VA-Z216 Botetourt County


Marker text: BOTETOURT COUNTY

Area 548 Square Miles

Formed in 1769 from Augusta, and named for Lord Botetourt, Governor of Virginia, 1768-1770. Buchanan, in this county, was the western terminus of the noted James River and Kanawha Canal.

Virginia Conservation Commission, 1942.

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