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Botetourt -- U.S. County in Virginia
Population (2000): 30496
Housing Units (2000): 12571
Land area (2000): 542.657186 sq. miles (1405.475601 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.277890 sq. miles (8.489695 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 545.935076 sq. miles (1413.965296 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 37.512958 N, 79.817689 W
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Housing Units (2000): 12571
Land area (2000): 542.657186 sq. miles (1405.475601 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.277890 sq. miles (8.489695 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 545.935076 sq. miles (1413.965296 sq. km)
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 37.512958 N, 79.817689 W
Headwords:
Botetourt
Botetourt, VA
Botetourt County
Botetourt County, VA
Botetourt, VA
Botetourt County
Botetourt County, VA
Usage examples of "botetourt".
Unfortunately Botetourt was the very opposite of what Jay had hoped for.
Virginia needed a tough, austere governor who would strike fear into the hearts of mutinous colonists, but Botetourt turned out to be a fat, friendly man with the air of a prosperous wine merchant welcoming his customers to a tasting.
Jay did not get Governor Botetourt to himself until the end of the party, when the guests were leaving by the garden entrance.
Governor Botetourt, the living embodiment of the iron fist in the velvet glove, sat at the head of an oval table.