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ROANOKE , a city in (but administratively independent of) Roanoke county, Virginia, on the Roanoke river, about 55 M. W.S.W. of Lynchburg. Pop. (189o) 16,159; (1900) 21,495, of whom 5834 were negroes; (1910 census) 34,874. Roanoke is served by the Virginian railway, by the main line and the Shenandoah and the Winston-Salem divisions of the Norfolk & Western railway, and by electric railway to Vinton and to Salem. The city is about goo ft. above sea-level and is surrounded by high hills; its picturesque situation and its nearness to famous mineral
Young
formerly called Botetourt Springs (there is a sulphur
spring ), is Hollins Institute (1842) for girls; and in the city are the National Business College, the City Hospital
district
cotton
supply comes from a reservoir at Crystal Springs at the foot of Mill Mountain near the city limits. Roanoke was the town of Big Lick (founded about 1852; incorporated in 1874; pop. in 188o, 669) until 1882, when it received its present name; in 1884 it was chartered as a city.End of Article: ROANOKE If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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