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Welcome to Botha ...

Botha is located in Fauquier County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Botha, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Botha is 420 feet [128 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Botha lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Botha: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Botha ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Botha - it's located in Alberta.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Botha.

Communities near Botha ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Botha.

  • Culpeper
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Warrenton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Haymarket
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Remington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • The Plains
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Washington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Bealeton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jeffersonton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Jeffersonton is located in Culpeper County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffersonton
  • Turnbull
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Turnbull is located in Fauquier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turnbull
  • Elkwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Botha. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Botha.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Botha. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Botha.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Botha. See our Newspapers Page for Botha.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Botha ...

Looking for more information about Botha? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Botha, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Botha.

Adding Botha to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Botha in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Botha was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Botha post office opened in 1903. The Botha post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Botha.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Fauquier, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Botha - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Botha area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Botha area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/