Exhibit 21(i)



                         National Bankshares, Inc.

                         Subsidiaries of Registrant



     The National Bank of Blacksburg, Blacksburg, Virginia.  A wholly-owned
subsidiary of the  Registrant is a national  banking association, organized
under the laws of the United States of America.

     Bank  of   Tazewell  County,  Tazewell,  Virginia.     A  wholly-owned
subsidiary  of the  Registrant  is  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the
Commonwealth of Virginia.