Botetourt County

County
Botetourt County is fairly mountainous, but its main travel corridors are in the path of rapid development. Botetourt County ranked 56th in agriculture in the state and 8th in the VCC region in 1997. It has a significant forestry sector that has increased in value nearly 700% between 1986 and 2000.

Botetourt County currently has 1,576 acres under conservation easement.

 


Botetourt Quick Facts

Population (2004): 31,777 Land Area: 543 square miles Farmland (acres): 97,091
National Forest (ac): 76,065
Farm and Forest Factsheet (pdf format)
Map of Conservation Lands in Botetourt County (pdf format)
Historic footbridge across the James River in Buchanan.