Roanoke Island (/ˈroʊənoʊk/) is an island in Dare County, bordered by the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was named after the historical Roanoke, a Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English colonization.
About 8 mi (13 km) long and 2 mi (3.2 km) wide, the island lies between the mainland and the barrier islands near Nags Head. Albemarle Sound lies on its north, Roanoke Sound on the eastern, Croatan Sound on the west, and Wanchese CDP lies at the southern end. The town of Manteo is located on the northern portion of the island, and is the county seat of Dare County. Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is on the north end of the island. The island has a land area of 17.95 square miles (46.5 km2) and a population of 6,724 as of the 2000 census.
Today U.S. Highway 64, a major highway, connects mainland North Carolina to the Outer Banks, as well as Roanoke Island. The island has recreational and water features, plus historical sites and an outdoor theater that form one of the major tourist attractions of Dare County.
The residents of Roanoke Island are governed by the Dare County Board of Commissioners. They are located within North Carolina's 1st congressional district.
RoanokeIsland (/ˈroʊənoʊk/) is an island in Dare County, bordered by the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was named after the historical Roanoke, a Carolina...
colonists remains unknown to this day. Roanoke Colony was founded by governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on RoanokeIsland in present-day Dare County, North Carolina...
phase of what came to be called the Burnside Expedition, the Battle of RoanokeIsland was an amphibious operation of the American Civil War, fought on February...
Roanoke /ˈroʊ.ənoʊk/ may refer to: Roanoke Colony, a former English colony that mysteriously disappeared RoanokeIsland, the location of the Roanoke colony...
Native Americans and the Island were referred to by the English as Croatoans from Croatoan. The story of the missing colony of Roanoke began when John White...
economic and cultural sites. Most notably the English Roanoke Colony vanished from RoanokeIsland in 1587 and was the first location where an English person...
USCGC RoanokeIsland is the 46th Island class cutter to be commissioned. She was commissioned in Homer, Alaska, on February 7, 1992. Five other Island Class...
Roanoke (/ˈroʊəˌnoʊk/), also spelled Roanoac, were a Carolina Algonquian-speaking people whose territory comprised present-day Dare County, Roanoke Island...
Roanoke people or allied with them. The Croatan lived in current Dare County, an area encompassing the Alligator River, Croatan Sound, RoanokeIsland...
Roanoke Colony was an enterprise financed and organized by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 16th century to establish a permanent English settlement in...
sponsored the first English colony in America on RoanokeIsland (now North Carolina). "RoanokeIsland". 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 June...
spanning the Croatan Sound connecting RoanokeIsland to Manns Harbor, carrying US 64. Residents of RoanokeIsland celebrate Virginia Dare's birthday each...
organization of the Union and Confederate forces engaged at the Battle of RoanokeIsland, during the American Civil War on February 7–8, 1862. Coast Division...
spelled "Croatoan" The word "Croatoan", found carved into a tree on RoanokeIsland at the site of the Lost Colony in 1590 "Croatoan" (Ellison), a 1975...
he was offered a role in The Lost Colony by Paul Green, a play about RoanokeIsland still performed today. He performed as a cast member of the play for...
RoanokeIsland Festival Park is a North Carolina state historic site located at the end of NC 400 in Manteo, North Carolina on RoanokeIsland. The park...
colonies, the Roanoke Colony, and the island's Civil War history and Freedmen's Colony (1863-1867). The Union Army occupied the island in 1862 and soon...
counter-colonizers of the Carolinas as exhibited through the study of RoanokeIsland. In 1490, prior to England's entry into North American colonialism,...
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