County of Montgomery v. Town of Blacksburg

This annexation appeal brings up for consideration the award to the Town of Blacksburg of 15 square miles of territory in Montgomery County. The principal reason we granted the appeal was to review the inclusion in the award of what appeared to be unusually large areas of vacant or agricultural land.

The present Town consists of 2,139 acres with an estimated population of 10,427. Immediately adjacent to and occupying most of its western boundary is the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The annexation would increase the size of the Town to approximately 11,700 acres…