Botetourt County / Bedford County
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vhasler
N 37° 23.105 W 079° 47.843
17S E 606464 N 4138270
County line sign informing how the counties were formed and named
Waymark Code: WMBEXC
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2011
Views: 6
East face:
Botetourt County
Area 548 square miles
Formed in 1769 from Augusta, and named for Lord Botetourt, Governor of Virginia, 1769-1770. Buchannan was the western terminus of the noted James River and Kanawha Canal.
West face:
Bedford County
Area 1791 aquare miles
Formed in 1753 from Lunenburg and Albemarle, and named for the fourth Duke of Bedford, English Statesman. The peaks of Otter are in this county.
Marker Number: 68-Z
Marker Title: Botetourt County / Bedford County
Marker Location: County line on US 460/221 aka Lynchburg-Salem Turnpike
County or Independent City: Bedford County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Conservation & Development Commission, 1928
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