Historical Highway Markers

New Castle

KH-4

This place became the county seat when Craig County was formed in 1851. The courthouse was built in 1851 and remodeled in 1935. General Averell passed through New Castle in his raid of December, 1863, and General Hunter in June, 1864. The town was incorporated in 1890.

Virginia Conservation Commission, 1941

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