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History · Roberdel

22% of Roberdel’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Roberdel Mill No. 1 Company Store. Below: maps from 1957 on.

1on the National Register
22%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Roberdel’s past

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

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The story so far

Roberdel, in brief

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Roberdel, also known as Roberdell, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Richmond County, North Carolina, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 246. The community is in central Richmond County, 3 miles (5 km) north of Rockingham, the county seat. It sits on the north side of Hitchcock Creek, a southwest-flowing tributary of the Pee Dee River. The Roberdel Mill No. 1 Company Store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

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

Timeline

Roberdel, 1884 to 1957

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1884Post officeThe Roberdell post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1953Post officeThe Roberdell post office closes
  5. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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On the map

Roberdel on the map, 1957 to 1982

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

Roberdel on the 1957 USGS mapRoberdel on the 1976 USGS mapRoberdel on the 1982 USGS map1957Hamlet 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 Roberdel.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Roberdel

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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Roberdel Mill No. 1 Company Store
Roberdel Mill No. 1 Company Store
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Roberdel Mill No. 1 Company StoreBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Roberdel

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

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John ColtraneAmerican jazz saxophonist · b. 1926
Dizzy GillespieAmerican jazz trumpeter · b. 1917
Vince McMahonAmerican professional wrestling promoter · b. 1945
William S. McArthurUnited States Army Colonel and NASA astronaut · b. 1951
David ThorntonAmerican actor · b. 1953
Woody ShawAmerican musician · b. 1944
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, Roberdell, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Roberdell
Gone or out of use
Roberdell Grammar Schoolschool

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

Questions about Roberdel’s history

What is on the National Register in Roberdel?

One place: the Roberdel Mill No. 1 Company Store (listed 1983).

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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 the National Register of Historic Places (1), 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.