14 HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. 



Lewis County Villages. 



Population Population 



Village. 1914. Village. 1914. 



Berlin 70(A) Homer 64(A) 



Camden 64(A) Ireland 123 (A) 



Churchville 122 (E) Jacksonville 27 (A) 



Copley 75(E) Orlando 250(E) 



Crawford 90(A) Roanoke 123(A) 



Freemansburg 27(A) Vadis 115(A) 



Gaston 40(A) Walkersville 196(A) 



A Actual count by Postmaster or other responsible person in 1914. 

 E Estimate by Postmaster or other responsible person in 1914. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION GILMER COUNTY. 



Miscellaneous Items. 



Formation. Gilmer County was created by Act of the 

 Virginia General Assembly February 3, 1845, from parts of 

 Lewis and Kanawha Counties, and was named after Thomas 

 Walker Gilmer, a former Governor of Virginia. 



Area. The area of Gilmer County, as determined with 

 planimeter by Gawthrop from the topographic sheets of the 

 United States Geological Survey, is as follows : 



Districts. Square Miles. 



Troy 69.06 



Dekalb 73.05 



Glenville 78.65 



Center 121.64 



Total for County 342.40 



Relief. The surface of Gilmer County varies from 690' 

 above sea level at Stumptown on Steer Creek to 1600' at 

 Locust Knob, three miles east of Stouts Mills, a variation of 

 910 feet. There is no marked change in climatic conditions in 

 different parts of the County. 



Population. The following table, taken from the U. S. 

 Census returns for 1910, shows the population of Gilmer 

 County by magisterial districts for the last three enumera- 

 tions : 



