Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Roanoke came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Roanoke in various books 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. We hope that they will be useful to you.

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

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Roanoke:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

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

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