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History · McRoberts

McRoberts’ post office opened in 1912, and 61% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1912 on and the census since 2000.

1912first post office
0on the National Register
61%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How McRoberts began

When was McRoberts founded?

1912

The McRoberts post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 921 in 20002020 census: 741114 years
Founding year: the first McRoberts post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about McRoberts’ 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 McRoberts are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of McRoberts’ homes were built before 1938.On the map since 19124 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1992. Watch McRoberts change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how McRoberts’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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The story so far

McRoberts, in brief

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

Its first post office opened in 1912. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 784 to 741 (-5%).

On the map

McRoberts on the map, 1912 to 1992

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

McRoberts on the 1912 USGS mapMcRoberts on the 1954 USGS mapMcRoberts on the 1979 USGS mapMcRoberts on the 1992 USGS map1912Pound 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 McRoberts.

Timeline

McRoberts, 1912 to 1935

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1912Post officeThe McRoberts post office opens
  3. 1912On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1935Born herePaul Toth is born here
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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People over time

McRoberts, census by census

02004006008001,00020002020Peak: 921

Between 741 and 921 people in every census since 2000.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Places that used to be

Places now gone and burying grounds

McRoberts’s post office has been open since 1912.

Gone or out of use
McRoberts Railroad Stationlocale
1cemetery inside McRoberts
McRoberts

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Jenkins2 historic placesB−Fleming-NeonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about McRoberts’ history

What year was McRoberts founded?

The McRoberts post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

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 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.