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Roanoke Colony The Roanoke Colony ( ) refers to two attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The first colony was established at Roanoke Island in 1585 as a military outpost, and was evacuated in 1586. ...

, a former English colony that mysteriously disappeared *

Roanoke Island Roanoke Island () is an island in Dare County, bordered by the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was named after the historical Roanoke, a Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English colonizat ...

, the location of the Roanoke colony in present-day North Carolina *

Roanoke River The Roanoke River ( ) runs long through southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States. A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the ...

, flowing through Virginia and North Carolina and emptying into Albemarle Sound near Roanoke Island *

Roanoke Valley The Roanoke Valley ( ) in southwest Virginia is an area adjacent to and including the Roanoke River between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Appalachian Plateau to the west. The valley includes much of Roanoke County, as well as the ...

, part of the Great Appalachian Valley near the headwaters of the Roanoke River in Virginia *

Roanoke, Alabama Roanoke is a city in Randolph County, which is in the Piedmont region of eastern Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 5,311, down from 6,074 in 2010 and 6,563 in 2000. History Roanoke was occupied by th ...

Roanoke, Georgia Roanoke is an extinct town in Stewart County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Roanoke as a town in 1832. The community most likely was named after Roanoke Island, in North Carolina. In 1836, the ...

* Roanoke, Illinois *

Roanoke, Indiana Roanoke is a town in Jackson Township, Huntington County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,762 at the 2020 census. Roanoke is governed by a town council. Town offices include the clerk treasurer, utilities department, police depart ...

Roanoke, Louisiana Roanoke is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its population was 546 as of the 2010 census. The Roanoke post office was established in 1895. Geography According to the U ...

* Roanoke, Missouri *

Roanoke, Texas Roanoke is a city in Denton County, Texas, Denton County, Texas, United States and part of the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex. Roanoke is currently growing at a rate of 3.77% annually and its population has increased by 76.74% since the 2010 census ...

Roanoke, Virginia Roanoke ( ) is an Independent city (United States), independent city in Virginia, United States. It lies in Southwest Virginia, along the Roanoke River, in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Blue Ridge range of the greater Appalachian Mountains. Roanok ...

, the largest US city named Roanoke *

Roanoke County, Virginia Roanoke County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 96,929. Its county seat is Salem, but the county administrative offices are located in the census-designated place of ...

Roanoke, West Virginia Roanoke is an unincorporated community in southern Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. Most of the original town is located under of Stonewall Jackson Lake's water. A display at the Stonewall Resort State Park's lodge tells the story ...

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Roanoke Rapids () is a city in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 15,229 at the 2020 census and is the largest community in Halifax County. It is the principal city of the Roanoke Rapids Micropolitan Statistical ...

Randolph, Virginia Randolph, formerly called Roanoke and Talcott, is a small unincorporated community in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States, near the Staunton River. Its elevation is 354 feet (108 m). The community is the home of Staunton River Battlefi ...

, formerly called Roanoke

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Roanoke tribe The Roanoke (), also spelled Roanoac, were a Carolina Algonquian languages, Algonquian-speaking people whose territory comprised present-day Dare County, Roanoke Island, and part of the mainland at the time of English exploration and colonization. ...

, a Carolina Algonquian-speaking tribe in western North Carolina *

Roanoke Park (Seattle) Roanoke Park is a park between the north Capitol Hill and Portage Bay neighborhoods in Seattle, Washington. It occupies the block bounded by E. Edgar and Roanoke Streets on the north and south and 10th Avenue E. and Broadway E. on the east an ...

, a park in Seattle, Washington * USS ''Roanoke'', various USN vessels named Roanoke * ''Roanoke'' (ship), an American ship (1892–1905) *

Roanoke College Roanoke College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Salem, Virginia. It has approximately 2,000 students who represent approximately 40 states and 30 countries. The college offers ...

, a private liberal arts college located in Salem, Virginia *

Neo Roanoke This is a list of fictional characters featured in the Cosmic Era (CE) timeline of the Gundam anime metaseries. These characters appear in the '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'' and '' Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'' anime television series, the s ...

, a fictional character in ''Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny'', an anime series *

Roanoke Building 11 South LaSalle Street Building or Eleven South LaSalle Street Building (formerly Roanoke Building and Tower and originally Lumber Exchange Building and Tower Addition or simply the Roanoke Building and Lumber Exchange Building) is a Chicago ...

, a building in Chicago, Illinois *'' American Horror Story: Roanoke'', the sixth season of the television series ''American Horror Story'' * Roanoke Station (disambiguation)

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