Pound, Virginia

About Pound

Pound, VA is a tiny community located in southwestern Virginia counting 840 people who proudly call it home.

Pound holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 2.6 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 323 residents per square mile.

📰 Pound News Today

• Gusty winds and flooding pound Virginia Beach as nor'easter forms offshore Yahoo · Sep 23
• Weather Forecast and Conditions for Pound, Virginia - The Weather Channel | Weather.com The Weather Channel · Jul 9
• Rita Wolfe Foley Obituary Jul 25, 2026 Lucas and Son Funeral Home · Jul 25
• Black lung rates in Appalachia are high as the 1970s, with thousands of miners sick The Statehouse News Bureau · Aug 20
• 72-pound blue catfish sets West Virginia record WTRF · Sep 4

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Virginia headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Pound Unique

• Positioned in southwestern Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Virginia — one of 688 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Pound

• Crooked Road BBQ Company — barbecue
• Vonda's Hometown Restaurant — american

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🏫 Schools in Pound

• J.W. Adams Combined

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🌤️ Current Weather

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🗺️ Map of Pound

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