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Roanoke Rapids is located in northern Halifax County bordered to the north by Northampton County, with the county line following the Roanoke River.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.0 square miles (25.9 km 2), of which 10.0 square miles (25.8 km 2) are land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km 2), or 0.36%, are water.
The Roanoke Rapids, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area (μSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in North Carolina, anchored by the city of Roanoke Rapids. As of the 2000 census, the μSA had a population of 79,456 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 74,716). [2]
The Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids Combined Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of five counties in northeastern North Carolina. As of the 2010 census , the CSA had a population of 310,416, with an estimated population of 297,726 in 2018. [ 2 ]
Roanoke Rapids bus terminal, erected in 1941 at 1114 Roanoke Ave, [3] is shown with a Carolina Trailways bus, in a postcard from the North Carolina State Archives. The former Carolina Trailways Bus Terminal, located at 1114 Roanoke Avenue, was the site of the event that lead to the United States Supreme Court case of Keys v.
The weekly Roanoke Rapids Herald was founded in 1914 by editor and publisher J.T. Stainback. From 1929 to 1947 the newspaper was owned and edited by Carroll Wilson. The newspaper was purchased by Milton and James Wick—later Wick Communications—in 1947.
Halifax–Northampton Regional Airport covers an area of 797 acres (323 ha) at an elevation of 145 feet (44 m) above mean sea level.It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 101 feet (1,676 x 31 m).
Kimberly was originally known as The Cedars (after the Treaty of the Cedars) [6] and later as Smithfield. [7] In 1889 it was renamed after John A. Kimberly (1838–1928), one of the co-founders of what is now the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, when the company opened a paper mill in the community.
Baggage claim and rental car area. Roanoke Regional features a large surface parking lot, which is divided into long term (996 spaces) and short term (226 spaces) parking. [42] An additional 598 parking spaces are available in an overflow lot across Aviation Drive during peak travel times. [43]