Place:Botetourt, Virginia, United States

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NameBotetourt
Alt namesBotetourtsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.567°N 79.783°W
Located inVirginia, United States     (1770 - )
See alsoAlleghany, Virginia, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Bath, Virginia, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Craig, Virginia, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Roanoke, Virginia, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Brick Union Cemetery
Brugh Simmons Cemetery
Galatia Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Laymantown Cemetery
Noftsinger/Styne/Pico Cemetery
Old Glade Creek Cemetery
County
Bourbon ( 1770 - 1772 )
Inhabited location
Springfield
Inhabited place
Amsterdam
Arcadia
Baldwin
Bessemer
Big Lick
Blue Ridge
Blue Spring Run
Brocks Gap ( 1770 - 1776 )
Buchanan
Carvin's Cove
Castle Woods
Clover Bottom
Cloverdale
Coyner Mountain Overlook
Craigs Creek ( 1770 - )
Cripple Creek
Daggers Springs
Daleville
Dillon
Draper's Meadow ( 1768 - 1771 )
Eagle Rock
Fincastle
Flatwoods
Gala
Gap Valley
Gilmore
Glebe Mills
Glen Wilton
Greenville
Greyledge
Haden
Haymakertown
Hipes
Howell Mills
Howrytown
Indian Rock
Ingles Ferry ( 1770 - 1776 )
Jackson River
Johns Creek
Kyles Mills
Lapsleys Run
Laymantown
Lick Run
Lignite
Lithia
Little River
Locust Bottom ( 1768 - )
Mill Creek
Moccasin Creek
Mount Union
Muddy Creek ( 1770 - )
Nace
New River ( 1770 - 1772 )
Newcastle
Oriskany
Owens
Parr
Pattonsburg
Pico
Pine Run ( 1770 - 1772 )
Salisbury
Shawsville ( 1770 - )
Sinking Spring
Solitude
Spec
Springwood
Strom
Surber
Sweet Springs
Switzers Mountain
Tinker Creek
Trinity
Troutville
Zions Hill
Rural district
Rich Valley ( 1770 - 1771 )
Settlement
Dunkard Bottom ( 1770 - 1774 )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Botetourt County is a US county that lies in the Roanoke Region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in the mountainous portion of the state, the county is bordered by two major ranges, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.

Botetourt County was created in 1770 from part of Augusta County and was named for Norborne Berkeley, known as Lord Botetourt. It originally comprised a vast area, which included the southern portion of present-day West Virginia and all of Kentucky. Portions were set off to form new counties beginning in 1772, until the current borders were established in 1851.

Botetourt County is part of the Roanoke Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the county seat is the town of Fincastle. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 33,596.

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History

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First proposed in the House of Burgesses in 1767, Botetourt County was created in 1770 from Augusta County. The county is named for Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, more commonly known as Lord Botetourt (1718–1770), who was a popular governor of the Virginia Colony from 1768 to 1770, when he died suddenly while in office.

In 1772, the county was reduced to the area east of the New and Kanawha rivers by the creation of Fincastle County. Most of that latter county became the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1792.[1] The other counties established directly from portions of Botetourt County are: Rockbridge (1778), Bath (1791), Alleghany (1822), Roanoke (1833), and Craig (1851).

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1770 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1770 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1770 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1770 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1770 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1853 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1790 10,524
1800 10,427
1810 13,301
1820 13,589
1830 16,354
1840 11,679
1850 14,908
1860 11,516
1870 11,329
1880 14,809
1890 14,854
1900 17,161
1910 17,727
1920 16,557
1930 15,457
1940 16,447
1950 15,766
1960 16,715
1970 18,193
1980 23,270
1990 24,992

Note: Botetourt's 1860 census boundaries were essentially the same as those of 1890-1990. See also note 22.

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Evolution of the County

Following its creation in 1770 until the establishment of its final boundaries in 1851, Botetourt county was repeatedly subdivided into successively finer polities. The evolution of these polities is presented at Rootsweb, and is based on Source:Doran, 1987

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