Roanoke (Va.)

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79116470

Codes

• n-us-va

Variants

• Roanoke, Va.

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n79116470

Identifies RWO

• https://d-nb.info/gnd/4339063-8

• Descriptor

  Cities and towns

• Associated Locale

  United States

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++79116470#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Roanoke Label from public data source Wikidata
• Virginia--Roanoke

Broader Concepts from Other Schemes

• Virginia--Roanoke Metropolitan Area
• Virginia--Roanoke Region

Earlier Established Forms

• Big Lick (Va.)
• Roanoke, Va.

Sources

• found: Big Lick news, 1879:masthead (Big Lick, Roanoke County, Va.)
• found: Hornbook of Va. hist., 1994:p. 193 (Roanoke, in Roanoke County, was first known as Big Lick because of salt deposits found in the vicinity; town of Big Lick est. 1852, incorporated 1874; name changed to Roanoke in 1882; became a city in 1884)
• found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 37°16ʹ15ʺN 079°56ʹ29ʺW)

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF Geographic
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 1980-07-17: new
• 2019-07-11: revised

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