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History · Roopville

Roopville’s post office opened in 1882, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1899 on and the census since 1890.

1882first post office
0on the National Register
17%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Roopville began

When was Roopville founded?

1882

The Roopville post office opened in 1882, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 123 in 18902020 census: 231144 years
Founding year: the first Roopville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Roopville’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Roopville are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18995 editions of the USGS map, 1899 to 1982. Watch Roopville change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Roopville’s history is told.

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On the map

Roopville on the map, 1899 to 1982

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

Roopville on the 1899 USGS mapRoopville on the 1902 USGS mapRoopville on the 1964 USGS mapRoopville on the 1978 USGS mapRoopville on the 1982 USGS map1899Wedowee sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Roopville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Roopville.

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Roopville was founded in 1881 by John K. Roop, and named for him. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Roopville as a town in 1885.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Roopville, 1882 to 1928

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1882Post officeThe Roopville post office opens
  3. 1899On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 20th century
  5. 1928Born hereKeith Jackson is born here
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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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People over time

Roopville, census by census

01002001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 260

Between 109 and 260 people in every census since 1890.

14 censuses, 1890–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Roopville’s Wikipedia page.

Questions about Roopville’s history

What year was Roopville founded?

The Roopville post office opened in 1882, 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 Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.