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Roanoke Rapids
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city in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- County
- Halifax
- Total
- 9.95 sq mi (25.77 km )
- Land
- 9.91 sq mi (25.67 km )
- Water
- 0.035 sq mi (0.09 km )
- Elevation
- 138 ft (42 m)
- Density
- 1,536.3/sq mi (593.16/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 37-56900
- Website
- roanokerapidsnc .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
City of Roanoke Rapids, NC Official Website
City of Roanoke Rapids, NC official website.
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Encyclopedic overview
Roanoke Rapids (/ˈroʊəˌnoʊk/) is a city in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 15,229 at the 2020 census and is the largest community in Halifax County. It is the principal city of the Roanoke Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is also an anchor city of the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids CSA, with a total population of 297,726 as of 2018.
Geography
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