It borders the neighborhoods of Southern Hills on the south, South Jefferson on the north, and Mill Mountain on the east and Franklin-Colonial on the west.

[1] The area of present-day South Roanoke was originally settled by Daniel Evans in the vicinity of Crystal Springs in 1750.

[2] This area would change ownership between several families through the late 1800s when the remaining property under the ownership of the McClanahan family was sold to the Roanoke Gas & Water Company in 1889.

[2] Sites of interest presently located within South Roanoke include the Crystal Spring Steam Pumping Station, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Crystal Springs entertainment district.

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