Roanoke County is a county located in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 92,376. Its county seat is Salem.
Daleville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,557 as of the 2010 census, an increase of over 75% from the 2000 census, when the population was 1,454. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area. One of the county's two high schools, Lord Botetourt, is located in Daleville.
Fincastle is a town in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 353 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Botetourt County.
Lord Botetourt High School (LBHS) is one of two high schools in Botetourt County, Virginia. It was built in 1958, in suburban Daleville, Virginia, opening the fall of 1959. It currently has 73 faculty members serving over 1,000 students grades 9-12. LB, as it is commonly known, is named for Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, the governor of Virginia from 1768 to 1770. LB's athletic teams are known as the "Cavaliers," and the school colors are Scarlet, Gray, White.
Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, was a British courtier, member of parliament, and royal governor of the colony of Virginia from 1768 until his death in 1770.
Baron Botetourt is an abeyant title in the Peerage of England. It was created by writ of summons on 19 June 1305. It became abeyant in 1406, was recalled from abeyance in 1764 for Norborne Berkeley. However, it became abeyant again on his death in 1770. It was recalled a second time in 1803 for the 5th Duke of Beaufort, and became a subsidiary title of the Dukes of Beaufort until the death of the 10th Duke in 1984, when it became, and remains, abeyant.
The Roanoke Valley in southwest Virginia is an area adjacent to and including the Roanoke River between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Appalachian Plateau to the west. The valley includes much of Roanoke County, as well as the two independent cities of Roanoke and Salem.
Fincastle County, Virginia, was created in 1772 from Botetourt County, the boundaries of which extended all the way to the Mississippi River. Fincastle County was abolished in 1776, and divided into three new counties—Montgomery County, Washington County, and Kentucky County —by action of the Virginia General Assembly.
Eagle Rock is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States, located along the James River between Iron Gate and Buchanan.
Arcadia is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. It is located in the north of the county and is one of the northernmost points of the Roanoke Metropolitan Area.
Botetourt East is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.
Glen Wilton is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States.
Knollwood, Virginia may refer to:
Botetourt County Public Schools is the school district serving Botetourt County, Virginia.
Knollwood is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Botetourt County, Virginia.
Terry L. Austin is an American politician from Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Austin is a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing the 19th district. He previously served on the Botetourt County Board of Supervisors.
District 23 of the Virginia Senate is a senatorial district made up of parts of Bedford County, Campbell County, Roanoke County, and Lynchburg, as well as all of Botetourt County, Craig County, and Roanoke County in the U.S. state of Virginia. This district is currently represented by Stephen Newman.
Virginia's 19th House of Delegates district elects one of 100 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates, the lower house of the state's bicameral legislature. District 19 represents the city of Covington, Alleghany County and parts of Bedford and Botetourt counties. The seat is currently held by Republican Terry L. Austin.
