Botetourt County ( BOT-ə-tot) is a US county that lies in the Roanoke Region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Located in the mountainous portion of the state, the county is bordered by two major ranges, the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.
Botetourt County was created in 1770 from part of Augusta County and was named for Norborne Berkeley, known as Lord Botetourt. It originally comprised a vast area, which included the southern portion of present day West Virginia and all of Kentucky. Portions were set off to form new counties beginning in 1772, until the current borders were established in 1851.
Botetourt County is part of the Roanoke Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the county seat is the town of Fincastle. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 33,596.  The area has seen growth in recent decades, with the population increasing more than 30% between the 1990 census and 2010 census.




Botetourt County is located in the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water. It borders both the Blue Ridge Mountains and Appalachian Mountains, with numerous peaks rising above .
As of the census of 2000, there were 29,898 people, 11,957 households; 711 families residing in Botetourt County. The population density was 92 people per square mile (35/km²).

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