South Washington Heights, Roanoke, Virginia

South Washington Heights, Roanoke, Virginia

South Washington Heights is a Roanoke, Virginia neighborhood located in far western Roanoke. It borders the neighborhoods of Washington Heights and Villa Heights on the north, Wilmont on the south, Shenandoah West on the east and Edgewood-Summit Hills on the west.cite web
url=http://portal.roanokegov.com/portal/neighbor/dspMapView.cfm?CFID=267835&CFTOKEN=18696877
title=Explore Roanoke Neighborhood

publisher=City of Roanoke Department of Neighborhoods
accessdate=2008-05-02
] The neighborhood fronts U.S. Highway 460 (Melrose Avenue) along its entire northern boundary.

History

Annexed by the city from Roanoke County in 1976, South Washington Heights has a mixture of commercial an residential developments throughout the neighborhood.cite web
url=http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/9D11C520DEDF55918525740A00473228/$File/Peters%20Cr.pdf
title=Peters Creek South Neighborhood Plan: Development History of the Peters Creek South Neighborhoods
publisher=City of Roanoke Planning Division
accessdate=2008-05-02
] Today the neighborhood is noted for the three cemeteries (Fairview, Saint Andrews and Williams Memorial) that occupy 30 percent of the total land area of the neighborhood and Williams Memorial Park.

References

External links

* [http://www.roanokeva.gov/85256A8D0062AF37/CurrentBaseLink/N26FZMFM819FGUREN Peters Creek South Neighborhood Plan]


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