Roanoke

Roanoke, Virginia, called the "Star City of the South" and "Magic City," is a charming city with beautiful views. A colorfully lit 100-ft star atop Mill Mountain graces the Roanoke Valley.
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  • Type: City with 99,100 residents
  • Description: independent city in Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Big Lick”, “Old Lick”, “Rawrenock”, “Rhoanoke”, “Roanoke, VA”, “Roanoke, Virginia”, “Star City”, “Star City of the SouMagic City”, and “The own”
  • Postal codes: 24001-24017, 24022, 24024-24038, 24040, 24042, and 24043
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gainsboro Branch Library and Taubman Museum of Art.

Library
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The is a historic library building located in the Gainsboro neighborhood of Roanoke, , United States. It was built in 1941–1942 and is a one-story, seven-bay brick building built with an L-plan and gabled roof, and designed in the Tudor Revival style.

Museum
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The , formerly the Art Museum of Western Virginia, is an art museum in downtown Roanoke, , United States. Formally established in 1951, the museum was housed in several locations around Roanoke before moving in 2008 to its current home, a contemporary architecture building designed by Randall Stout.

Railway station
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is a train station in Roanoke, Virginia, the current southern terminus of Amtrak's Northeast Regional line. Built in 2017, it follows several other Roanoke passenger stations that operated from the 1850s to 1979.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vinton and Raleigh Court.

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is a town in eastern , United States. The population was 8,059 at the 2020 census. is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area and the Roanoke Region of Virginia.

Neighborhood
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is a Roanoke, neighborhood located in southwest Roanoke along U.S. 11. It borders the neighborhoods of Greater Deyerle on the west, on the east, Cherry Hill, and on the north and Franklin-Colonial and on the south.

Quarter
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is a Roanoke, neighborhood located in central Roanoke north of the . It borders the neighborhoods of on the west, on the east, Hurt Park on the north and and on the south.

Roanoke

Latitude
37.271° or 37° 16′ 16″ north
Longitude
-79.9414° or 79° 56′ 29″ west
Population
99,100
Elevation
935 feet (285 metres)
IATA airport code
ROA
United Nations Location Code
US ROA
Open location code
879273C5+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158262043
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
4782167
Wiki­data ID
Q501796
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Roanoke” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Roanoke, Virginië”
  • Afrikaans: “Roanoke”
  • Albanian: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Albanian: “Roanoke”
  • Arabic: “روانوك”
  • Armenian: “Ռաոնոկ, Վիրջինիա”
  • Armenian: “Ռոանոկ”
  • Basque: “Roanoke, VA”
  • Basque: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Basque: “Roanoke”
  • Bavarian: “Roanoke City”
  • Bavarian: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Belarusian: “Роанак”
  • Bengali: “রোয়ানুক”
  • Breton: “Roanoke”
  • Bulgarian: “Роанок”
  • Catalan: “Roanoke”
  • Cebuano: “Roanoke”
  • Chechen: “Роенок”
  • Chinese: “劳诺克”
  • Chinese: “洛亞諾克”
  • Chinese: “罗亚诺克”
  • Chinese: “罗阿诺克”
  • Chinese: “羅亞諾克”
  • Chinese: “羅阿諾克”
  • Czech: “Roanoke”
  • Dagbani: “Roanoke”
  • Danish: “Roanoke”
  • Dutch: “Roanoke”
  • Esperanto: “Roanoke (Virginio)”
  • Esperanto: “Roanoke”
  • Estonian: “Roanoke”
  • Finnish: “Roanoke”
  • French: “Municipalité de Roanoke”
  • French: “Roanoke”
  • German: “Roanoke”
  • Gilaki: “رؤنؤک (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “رؤنؤک”
  • Greek: “Ρόανοκ, Βιρτζίνια”
  • Greek: “Ρόανοκ”
  • Gujarati: “રોઅનૉક”
  • Haitian: “Roanoke, Vijini”
  • Haitian: “Roanoke”
  • Hebrew: “רואנוק”
  • Hindi: “रोआनोक”
  • Hungarian: “Roanoke”
  • Inari Sami: “Roanoke”
  • Indonesian: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Indonesian: “Roanoke”
  • Irish: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Irish: “Roanoke”
  • Italian: “Roanoke”
  • Japanese: “ロアノーク”
  • Kannada: “ರೊನೊಕೆ”
  • Korean: “로어노크”
  • Ladin: “Roanoke”
  • Latvian: “Roanoke”
  • Lithuanian: “Roanokas”
  • Lithuanian: “Roanoukas”
  • Low German: “Roanoke”
  • Luxembourgish: “Roanoke”
  • Malagasy: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Roanoke”
  • Malay: “Roanoke”
  • Malayalam: “റോണോക്ക്”
  • Marathi: “रोआनोक”
  • Nauru: “Roanoke”
  • Northern Sami: “Roanoke”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Roanoke”
  • Norwegian: “Roanoke”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Roanoke”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rōwrenoc on Fǣmnelande”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rōwrenoc”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rōƿrenoc”
  • Persian: “رونوک، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “رونوک”
  • Polish: “Roanoke”
  • Portuguese: “Roanoke”
  • Russian: “Роанок”
  • Scots: “Roanoke, Virginie”
  • Scots: “Roanoke”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Roanoke”
  • Serbian: “Роанок”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Roanoke”
  • Sinhala: “රෝනොකේ”
  • Skolt Sami: “Roanoke”
  • Slovak: “Roanoke”
  • Slovenian: “Roanoke”
  • South Azerbaijani: “روانوک، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Roanoke (Virginia)”
  • Spanish: “Roanoke”
  • Swedish: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Roanoke”
  • Tagalog: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Tagalog: “Roanoke”
  • Talysh: “Roanok”
  • Tamil: “ரோநோக்”
  • Tatar: “Роенок (Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Роенок”
  • Telugu: “రానొకే”
  • Thai: “โรอาโนก”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Roanoke”
  • Ukrainian: “Роанок”
  • Ukrainian: “Роенок”
  • Urdu: “روانوک، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “روانوک”
  • Vietnamese: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Roanoke”
  • Volapük: “Roanoke”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Roanoke”
  • Welsh: “Roanoke, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Roanoke”
  • “Roanoke”

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