Exhibit 23


                   [LETTERHEAD OF YOUNT, HYDE & BARBOUR, P.C.]


                          Independent Auditors' Consent



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 15,  2002,  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, 2001.


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


Winchester, Virginia
March 29, 2002