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Roanoke County, VA Economic Statistics

Roanoke county virginia dp 3 profile of selected economic characteristics SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over68,544100.0In labor force45,04065.7Civilian…

Roanoke County, VA Housing Statistics

Roanoke county virginia dp 4 profile of selected housing characteristics SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units36,121100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached27,52176.21-unit,…

Elizabeth City

(Encyclopedia) Elizabeth City, city (2020 pop. 18,631), seat of Pasquotank co., NE N.C., a port of entry on the Pasquotank River (which, with the…

Grenville, Sir Richard

(Encyclopedia) Grenville, Sir Richard, 1542?–1591, English naval hero. His cousin, Sir Walter Raleigh, gave him command of the fleet of seven vessels carrying the first colonists to Roanoke Island in…

Mather, John Cromwell

(Encyclopedia) Mather, John Cromwell, 1946–, American astrophysicist, b. Roanoke, Va., Ph.D. Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1974. He has been a researcher at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in…

Gist, Christopher

(Encyclopedia) Gist, ChristopherGist, Christophergĭst [key], c.1706–1759, American frontiersman, b. Maryland. Commissioned by the Ohio Company to explore their western lands. In 1750 he descended the…

Randolph, John

(Encyclopedia) Randolph, John, 1773–1833, American legislator, known as John Randolph of Roanoke, b. Prince George co., Va. He briefly studied law under his cousin Edmund Randolph. He served in the U…

James Pleasant WOODS, Congress, VA (1868-1948)

WOODS James Pleasant , a Representative from Virginia; born near Roanoke, Roanoke County, Va., February 4, 1868; attended the common schools; was graduated from Roanoke College in 1892; studied…

Manley Caldwell BUTLER, Congress, VA (1925)

BUTLER Manley Caldwell , a Representative from Virginia; born in Roanoke, Va., June 2, 1925; graduated from Jefferson Senior High School, Roanoke, Va., 1942; A.B., University of Richmond (Va.),…