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Roane County
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county in West Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- West Virginia
- Founded
- March 11, 1856
- Named after
- Spencer Roane
- Seat
- Spencer
- Largest city
- Spencer
- Total
- 484 sq mi (1,250 km )
- Land
- 484 sq mi (1,250 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.03%
- Estimate 2025
- 13,317
- Density
- 29.0/sq mi (11.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .roanewv .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Spencer Roane
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Capital
- Spencer
- Population
- 14028
- Area
- 1253
- Elevation
- 309
- Shares border with
- Kanawha County
- Official website
- www.roanecounty.wv.gov
- Image
- Robey Theatre in Spencer, West Virginia (2010).jpg
- Households
- 5599
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- Commons category
- Roane County, West Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Roane County, West Virginia
- inception
- 1856-03-11
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Roane County, West Virginia
- different from
- Roane County
- water as percent of area
- 0.03
- native label
- Roane County
- per capita income
- 21401
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Encyclopedic overview
Roane County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,028. Its county seat is Spencer. The county was founded in 1856 and is named for Spencer Roane.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roane County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.