Craig County, Virginia
| Craig County, Virginia | |
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Craig County Courthouse in New Castle, Virginia
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 Location in the U.S. state of Virginia |
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 Virginia's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | 1851 |
| Named for | Robert Craig |
| Seat | New Castle |
| Largest town | New Castle |
| Area | |
| • Total | 331 sq mi (857 km2) |
| • Land | 330 sq mi (855 km2) |
| • Water | 1.1 sq mi (3 km2), 0.3% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 5,211 |
| • Density | 16/sq mi (6/km²) |
| Congressional district | 9th |
| Time zone | Eastern: UTC-5/-4 |
| Website | www |
Craig County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,190. Its county seat is New Castle.
Craig County is part of the Roanoke, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Nestled in the mountains of Southwest Virginia, Craig County was named for Robert Craig, a 19th-century Virginia congressman. Formed from Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, and Monroe (in present-day West Virginia) Counties in 1851, it was enlarged with several subsequent additions from neighboring counties. The secluded, mountainous New Castle community, the county seat, features one of the commonwealth's antebellum court complexes, including a porticoed courthouse built in 1851. Craig Healing Springs, a collection of well-preserved early-20th-century resort buildings representative of the architecture of Virginia's more modest mountain spas, is located here.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 330.6 square miles (856.3 km2), of which 329.5 square miles (853.4 km2) is land and 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2) (0.3%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,091 people, 2,060 households, and 1,507 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 people per square mile (6/km²). There were 2,554 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 98.94% White, 0.20% Black or African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.14% from other races, and 0.35% from two or more races. 0.33% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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