|Buchanan County, Virginia| Buchanan County Courthouse in Grundy
Location in the state of Virginia Virginia's location in the
U.S. |Named for||James Buchanan| 504 sq mi (1,305 km²) 504 sq mi
(1,305 km²) 0 sq mi (0 km²), 0.00% 54/sq mi (21/km²) Buchanan
County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of
2010, the population was 24,098. Its county seat is Grundy. As
of 2009, it was the poorest county in the state of Virginia and
one of the 100 poorest counties in the United States, when
ranked by median household income. The county was formed in 1858
from parts of Russell County and Tazewell County. It was named
for James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States.In
1880 the southwestern part of Buchanan County was combined with
parts of Russell County and Wise County to become Dickenson
County. Helen Timmons Henderson (1877–1925) helped participate
in the work of the Buchanan Mission School at Council, Va. She
and Sarah Lee Fain (1888–1962) of Norfolk became the first two
women to be elect