Editing Balotești (section)

== History ==

Archaeological finds indicate that the area was inhabited by the Neolithic period. The first written record of Balotești dates to 12 February 1612, when Prince Radu Șerban confirmed Postelnic Ivașcu's ownership of the local estate. The commune's name is derived from Balotă or Bolotă, a boyar who held land there.

Settlement around the estate continued during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Zamfirache and Elena founded the Church of Saints Nicholas, Theodore and Stylianos in Balotești in 1763. The Lahovary family helped establish a school at Dumbrăveni in 1870. At the end of the nineteenth century, Balotești belonged to Plasa Snagov and had 891 inhabitants. Its population had reached 1,329 by 1925, when the commune formed part of Plasa Băneasa.

Balotești was assigned to Căciulați Raion in 1950. It returned to Ilfov County in 1968. In 1981, the commune became part of the Ilfov Agricultural Sector, which was subordinated to Bucharest. Ilfov County was restored in 1997.<ref name="ilfov-history"/>