Airport, Roanoke, Virginia Explained

Airport
Pushpin Map:Virginia#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type3:City
Subdivision Name3:Roanoke
Coordinates:37.3219°N -79.9703°W
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Postal Code:24012
Postal Code Type:ZIP Codes
Area Code:540

Airport is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in north, central Roanoke surrounded roughly by Virginia State Route 118 to the south and by Interstate 581 to the west, centered on the Roanoke Regional Airport. It borders the neighborhoods of Miller Court/Arrowood on the west, Roundhill on the south and Roanoke County on the north and east.[1]

History

Annexed from Roanoke County in 1976,[2] most development within the Airport neighborhood has been commercial in nature beginning with the opening of Crossroads Mall in 1961.[3] Outside of the Roanoke Regional Airport property, the area remains primarily commercial and was also the location of the Advance Auto Parts corporate headquarters.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Explore Roanoke Neighborhood Map: Airport . City of Roanoke Department of Neighborhoods . 2008-04-29 . https://archive.today/20121208142443/http://portal.roanokegov.com/portal/neighbor/dspMapView.cfm?CFID=267366&CFTOKEN=97675491 . 2012-12-08 . dead.
  2. Book: Kagey , Deedie . When Past Is Prologue: A History of Roanoke County . 1st . 1988 . Roanoke County Sesquicentennial Committee . Roanoke, VA . 547 . Annexations Continue .
  3. Web site: Williamson Road Area Plan: Development History . City of Roanoke Planning Division . 2008-04-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721061841/http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/EC5B1D24CD75FD418525740A00621F11/%24File/WRAP_Intro.pdf . 2011-07-21 .