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Roanoke Colony
Ghost town · United States
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1584
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 35.937, -75.709
Why it was abandoned
💥 War & expulsion
Detected automatically from the text: The first colony was established at Roanoke Island in 1585 as a military outpost, and was evacuated in 1586.
History
The Roanoke Colony was the site of two attempts by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The first colony was established at Roanoke Island in 1585 as a military outpost, and was evacuated in 1586. The more famous second colony, known as the Lost Colony, began when a new group of settlers under John White arrived on the island in 1587; a ship in 1590 found the colony abandoned.