Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Roanoke Rapids came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Roanoke Rapids in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Roanoke Rapids. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Roanoke Rapids data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Roanoke Rapids is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Roanoke Rapids in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Roanoke Rapids for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Roanoke Rapids. See our Misc Page for Roanoke Rapids for more information.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Roanoke Rapids: www.roanokerapidsnc.com/

The official website for Halifax County: www.halifaxnc.com/

The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/