See Also: Roanoke Island(encyclopedia)
roanoke(dictionary)
Roanoke(encyclopedia)
Roanoke River(encyclopedia)
Roanoke-Chowan Hospital(health)
Roanoke Regional Airport(tourism)
ROANOKE VALLEY Credit Union(finance)
Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital(health)
KEMBA ROANOKE Credit Union(finance)
ITT ROANOKE EMPLOYEES Credit Union(finance)

Roanoke Island (sh)




Island, off the North Carolina coast, U.S. Situated near the southern entrance to Albemarle Sound, the island is about 12 mi (19 km) long and 3 mi (5 km) wide.

It was the site of the first English settlement in North America; its original colonists, led by Walter Raleigh, remained for only 10 months in 1585. The second group arrived in 1587; Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the Americas, was born there. When a supply ship arrived in 1590, all the colonists, including Virginia, had vanished; their fate is unknown. During the American Civil War the island was captured in 1862 by Union forces under Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. It is now a resort and residential area.