Roanoke, Missouri

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Roanoke is an unincorporated community in Howard and Randolph counties, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1]

History

The first settlement at Roanoke was made in 1836. [2] The community took its name from Roanoke Plantation, in Virginia, the native state of a first settler. [3] A post office was established on the Randolph County side in 1838, where it remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1871. [4]

The Finks-Harvey Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [5]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roanoke, Missouri
  2. ↑ "Randolph County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  3. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp.  175.
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

39°19′01″N92°41′20″W / 39.31694°N 92.68889°W / 39.31694; -92.68889

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