg, dominant south 20 miles (32 km) to Dublin near Interstate 81.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Pearisburg has a total region of 3.2 square miles (8.2 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.15%, are water. In the town, the populace was spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town was $33,720, and the median income for a family was $39,938.
About 11.5% of families and 15.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 19.1% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Pearisburg has a marine west coast climate, abbreviated "Cfb" on climate maps. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Pearisburg town, Virginia".
History of Pearisburg, Pearisburg Town website, accessed December 6, 2011 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Climate Summary for Pearisburg, Virginia Town of Pearisburg official website Municipalities and communities of Giles County, Virginia, United States Virginia Towns in Virginia
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