Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Roanoke (city)

​ROANOKE, a city in Roanoke co., Va.; on the Roanoke river, and on the Norfolk and Western and Virginian railroads; 56 miles W. of Lynchburg. It is in a section rich in iron mining and farming interests. Here are a high school, the Virginia College (women), Rebekah Sanitarium and six hospitals; improved sewer system, waterworks, street railroad and electric light plants, National and State banks, several hotels, and daily, weekly, and monthly periodicals. It has large machine shops, rolling mills, bottle works, tobacco factories, locomotive and car works, iron and steel works, canning factories, spoke factories, saw and planing mills, coffee and spice mills, and many smaller industries. Pop. (1910) 34,874; (1920) 50,842.

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