NC Gazetteer

Poplar Point

Also known as: Roanoke
A point in Martin County
… a bluff on the Roanoke River, N Martin County. Appears on the Collet map, 1770. A steamboat landing was there at one time; Poplar Point Church and a rural community are nearby. Roanoke, a post office, operated at or near the point, 1851-80.