Record #:

8314

Author(s):

Denny, Zeb

Abstract:

Rock Landing, once a riverside commercial center, mushroomed from the wooded hills along the Roanoke River in Halifax County, flourished for three decades, and then died. The town grew out of a land boom created by a grant in 1812 to construct a canal that would carry river traffic around the rapids of the Roanoke River. Cadwallader Jones began selling lots of land adjacent to Buzzard Rock, proposing the name “Rock Landing” for the town. The town flourished until the 1850s, when the eroding banks of the canal and constant flooding led to its demise in the mid-1870s. Now, the town is mostly submerged under water, leaving only a remnant of the main road leading from Roanoke Landing to Halifax.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 51 Issue 9, Feb 1984, p8-10, il, por

Subject(s):

Rock Landing