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Bath County, VirginiaBath County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameBath is either named for the many warm springs within its borders or for Bath, England.
Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts HistoryBath County formed from Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier Counties. Legislative enactment in 1790. Organized in 1791. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.]
Bath County was given its name either for the many mineral springs found in the county or for the town of Bath in England. It was formed from Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier (West Virginia) Counties on December 14, 1790. Its area is 540 square miles, and the county seat is Warm Springs. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 535 square miles (1,384 kmē), of which, 532
square miles (1,378 kmē) of it is land and 3 square miles (7 kmē) of it (0.51%) is water. Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:Warm Springs (County Seat) County Resources:Enter County Resources and Information Here |
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