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Welcome to Roanoke ...Roanoke is located in Genesee County<1>. The location of Roanoke has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Roanoke, you might consider that their post office opened in 1835. When the people of Roanoke refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Roanoker<3> Roanoke is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Roanoke lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Roanoke is located in the (585) area code. Websites for Roanoke ...Chamber of Commerce: www.geneseeny.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Roanoke, the following might be of interest: Communities Also Named Roanoke ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Roanoke - they are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Roanoke. Communities near Roanoke ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roanoke.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Roanoke. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roanoke. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roanoke. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roanoke. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roanoke. See our Newspapers Page for Roanoke. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roanoke ...Looking for more information about Roanoke? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Roanoke, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Roanoke. Adding Roanoke to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Roanoke in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Roanoke was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Roanoke in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Roanoke. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Roanoke. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Genesee County: www.co.genesee.ny.us/ The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/ Footnotes ...
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