Roane County, West Virginia          Early History of Roane County

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ROANE COUNTY

Was organized in 1856, principally from the territory of Kanawha county. A
large portion of it is rolling table land, and not only produces well, but
also presents a beautiful appearance.  It is one of the best farming and
grazing counties in the State.  Some portions of it are well timbered, and
underlaid with minerals.  It is watered by Spring and Reedy creeks,
tributaries of the Little Kanawha river, and by the main Right Hand Fork of
the Pocatalico river.  Its principal town, Spencer, is beautiflilly located
on the banks of Spring creek, and is the seat of government of the County.
Roane ranks well up to Greenbrier, Harrison and Monroe, as a stock-raising
county.  Its principal trading points are Charleston, in Kanawha, and
Clarksburg, in Harrison county.

History of Kanawha County, George W. Atkinson, 1876, p. 30