Carvins Cove, Virginia

Carvins Cove, Virginia
Ghost town
Carvins Cove, Virginia
Location of Carvins Cove in Virginia
Carvins Cove, Virginia
Carvins Cove, Virginia (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°22′10″N 79°57′29″W / 37.36944°N 79.95806°W / 37.36944; -79.95806
CountryUnited States
StateVirginia
CountyRoanoke & Botetourt
EstablishedEarly 1800s
Abandonedc. 1940s
Named afterWilliam Carvin
Elevation
1,168 ft (356 m)

Carvins Cove was a community in both Botetourt and Roanoke County, Virginia, United States, that was abandoned and subsequently inundated in order to create the Carvins Cove Reservoir by the City of Roanoke in the mid–1940s.

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