South Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia
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South Roanoke is a Roanoke
, Virginia
neighborhood located in southeast Roanoke, surrounded roughly by the Roanoke River
to the north and Mill Mountain
to the east, centered on Crystal Spring Avenue. It borders the neighborhoods of Southern Hills
on the south, South Jefferson
on the north, and Mill Mountain on the east and Franklin-Colonial
on the west.
in 1915.
Sites of interest presently located within South Roanoke include the Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Crystal Springs entertainment district.
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
neighborhood located in southeast Roanoke, surrounded roughly by the Roanoke River
Roanoke River
The Roanoke River is a river in southern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina in the United States, 410 mi long. A major river of the southeastern United States, it drains a largely rural area of the coastal plain from the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains southeast across the Piedmont...
to the north and Mill Mountain
Mill Mountain
Mill Mountain is a large flat-topped mountain forming the eastern end of Festive Plateau in the Cook Mountains. This mountain was probably sighted by the Discovery expedition under Captain Robert F. Scott, who gave the name "Mount Mill," after British Antarctic historian Hugh Robert Mill, to a...
to the east, centered on Crystal Spring Avenue. It borders the neighborhoods of Southern Hills
Southern Hills, Roanoke, Virginia
Southern Hills is a neighborhood of the independent city of Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.A.. Located geographically as the city's southernmost neighborhood, Southern Hills was annexed from Roanoke County in 1976 and has seen significant residential and commercial development since the 1990s...
on the south, South Jefferson
South Jefferson, Roanoke, Virginia
South Jefferson is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in southeast Roanoke, surrounded roughly by the Roanoke River to the south and east and the Roy L. Webber Expressway to the west, centered on South Jefferson Street...
on the north, and Mill Mountain on the east and Franklin-Colonial
Franklin-Colonial, Roanoke, Virginia
Franklin-Colonial is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located southwest Roanoke that is bisected by the three primary arterials of Franklin Road, the Roy L. Webber Expressway and Colonial Avenue. It borders the neighborhoods of Wasena and South Jefferson on the north, Grandin Court and Raleigh...
on the west.
History
The area of present-day South Roanoke was originally settled by Daniel Evans in the vicinity of Crystal Springs in 1750. This area would change ownership between several families through the late 1800s when the remaining property under the ownership of the McClanahan family was sold to the Roanoke Gas & Water Company in 1889. The following year the Crystal Spring Land Company began to develop the community with factories, homes and other associated land uses. Although the community originally sought to incorporate as a city, the was annexed into the city of Roanoke from Roanoke CountyRoanoke County, Virginia
Roanoke County is a county located in the U.S. state of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is part of the Roanoke Metropolitan Statistical Area and located within the Roanoke Region of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 85,778. As of 2010, the population was 92,376...
in 1915.
Sites of interest presently located within South Roanoke include the Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Crystal Springs entertainment district.