Wayfarrow

Pardee

Ghost town · Wise County, Virginia

Whitesburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1915, 1:62,500)
Whitesburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1915, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pardee is a ghost town in Wise County, Virginia. It is one of 9 former communities in Wise County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 90 Virginia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pardee as a historical populated place on the Whitesburg topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.0068° N, 82.7515° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWhitesburg
Elevation2,173 ft
Nearest living townDunbar, VA
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1499840
Coordinates37.00676, -82.75155

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Pardee is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dunbar, VA (population 51), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,173 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Pardee?

Pardee is in Wise County, Virginia, at 37.0068, -82.7515.

How many ghost towns are in Wise County?

Wise County, Virginia has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.