Editing Roanoke, Indiana

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| area_code          = [[Area code 260|260]]
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'''Roanoke''' is a town in [[Jackson Township, Huntington County, Indiana|Jackson Township]], [[Huntington County, Indiana|Huntington County]], [[Indiana]], [[United States]]. The population was 1,762 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].  Roanoke is governed by a town council. Town offices include the clerk treasurer, utilities department, police department, and volunteer fire department.  The town has a public elementary school.  [[WOWO (AM)|WOWO]] and [[WRNP]] have transmitter towers in Roanoke, along [[United States Route 24|U.S. Highway 24]]. For many years, television station [[WPTA]] was licensed to Roanoke, though that station's studios and transmitter have always been located in nearby [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]].

==History==
Once the hunting and fishing grounds of the [[Miami people|Miami Indians]], Roanoke became a prosperous commercial center in the mid-19th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://discoverroanoke.org/about-roanoke/history|title=History|website=Discover Roanoke|access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref> Kiilhsoohkwa (meaning "sun-woman"), the granddaughter of [[Little Turtle|Chief Little Turtle]], lived in Roanoke and was known by locals as “the last of the Miami tribe.” <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/history/markers/489.htm|title=Kiilhsoohkwa (Kilsoquah) Historical Marker|date=2005|website=Indiana Historical Bureau}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://roanoke.lib.in.us/history/kilsoquah/|title=Kilsoquah|website=Roanoke Public Library|date=October 9, 2013 }}</ref>

Roanoke had its start in about 1848, soon after the building of the [[Wabash and Erie Canal]] through that territory.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028803173|title=History of Huntington County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present|publisher=Brant & Fuller|year=1887|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028803173/page/n609 642]}}</ref> The completion of the canal through Jackson Township enticed European-American settlers to the area. In the wake of the canal's completion, the town became an important shipping point in the region and a source of supplies for neighboring towns in Allen, Huntington, and Whitley counties.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofhunting00slwa|title=History of Huntington County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana|publisher=Brant & Fuller, Chicago; Walsworth Publishing Company, Inc.|others=Huntington County Historical Society; Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center; Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center|year=1887}}</ref> One of the earliest settlers in the area was Jarred Darrow who arrived in 1837. Between 1840 and 1847 the area's population swelled and included a large number of persons belonging to the United Brethren Church, the Methodist Church, and the Lutheran Church.<ref name=":0" /> Roanoke was incorporated as a town in 1874.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLZwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA165|title=History of Huntington County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests|last=Bash|first=Frank Sumner|publisher=Unigraphic|year=1914|page=165}}</ref> The town was named after [[Roanoke, Virginia]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Dept. of English and Journalism |title=Indiana names, v.1-3|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000054436682;view=1up;seq=29|year=1970–1972|publisher=Indiana State University|page=15}}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the 2010 census, Roanoke has a total area of {{convert|1.206|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.2|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 99.5%) is land and {{convert|0.006|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 0.5%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1865016
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=July 25, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213083224/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1865016
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 270
|1870= 627
|1880= 597
|1890= 532
|1900= 536
|1910= 699
|1920= 760
|1930= 849
|1940= 808
|1950= 905
|1960= 935
|1970= 858
|1980= 891
|1990= 1018
|2000= 1495
|2010= 1722
|2020= 1762
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.indiana.edu/|title=Indiana's Census 2020 Redistricting Data Dashboard|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=August 13, 2020}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,722 people, 680 households, and 487 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1435.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 756 housing units at an average density of {{convert|630.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.2% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.5% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.7% of the population.

There were 680 households, of which 35.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 28.4% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.01.

The median age in the town was 36.8 years. 26.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.5% were from 25 to 44; 26.1% were from 45 to 64; and 11.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 48.6% male and 51.4% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,495 people, 589 households, and 411 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|2,400.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 630 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1,011.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.66% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.27% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.20% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.20% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.54% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.94% of the population.

There were 589 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.4% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 22.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $47,250, and the median income for a family was $54,306. Males had a median income of $39,375 versus $23,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $20,373. About 2.7% of families and 5.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Roanoke is home to the Roanoke Elementary School, a primary school which covers kindergarten through fifth grade.  It is part of the Huntington County School Corporation<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://ro.hccsc.k12.in.us/home|access-date=July 28, 2021|website=ro.hccsc.k12.in.us|language=en-US}}</ref>  The town also has a lending library, the Roanoke Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | title=Indiana public library directory | publisher=Indiana State Library | access-date=March 7, 2018}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[Gene Hartley]], Indy Car Driver
*[[Kiilhsoohkwa]], Granddaughter of [[Little Turtle|Myaamia Chief Mihšihkinaahkwa]] (var. ''Little Turtle'')

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [https://townofroanoke.com/ Town of Roanoke official website]
* [http://www.discoverroanoke.org/ Roanoke Chamber of Commerce]

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[[Category:Towns in Huntington County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Indiana]]