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Rorer Mines

Ghost town · Roanoke (city) County, Virginia

Boones Mill quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500)
Boones Mill quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Rorer Mines is a ghost town in Roanoke (city) County, Virginia. It is the only former community in Roanoke (city) County recorded on the federal names register, out of 279 across Virginia.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Rorer Mines as a historical populated place on the Garden City topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.2312° N, 79.9570° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGarden City
Elevation1,288 ft
Nearest living townCave Spring, VA
Distance to it2.8 miles
GNIS feature ID1707217
Coordinates37.23125, -79.95698

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What's there now

Rorer Mines is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cave Spring, VA (population 26,014), about 2.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,288 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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