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Botetourt County, Virginia

A county in Virginia, ranked 51 of 133 by population.

CountyFIPS 51023

Within Virginia
Botetourt County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Fincastle, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
34,144
+508 (+1.5%) since 2020
Land area
541.3
square miles. A further 0.9% of the total area is water
Population density
63.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Fincastle
Seat of county government.
Established
1769
256 years ago
Largest city
Buchanan town
Population 1,212.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Botetourt County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Botetourt County, Virginia from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 748 by 800 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Botetourt County ranks

Position among the 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn VirginiaNationally
Population34,14451st of 1331,339th of 3,144
Land area541.3 sq mi15th of 1331,930th of 3,144
Population density63.1 per sq mi92nd of 1331,272nd of 3,144
Median household income$81,21347th of 133532nd of 3,143

Full data for Botetourt County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population34,144Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202033,636Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?33,588Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area541.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area4.7 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area546 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?63.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$81,213American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$289,200American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age48.1American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households13,220American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units15,069American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-197
248 births, 445 deaths
Net migration
+286
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 5 areas bordering Botetourt County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Bedford CountyVirginia37 mi83,059
Alleghany CountyVirginia25 mi14,546
Rockbridge CountyVirginia22 mi22,663
Craig CountyVirginia19 mi4,800
Roanoke CountyVirginia15 mi97,150

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 133 counties and independent cities of Virginia

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.