Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Location of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Location of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina Roanoke Rapids (/ ro no k/) is a town/city in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States.
It is the principal town/city of the Roanoke Rapids Micropolitan Statistical Area, and is also a part of the Golden East metro area.
Roanoke Rapids is positioned at 36 27 16 N 77 39 17 W (36.454528, -77.654822). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 7.9 square miles (20 km2), of which, 7.8 square miles (20 km2) of it is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) of it (0.51%) is water.
The town is positioned at the beginning of the North Carolina Piedmont, on the Roanoke River at the fall line, which marks the region where an upland region (continental bedrock) and a coastal plain (coastal alluvia) meet.
The fall line is typically prominent where a river crosses it, for there will usually be rapids or waterfalls.
The Roanoke River and its falls inspired the evolution of Roanoke Rapids; businessmen such as Sam Patterson and other textile manufacturers used the river to power their mills.
The most prominent example of fall line settlement was the establishment of the metros/cities along the easterly coast of the United States where the Appalachian Rise and the coastal plains meet.
The seven-mile-long Roanoke Rapids Canal trail starts at the Roanoke dam and ends roughly a mile after passing the historic aqueduct.
Climate data for Roanoke Rapids Airport, North Carolina (1981 2010 normals), foundry in Roanoke Rapids, upon whose union activities the movie Norma Rae was based.
Roanoke Rapids is now home to a Kap - Stone Paper and Packaging paper manufacturing facility.
Roanoke Rapids is known for a number of historical sites.
The initial Roanoke Rapids High School building or Senior building as it is sometimes referred, opened in 1921 and is still in use.
In addition to Roanoke Rapids High School, the Roanoke Canal and Roanoke Rapids Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Roanoke Canal Museum and Trail is one of the city's earliest historical sites.
It offers an in-depth look at the influential citizens who pushed for the Roanoke River to turn into a origin of trade and navigation, as well as the commodities that were shipped and interchanged on the Roanoke River.
The trail, over seven miles long, is adjoining to the exhibition and largely alongside to the Roanoke River.
It is used as the course for the annual Roanoke Canal Half Marathon, and the Roanoke Canal Mountain Biking Club is positioned nearby.
Roanoke Rapids had prepared Carolina Crossroads, an entertainment precinct established by a group of small-town business developers.
The town/city retitled the theater as the Roanoke Rapids Theater.
A Black Widow Billiards Center was also announced by the pool player, Jeanette Lee. In October 2008, the town/city agreed to a lease/sale of the Roanoke Rapids Theater to Lafayette Gatling for $12.5 million.
Gatling, a Chicago developer, said he would continue to precarious the theater and work with the developers of the Carolina Crossroads entertainment district. None of the deals have materialized, however, and the theatre remains an economic drain and hot-button topic in Roanoke Rapids.
In November 2011, the town/city agreed to sell the theater outright to Gatling in an accomplishment to reduce the city's debt from the project. "Roanoke Rapids to sell theater to Chicago man".
"Gatling to Purchase The Roanoke Rapids Theatre".
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Cities in North Carolina - Cities in Halifax County, North Carolina - Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina micropolitan region - Company suburbs in North Carolina
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