Bonsack Elementary School

About Bonsack Elementary School

The newest elementary school in Roanoke County was completed in 1999 in the Roanoke County portion of the Bonsack community, on land that was known as Crumpacker Orchards. When Fralin & Waldron Inc. bought 550+ acres in 1970, houses were built where farmland previously proliferated. Soon the eastern end of Roanoke County and southern Botetourt was filling up with new homes, apartments, and condominiums. Retail development had also begun on the north side of U.S. Route 460 (Challenger Ave.)

Roland E. Cook Elementary in Vinton, is the oldest school in Roanoke County, built in 1915. This school closed when Bonsack Elementary opened. There was a reassignment of some children in the Vinton area after the opening. Cook students would attend Herman L. Horn Elementary and some students who attended Horn would be shifted to Bonsack Elementary. The residents of the Bonsack community, who were transported to Vinton since 1940, were happy to have an elementary school return to their community.