Roanoke, Virginia, United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Roanoke,_Virginia,_United_States

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:city
gptkbp:areaCode	540
gptkbp:areaLandKm2	111.0
gptkbp:areaTotalKm2	111.6
gptkbp:areaWaterKm2	0.6
gptkbp:climate	humid subtropical
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:county	Independent city
gptkbp:demographics	diverse population
gptkbp:elevationM	267
gptkbp:FIPS_code	51-68000
gptkbp:founded	1852
gptkbp:GNIS_feature_ID	1499992
gptkbp:governmentType	Council–manager
gptkbp:hasAirport	gptkb:Roanoke-Blacksburg_Regional_Airport
gptkbp:hasLandmark	gptkb:Elmwood_Park gptkb:Mill_Mountain_Star gptkb:Taubman_Museum_of_Art gptkb:Virginia_Museum_of_Transportation gptkb:Center_in_the_Square gptkb:Hotel_Roanoke gptkb:Roanoke_City_Market
gptkbp:hasNewspaper	gptkb:The_Roanoke_Times
gptkbp:hasUniversity	gptkb:Virginia_Tech_Carilion_School_of_Medicine gptkb:Jefferson_College_of_Health_Sciences gptkb:Radford_University_Carilion
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Roanoke, Virginia, United States
gptkbp:incorporated	1882
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Roanoke_Valley
gptkbp:locatedOnRiver	gptkb:Roanoke_River
gptkbp:mayor	gptkb:Sherman_Lea
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Roanoke-Lynchburg
gptkbp:metropolitanArea	gptkb:Roanoke_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Roanoke_River
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Magic_City gptkb:Star_City
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Flood_of_1985 gptkb:Norfolk_and_Western_Railway_headquarters
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:J.J._Redick gptkb:Wayne_LaPierre gptkb:Curtis_Turner Booker T. Washington (nearby birthplace)
gptkbp:officialWebsite	https://www.roanokeva.gov/
gptkbp:population	100011
gptkbp:populationCensusYear	2020
gptkbp:postalCode	24001–24050
gptkbp:publicTransit	gptkb:Valley_Metro
gptkbp:sisterCity	gptkb:Pskov,_Russia gptkb:Lijiang,_China gptkb:Florianópolis,_Brazil gptkb:Opole,_Poland
gptkbp:sportsTeam	gptkb:Roanoke_Rail_Yard_Dawgs gptkb:Roanoke_Railyard_Dawgs_(hockey) Salem Red Sox (nearby)
gptkbp:state	gptkb:Virginia
gptkbp:timezone	gptkb:Eastern_Standard_Time
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_C._Mather
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4