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History · Roeville

Roeville’s post office opened in 1913

Most of Roeville was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2006. Below: maps from 1937 on.

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How Roeville began

When was Roeville founded?

1913

The Roeville post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 607113 years
Founding year: the first Roeville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Roeville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Roeville’s history is told.

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The story so far

Roeville, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Roeville yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Roeville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Santa Rosa County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Roeville had a population of 607.

Its first post office opened in 1913. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 608 in 2010, 607 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Roeville, 1913 to 1937

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1913Post officeThe Roeville post office opens
  3. 1917Post officeThe Roeville post office closes
  4. 1937On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Roeville on the map, 1937 to 1994

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Roeville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Roeville on the 1937 USGS mapRoeville on the 1973 USGS mapRoeville on the 1994 USGS map1937Harold sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Roeville.

Famous people

Famous people close to Roeville

Nobody well known was born in Roeville itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Kevin Stitt28th governor of Oklahoma · b. 1972
Bubba WatsonAmerican professional golfer · b. 1978
Daniel EwingAmerican basketball player · b. 1983
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Mark EverettAmerican track and field athlete, middle-distan… · b. 1968
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Randy AllenAmerican basketball player · b. 1965
Boo WeekleyProfessional golfer · b. 1973
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Roeville had its own post office from 1913 to 1917.

Roeville
1913–1917
19101970today

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Roeville’s history

What year was Roeville founded?

The Roeville post office opened in 1913, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.