Roanoke is an extinct town in Stewart County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1]
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Roanoke as a town in 1832. [2] The community most likely was named after Roanoke Island, in North Carolina. [3]
In 1836, the town was looted and burned by Creek Indians, and never was subsequently rebuilt. [2] The ruined town site today lies beneath the waters of the Walter F. George Reservoir. [1]