[timeout:300][out:json];
(
node(around:1000,37.00000,-81.00000)["border_type"="county"][~"^(addr:housenumber|.*name.*)$"~".",i];
way(around:1000,37.00000,-81.00000)["border_type"="county"][~"^(addr:housenumber|.*name.*)$"~".",i];
rel(around:1000,37.00000,-81.00000)["border_type"="county"][~"^(addr:housenumber|.*name.*)$"~".",i];
node(around:1000,37.00000,-81.00000)[boundary=administrative][~"^(addr:housenumber|.*name.*)$"~".",i];
way(around:1000,37.00000,-81.00000)[boundary=administrative][~"^(addr:housenumber|.*name.*)$"~".",i];
rel(around:1000,37.00000,-81.00000)[boundary=administrative][~"^(addr:housenumber|.*name.*)$"~".",i];
node(around:1000,37.00000,-81.00000)[place=county][name];
way(around:1000,37.00000,-81.00000)[place=county][name];
rel(around:1000,37.00000,-81.00000)[place=county][name];
);
out center tags;
Fincastle County, Virginia, was created by act of the Virginia General Assembly April 8, 1772 from Botetourt County. As the colonial government considered Virginia's western extent to be the Mississippi River, that became Fincastle's western limit. Its eastern boundary was essentially the New River (Wood's River at the time, including what is today the Kanawha River), thus dividing Botetourt County from north to south. The new county encompassed all of present-day Kentucky, plus southwestern West Virginia and a slice of Virginia's western "tail". Although no county seat was designated by the act creating the county, the colonial governor ordered it to be placed at the "Lead Mines" of present-day Wythe County; the community of Austinville later developed there.
no matches found
| county (Q28575) | place=county, border_type=county |
| administrative territorial entity (Q56061) | boundary=administrative |