On Dutch Oven Road north of North Electric Road (Virginia Route 419), on the right when traveling east.
Fun Facts About Carvins Cove
Carvins Cove, named after William Carvin who settled the area in the mid-1700s, is the primary source of drinking water for the Roanoke area.
The Corvins Cove watershed, the area of land that drains to the . . . — — Map (db m298682) HM
On Hoover Street Northwest west of Clifton Street Northwest, on the left when traveling west.
[First plaque] A federal-style house built by War of 1812 veteran Lt. Col. Elijah McClanahan with Classical Revival details added in 1925.
c. 1820
[Second plaque]
Villa Heights
c. 1820
is registered as a
Virginia . . . — — Map (db m228047) HM
On Williamson Road (U.S. 11) near Campus Drive (County Route 1815).
First chartered college for women in Virginia. Established in 1842. Led for 87 years by Charles L. Cocke and his daughter Matty L. Cocke, first women president of a Virginia College. — — Map (db m18097) HM
On Roanoke River Greenway 0.3 miles east of Bridge Street Southwest.
Once called "Turkey Bottom," the area now known as Norwich was originally patented by Nicholas Hartford in 1753. The land was later owned by the Hannah family followed by the Persingers in the early 1800s with the first house being built ca. 1825 . . . — — Map (db m191199) HM
On Dutch Oven Road north of North Electric Road (Virginia Route 419), on the right when traveling east.
About Hinchee Park:
Hinchee Park is a 235-acre park, donated to Roanoke County in 2019 by Nancy Hinchee Pace and Pathfinders for Greenways. This woodland preserve includes the two-mile Hinchee Trail on a fire road built by the Civilian . . . — — Map (db m298692) HM
On Franklin Road Southwest south of Mountain Avenue Southwest, on the right when traveling south.
Lynching in America
Thousands of Black people were the victims of racial terror lynching in the United States between 1877 and 1950. Lynching emerged as the most public and notorious form of racial terrorism and violence, intended to intimidate . . . — — Map (db m207306) HM
On Roanoke Road (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south.
Montgomery County. Area 401 Square Miles. Formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and named for General Richard Montgomery, killed at Quebec, 1775. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is here.
Roanoke County. Area 305 Square . . . — — Map (db m23827) HM
On Norfolk Avenue Southeast west of Market Street Southeast, on the left when traveling east.
It is difficult to describe the rail traffic one might see here, as virtually anything and everything can be moving. Operating patterns change, traffic that may be there one week is gone the next. So to keep this simple, very little information . . . — — Map (db m134655) HM
On U.S. 221 0.1 miles south of County Line Road Northeast, on the right when traveling south.
Floyd County. Area 376 square miles. Formed in 1831 from Montgomery, and added to from Franklin. Named for John Floyd, Governor of Virginia 1830-34. Buffalo Knob is in this county.
Roanoke County. Area 305 square . . . — — Map (db m206709) HM
On Williamson Road (U.S. 11) at Summerview Drive, on the right when traveling north on Williamson Road.
Roanoke County. Area 305 Square Miles. Formed in 1838 from Botetourt and Montgomery, and probably named for the Roanoke River. General Andrew Lewis lived here. The city of Roanoke is known as the Magic City of the South. . . . — — Map (db m17910) HM
Near Main Street just south of Valley Street, on the right when traveling north.
I say white brother, because I believe that to be the proper phrase, inasmuch as I believe in the principle of the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of all mankind no matter what the color of his skin may be. Richard L. Davis . . . — — Map (db m166298) HM
On S. College Ave (U.S. 11) at Roanoke Blvd (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling south on S. College Ave.
Erected by
Salem Post No. 19
Department of Virginia of
The American Legion
to honor those soldiers
and sailors from
Roanoke County
who gave their lives for
the cause of democracy
during the World War
1917 - 1919
George F. . . . — — Map (db m3987) WM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
