Abbs Valley is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...

(CDP) located in

Tazewell County, Virginia Tazewell County () is a county located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,429. Its county seat is Tazewell. Tazewell County is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA Micropolitan S ...

. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 299. Abb's Valley is named after Absalom Looney of Looney's Creek, considered the first white person to explore the area."The captives of Abb's valley: a legend of frontier life," in Madge Looney Crane & Phillip L. Crane, ''Most Distinguished Characters on the American Frontier: Children of Robert (b. 1692-1702, d. 1770) and Elizabeth Looney of Augusta (now Botetourt) County, Virginia, and some of their descendants.'' Volume II, Chapter 2. M.L. Crane, 1998
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Unincorporated communities in Tazewell County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia Census-designated places in Tazewell County, Virginia Census-designated places in Virginia {{TazewellCountyVA-geo-stub