![]() Roanoke Colony was founded by governor Ralph Lane in 1585 on Roanoke Island in present-day Dare County, North Carolina. ![]() It has come to be known as the Lost Colony, and the fate of the 112 to 121 colonists remains unknown to this day. The colony was founded in 1585, but it was visited by a ship in 1590 and the crew found that the colonists had disappeared under unknown circumstances. The establishment of the Roanoke Colony ( / ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k/ ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in America.
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