purposes, including transporting passengers, until it was discontinued in 1946. In the early 1930s, Bastian became the first town in Bland County to use electricity. They received it from the generator of the Virginia Hardwood Lumber Co. Their massive generator produced enough electricity to run both the company and the town. By the mid-1940s the CCC camp, Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company, and the railroad had all closed down. In the early 1970s, Interstate 77 was constructed with its path lying just east of Bastian. References Unincorporated communities in Bland County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia Census-designated places in Bland County, Virginia Census-designated places in Virginia