Roanoke Island, North Carolina, USA

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Roanoke_Island,_North_Carolina,_USA
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:annualEvent gptkb:The_Lost_Colony_outdoor_drama
gptkbp:area 17.95 square miles
gptkbp:areaCode 252
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Albemarle_Sound
gptkb:Croatan_Sound
gptkb:Pamlico_Sound
gptkb:Roanoke_Sound
gptkbp:climate humid subtropical
gptkbp:connectedByBridgeTo gptkb:Nags_Head,_North_Carolina
mainland North Carolina
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Manteo,_North_Carolina
gptkb:Wanchese,_North_Carolina
gptkbp:containsSettlement English colonists
gptkbp:elevation 3 feet
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Sir_Walter_Raleigh
gptkb:John_White
gptkbp:firstChildBornToEnglishParentsInAmerica gptkb:Virginia_Dare
gptkbp:firstEnglishSettlementIn gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Dare_County_Board_of_Commissioners
gptkbp:hasAirport gptkb:Dare_County_Regional_Airport
gptkbp:hasHospital The Outer Banks Hospital (nearby)
gptkbp:hasLighthouse gptkb:Roanoke_Marshes_Light
gptkbp:hasMuseum gptkb:Roanoke_Island_Maritime_Museum
gptkbp:hasTheatre gptkb:Waterside_Theatre
gptkbp:historicalEvent gptkb:Roanoke_Colony_disappearance
gptkbp:historicallyInhabitedBy gptkb:Algonquian_peoples
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Roanoke Island, North Carolina, USA
gptkbp:latitude 35.8856° N
gptkbp:length 8 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:United_States
gptkb:North_Carolina,_USA
gptkb:Dare_County,_North_Carolina,_USA
gptkbp:longitude -75.6750° W
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Roanoke_people
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Lost_Colony
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Outer_Banks
gptkbp:population approximately 6,724 (2020 census)
gptkbp:settlementPeriod 1585
1587
gptkbp:touristAttraction gptkb:Elizabethan_Gardens
gptkb:Fort_Raleigh_National_Historic_Site
gptkb:North_Carolina_Aquarium_on_Roanoke_Island
gptkb:Roanoke_Island_Festival_Park
gptkbp:width 2 miles
gptkbp:zipCode 27954
27981
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Andy_Griffith
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5