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Roanoke, Indiana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 46783. It stands on Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zanesville quadrangle. 1,762 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 758 feet above sea level.

Roanoke within Huntington County

Population over time

2 figures

Roanoke grew from 1,722 to 1,762 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,722
20201,762+40 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Roanoke: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Roanoke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Roanoke Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Huntington County

Storms near this place

39 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roanoke in 39 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 6 flash flood, 2 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1996Flash FloodRoanoke$100,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$18,0003 telephone poles down, large tree down, roof damage.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$10,000The emergency manager reported that powerlines were downed in water along US 24.
February 2008FloodRoanoke$10,000Local media outlets reported high water affecting portions of US 24 between Roanoke and Huntington, as well as State Road 114, west of US 24, on the Whitley/Huntington county line. A Roanoke firefighter spotted something in floodwaters, requested assistance and upon entering a boat and heading to the area, observed an elderly Warsaw, Indiana man sitting in his truck in waist deep water. The driver was hypothermic and difficult to understand from exposure to the cold floodwaters. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
July 2006Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$5,000Several trees and powerlines down.
April 2025HailRoanoke$1,000Photos received of quarter size hail in Roanoke.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$1,000Tree down.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindRoanoke$500Several healthy tree limbs down, some as large as 10 inches in diameter.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Local law enforcement reported a tree was blown down in the 2500 block of County Road East 1100 North.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-The public reported two large trees as well as several smaller tree limbs were blown down. One of these branches fell onto a Sheriff deputy vehicle causing minor damage.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-A 2 to 3 inch diameter tree limb down, partially blocking Welker Rd., north of CR 1000 N.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Emergency management officials reported mature corn was blown down in a field.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-The public reported large trees down on private property.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Emergency management officials reported numerous large tree branches down onto a home.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Emergency management officials reported a new barn that was under construction sustained significant roof and wall damage.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Emergency management officials reported trees were blown down in the area.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Law enforcement officials reported power lines down across local roadways.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Tree down across the road. Water was also running over the road.
July 2015Flash FloodRoanoke-The town of Roanoke experienced significant flash flooding, with the whole downtown area flooded. One town official estimated 30 homes affected by flood water. There was also a bridge washed out on County Road 1000 North just north of Roanoke.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Tree down onto roadway.
July 2015Flash FloodRoanoke-Water flowing across U.S. 24 at County Road 900 North and County Road 1000 North. Street flooding visible throughout Roanoke.
July 2015Flash FloodRoanoke-Vehicle stranded in water covered roadway. Occupant appears to be safe.
July 2015Flash FloodRoanoke-Intersection of State Road 114 and U.S. 24 under 6 to 8 inches of water.
July 2015Flash FloodRoanoke-Swift water was reported by a trained spotter on 4th and 5th Street in Roanoke. Some of the water is going into houses, and some residents are evacuating.
July 2014HailRoanoke-A trained spotter reported penny size hail.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-A trained spotter reported severe damage to a barn, with a large maple tree split on County Road 1200 North in Roanoke.
September 2011HailRoanoke-Amateur radio operators reported hail up to the size of dimes fell for roughly four minutes.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-A trained spotter reported a eight inch diameter tree down at the intersection of County Road 900 North and US 24.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Law enforcement officials reported several small trees down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Power lines down
October 2001Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Law enforcement reported trees down in Roanoke.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-Tree down and limbs down.
April 1999FloodRoanoke-Flooding reported by Huntington County Sheriff along US Route 24 and Roanoke Road/800N near Roanoke.
May 2019HailRoanoke-no account filed
February 2017HailRoanoke-no account filed
May 2011HailRoanoke-no account filed
August 2003HailRoanoke-no account filed
June 2002HailRoanoke-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindRoanoke-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Huntington County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Roanoke Station0.9 miles10
Mahon1.7 miles12
Mardenis4.6 miles12
Bowerstown6.3 miles12
Goblesville7.5 miles10
Simpson7.7 miles13
Huntington8.6 miles12
Markle9.7 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on RoanokeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1866823The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 442129. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.