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History · Parkton

Parkton’s post office opened in 1892, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1972 on and the census since 1910.

1892first post office
0on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
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How Parkton began

When was Parkton founded?

1892

The Parkton post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 219 in 19102020 census: 504134 years
Founding year: the first Parkton post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Parkton’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 Parkton are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 906 in 1960; 504 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Parkton’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Parkton’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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People over time

Parkton, census by census

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Peaked at 906 in 1960; 504 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

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

The story so far

Parkton, in brief

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

Parkton is a town in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 504.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 436 to 504 (+16%).

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

Timeline

Parkton, 1892 to 1972

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1892Post officeThe Parkton post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1960CensusPopulation peaks at 906
  5. 1972On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Parkton, decade by decade

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On the map

Parkton on the map, 1972 to 1982

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

Parkton on the 1972 USGS mapParkton on the 1982 USGS map1972Parkton sheet · 1:24,000

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

Questions about Parkton’s history

What year was Parkton founded?

The Parkton post office opened in 1892, 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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.