# Roanoke Colony

> former colony in present-day Dare County, North Carolina, US (1585–1590)

**Wikidata**: [Q59222](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59222)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/roanoke-colony


## References

1. Virtual International Authority File
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. BBC Things
4. Quora
5. KBpedia