Abingdon grew as the county seat (location of the courthouse) of Washington County
Source: Historical collections of Virginia, Abingdon (p.499)
Abingdon in 1885
Source: Library of Congress, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia (1885)
Abingdon in 1922
Source: Library of Congress, Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia (1922)
roads in Washington County, prior to the Interstate Highway System
Source: Library of Congress, State of Virginia, base map with highways and contours ("Highways corrected to 1956")
Washington County in 1856, as the Virginia and Tennessee brought the first railroad to Southwest Virginia
Source: Library of Congress, Map & profile of the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road (William Willis Blackford, 1856)
in 2022 FedEx announced plans for a distribution center in Washington County, next to the Amazon facility located in the City of Bristol
Source: Washington County, Geographic Information Systems