Exhibit 23



                         Consent of Independent Auditors


         We  consent  to  the   incorporation  by  reference  in  the  following
registration  statements of Independent Community  Bankshares,  Inc. - Form S-8,
Registration No.  333-93447,  and Form S-3,  Registration No. 333-45962 - and in
the  prospectus  related to each,  of our report dated  January 24,  2001,  with
respect  to the  consolidated  financial  statements  of  Independent  Community
Bankshares,  Inc.  included in the Annual  Report on Form 10-KSB of  Independent
Community Bankshares, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2000.


                                        /s/ Yount, Hyde & Barbour, P.C.


Winchester, Virginia
March 21, 2001