Bastian is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Bland County, Virginia, United States.

Bastian was originally named Parkersburg after Parker Hornbarger, who along with Jack Hager owned most of the land the town was built upon.

With the arrival of the Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company in 1927, Bastian's population greatly increased.

The Virginia Hardwood Lumber Company operated a large double-band sawmill in Bastian from 1927 to 1944, employing 350 workers at their peak production.

In the 1930s, Bastian was home to one of the most distinguished CCC camps of the New Deal, and thousands of young men passed through its doors.

Mingea Jr. of Abingdon, Virginia, who owned all the big survey in Bland County, decided to build the railroad from Bastian to Suiter.

This new rail line ran from Narrows, Virginia, up through the communities of Niday, Round Bottom, and Rocky Gap.