Dickenson County/Russell County
Historical highway marker Z-92 · Dickenson County
Dickenson County Formed in 1880 from Russell, Wise, and Buchanan, and named for W. J. Dickenson, prominent public man. Russell County Formed in 1786 from Washington, and named for General William Russell, pioneer and Revolutionary soldier. Clinch River runs through the county.
Virginia Conservation Commission, 1948