Amsterdam is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Botetourt County,

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, United States. In an 1855

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, it was listed as "a post-village" (

stagecoach A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, ) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by ...

stop) that contained "1 brick church and several tradesmen's shops."

References

Unincorporated communities in Botetourt County, Virginia Unincorporated communities in Virginia {{BotetourtCountyVA-geo-stub