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Roanoke

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 , but the county administrative offices are located in the census-designated place of .
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  • Type: County with 92,400 residents
  • Description: county in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Roanoke County”, “Roanoke County, VA”, and “Roanoke County, Virginia”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Twelve O’clock Knob.

Peak
Photo: Phern92, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Twelve O'clock Knob is a mountain located in southwestern Roanoke County, , directly south of , . According to local lore, enslaved people in the western Roanoke Valley noted that the Sun was directly over the mountain roughly around noon local time.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salem and Cave Spring.

Photo: Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an independent city in the U.S. commonwealth of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,346. It is the county seat of Roanoke County, although the two are separate jurisdictions.

Town
is a census-designated place in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. The population was 26,755 at the 2020 census. covers much of the area known locally as "Southwest County" which has the most affluent suburbs of .

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in western Roanoke County, , United States. The population as of the 2010 Census was 976. The center of the community lies along US 11/US 460 about one mile west of the city limits.

Roanoke

Latitude
37.2378° or 37° 14′ 16″ north
Longitude
-80.076° or 80° 4′ 34″ west
Population
92,400
Elevation
1,496 feet (456 metres)
Open location code
869X6WQF+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317004531
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4782181
Wiki­data ID
Q513968
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Roanoke” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Roanoke County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة رونوك، فيرجينيا”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة رونوك”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه رونوك، فيرجينيا”
  • Armenian: “Ռոանոկ մարզ, Վիրջինիա”
  • Armenian: “Ռոանոկ”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Roanoke”
  • Basque: “Roanoke konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Roanoke County, Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Roanoke County”
  • Bishnupriya: “রোয়ানোক কাউন্টি, ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “রোয়ানোক কাউন্টি”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Roanoke”
  • Cebuano: “Roanoke County”
  • Chechen: “Роанок”
  • Chinese: “Roanoke Kūn”
  • Chinese: “洛亞諾克縣”
  • Chinese: “洛亞諾克郡”
  • Chinese: “罗亚诺克县”
  • Chinese: “羅阿諾克縣”
  • Dutch: “Roanoke County”
  • Finnish: “Roanoken piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Roanoke”
  • French: “Comté de Roanoke”
  • Georgian: “როანოკის ოლქი”
  • German: “Roanoke County”
  • Gilaki: “روانوک ٚ شأرستان (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “روانوک ٚ شأرستان”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז רואנוק”
  • Hungarian: “Roanoke megye”
  • Inari Sami: “Roanoke pirrâdâhkodde”
  • Irish: “Contae Roanoke”
  • Italian: “contea di Roanoke”
  • Italian: “Contea di Roanoke”
  • Japanese: “ロアノーク郡”
  • Korean: “로어노크군”
  • Low German: “Roanoke County”
  • Mazanderani: “روانوک”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Roanoke Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Roanoke Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Roanoke County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Roanoke fylke”
  • Norwegian: “Roanoke County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان روانوک، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان روانوک”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Roanoke”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Roanoke”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Roanoke”
  • Russian: “Роанок”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Roanoke”
  • Serbian: “Roanoke County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Роанок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Roanoke County, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Roanoke County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Roanoke”
  • Slovenian: “Roanoke County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Roanoke”
  • Swedish: “Roanoke County”
  • Tatar: “Роанок (округ, Виргиния)”
  • Tatar: “Роанок”
  • Tumbuka: “Roanoke County, Virginia”
  • Tumbuka: “Roanoke County”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke County, Va.”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke County, VA”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke County, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke County”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke ilçesi, Va.”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke ilçesi, VA”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke ilçesi, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Роаноук”
  • Urdu: “روانوک کاؤنٹی، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “روانوک کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Roanoke”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Roanoke”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Roanoke”
  • Welsh: “Roanoke County, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Roanoke County”
  • Western Panjabi: “روانوک کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Happy Hollow Gardens Park and Burgess Cemetery.

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