Floyd County/Roanoke County
Historical highway marker Z-186 · Highland County
Floyd County Formed in 1831 from Montgomery, and added to from Franklin. Named for John Floyd, Governor of Virginia 1830-34. Buffalo Knob is in this county. Roanoke County Formed in 1838 from Botetourt and Montgomery, and probably named for the Roanoke River. General Andrew Lewis lived here. The city of Roanoke is known as the Magic City of the South.
Conservation & Development Commission, 1929