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History · Ronda

Ronda’s post office opened in 1884, and 11% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Claymont Hill.

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How Ronda began

When was Ronda founded?

1884

The Ronda post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 438142 years
Founding year: the first Ronda post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Ronda’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

Ronda, in brief

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

Ronda is a town in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 417 at the 2010 census, and 413 at the 2020 census. Ronda was named after a nearby estate called "Roundabout", which was the residence of Benjamin Cleveland, a locally prominent planter and a colonel in the North Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War. The town is home to East Wilkes High School, one of Wilkes County's five public high schools. Claymont Hill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Ronda was the home of NASCAR pioneer and Hall of Famer Junior Johnson. On September 8, 2026, the board of commissioners voted to dissolve the town charter.

Its first post office opened in 1884. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 417 to 438 (+5%).

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

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Ronda, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Ronda

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

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

Questions about Ronda’s history

What year was Ronda founded?

The Ronda post office opened in 1884, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Ronda?

One place: the Claymont Hill (listed 1985).

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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 (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.