Wise County Historical  Society office is located in the Wise County Courthouse- room 250. The office is staffed by volunteers. Hours are Monday - Thursday: 9:00 - 4:00 and Friday: 9:00-12:00 

  Come in and browse the bookstore and archives or just visit. If you need help with family history this is the place to start. Volunteers are there to help with family or area history research. 
Wise County Historical Society was established in August of 1992 as a result of a small group of 14 individuals meeting in 1991 in the cafeteria of the Wise Appalachian Regional Hospital in Wise to discuss the possibility of publishing a book on our county and city heritage. From that time on monthly meetings were held which resulted in organizing the Historical Society in 1992 with 61 charter members. Today we have over a thousand members from across America. The first publication was The Heritage of Wise County and The City of Norton-Volume1 

From the establishing of the Historical Society to the present the Historical Society has published six books. 

Our objective  is to promote historical studies, by the collection and preservation of historical manuscripts, and for kindred purposes in the best interest of southern  Appalachian regional history and history in America. Also to aid in the research of  genealogical history and preserve it for future generations. 

The Appalachian Quarterly

 ALL issues of  The Appalachian Quarterly and The Appalachian in portable digital file format-pdf.

 These files are available for purchase on cds. Each year’s cd will retail at $18.00 plus tax and shipping. SEE APPALACHIAN Q. (links above) for more details

New:  We have Sharyn McCrumb's Latest book

The Devil Amongst The Lawyers

A Fictionalied version of the 1935 murder trial that took place in Wise County. 

Price: $25.00

New: Memories of Mountain Children:

Growing up in the Mountains. 30 Authors

Ison and Steele

Price: $25.00

New: Patchwork: Pieces of Appalachia - Lena Cantrell McNicholas - $18.00

Randall Osborne to speak at Wise Regional Library in Wise on September 18th, at 1:00 Pm.

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