Botna 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 ...

Shelby County, Iowa Shelby County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 11,746. The county seat is Harlan, Iowa, Harlan. Its name is in honor of Isaac Shelby, th ...

, in the United States, located near the West Nishnabotna River.

History

Botna was

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ted in 1884. It was originally named Rochdale, after an English town of the same name. The name Botna is a shortened reference to the name of the nearby river. Botna's population was 37 in 1902, and 75 in 1925. The population was 50 in 1940.

References

Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Iowa Unincorporated communities in Iowa {{ShelbyCountyIA-geo-stub