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Roanoke County
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county in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- Founded
- March 30, 1838
- Named after
- Roanoke River
- Seat
- Salem
- Largest town
- Vinton
- Total
- 251.3 sq mi (651 km )
- Land
- 250.6 sq mi (649 km )
- Water
- 0.7 sq mi (1.8 km ) 0.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 97,150
- Density
- 386.8/sq mi (149.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 6th , 9th
- Website
- www .roanokecountyva .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Roanoke County (/ˈroʊ.əˌnoʊk/ ROH-ə-nohk) is a county in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 96,929. Its county seat is Salem, but the county administrative offices are located in the census-designated place of Cave Spring.
Roanoke County is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area, and is in the Roanoke Region of Virginia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roanoke County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.