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Abingdon is a town in and the county seat of Washington County in Southwest Virginia, about 133 miles southwest of Roanoke, and part of the Tri-Cities metropolitan region with Bristol, Kingsport and Johnson City.

Abingdon was founded in 1776, making it one of the oldest towns in Southwest Virginia.

The 2020 census counted 8,376 people in Abingdon in about 3,726 households, according to the census figures reported for the town.

Abingdon is home to the Barter Theatre, founded in 1933 during the Great Depression, which is officially the State Theatre of Virginia and the nation's longest-running professional theatre.

The Barter got its name from its Depression-era practice of letting local farmers trade produce — barter — for theatre tickets when cash was scarce.

Abingdon is the trailhead and final stop of the Virginia Creeper Trail, a roughly 34-to-35-mile rail-to-trail route for cyclists, walkers and equestrians running through Damascus to Whitetop Mountain.

The town's Main Street historic district, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a center for fine arts and crafts galleries and museums, including the William King Museum of Art.

The Martha Washington Inn & Spa, one of Virginia's best-known historic hotels, began as a private mansion built in 1832 on Main Street across from the Barter Theatre.

The northern end of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail lies at the Abingdon Muster Grounds, where frontiersmen gathered in 1780 before marching to the Battle of Kings Mountain.

The Historical Society of Washington County, located in Abingdon, serves as a regional genealogy center and a repository for Washington County history.