Roanoke Colony

former colony in present-day Dare County, North Carolina, US (1585–1590)
Place ghost_town Q59222
Roanoke Colony
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Facts

7 properties
Instance of
ghost town, colony[4]
Inception
1584[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 35.937°, -75.709°
Described by source
Atlas of Vanishing Places[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
North Carolina[2]
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
Dare County[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lost Colony en Roanoke Colony en The Lost Colony ar مستعمرة روانوك cs Roanoke el Ρόανοκ fa مستعمره روانوک fi Roanoken siirtokunta fr Colonie de Roanoke he המושבה האבודה he מושבת רואנוק hi रोनोक कॉलोनी hu Roanoke kolónia id Koloni Roanoke id Koloni yang Hilang it Colonia di Roanoke ja ロアノーク植民地 ko 로어노크 섬 ko 로어노크 식민지 pl Zaginiona Kolonia
🔖 Identifiers · 15
VIAF cluster ID
153781810
Library of Congress authority ID
n97125409
Atlas Obscura place ID
lost-colony-roanoke
Comic Vine ID
4020-51701
Encyclopedia Virginia ID
Roanoke_Colonie_the
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Lost-Colony
Freebase ID
/m/02p0w8z
KBpedia ID
RoanokeColony
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007535633605171
Quora topic ID
Roanoke-Colony
Topic's main category
Category:Roanoke Colony
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Wellcome Collection concept ID
hwpkfgfu
World History Encyclopedia ID
Roanoke_Colony
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJm4MGbYh8ThtqCQygDH4q

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Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity 1
People born here 1
People who died here 1
Topic's main category 1
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Roanoke Colony is a ghost town[1].

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  1. 24w ago · ~2026-29569-15 · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Atlas of Vanishing Places
    Local thumb → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 35.93694444444444, 'lon': -75.7088888888889}
    Country → United States
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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