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History · Roebling

Roebling’s post office opened in 1907, and 67% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 6 old photos and papers from 1968 on.

1907first post office
1on the National Register
67%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
2famous people
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From Roebling’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Roebling began

When was Roebling founded?

1907

The Roebling post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 3,585119 years
Founding year: the first Roebling post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Roebling’s past

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

Old housesHalf of Roebling’s homes were built before 1938.
★ What stands out · The story

How Roebling came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Roebling.

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Roebling, site of the Roebling Steel Mill, the Kinkora Works, was founded by Charles Roebling, son of John A. Roebling. John A. Roebling & Sons company built and provided the steel for the Brooklyn Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, as well as numerous other bridges including one over Niagara Falls.

The steel mill was also responsible for the production of the elevator cables for the Empire State Building in New York City, the Chicago Board of Trade Building in Chicago and the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. John A. Roebling & Sons company made the wire for the original slinky as well.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Roebling, 1941 to 1994

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1941Born hereGia Maione is born here
  3. 1968In the archiveDETAIL VIEW OF LEAD BATH IN SOUTH END. - John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Kinkora Works, …
  4. 1994Born hereHeath Fillmyer is born here
By decade

Roebling, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1960s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1960s6 items
DETAIL VIEW OF LEAD BATH IN SOUTH END. - John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Kinkora Works, Heat Treatment Shops, Roebling…1968DETAIL VIEW OF LEAD BATH IN SOUTH END. - John A. Roeb…DETAIL VIEW OF PISTON AND GAUGE. - John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Kinkora Works, Wire Product Facilities1968DETAIL VIEW OF PISTON AND GAUGE. - John A. Roebling's…EXTERIOR VIEW OF EAST ELEVATION OF RIVER PUMP HOUSE, BUILDING -91. - John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Kinkora Works, Su…1968EXTERIOR VIEW OF EAST ELEVATION OF RIVER PUMP HOUSE, …GENERAL VIEW OF COOLING BEDS AT WEST END, LOOKING EAST. - John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Kinkora Works, Steel and Rol…1968GENERAL VIEW OF COOLING BEDS AT WEST END, LOOKING EAS…GENERAL VIEW OF TAKE-UP MACHINERY, FROM NW CORNER. - John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Kinkora Works, Wire Mill No. 1, R…1968GENERAL VIEW OF TAKE-UP MACHINERY, FROM NW CORNER. - …GENERAL VIEW ROD OUTFEED AREA AT E END, LOOKING NW. - John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Kinkora Works, Steel and Rolling…1968GENERAL VIEW ROD OUTFEED AREA AT E END, LOOKING NW. -…
1970s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

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DETAIL VIEW OF LEAD BATH IN SOUTH END. - John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Kinkora Works, Heat Treatment Shops, Roebling…
Retake this viewDETAIL VIEW OF LEAD BATH IN SOUTH END. - John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Kinkora Works, Heat Treatment Shops, Roebling…, 1968

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Roebling’s page.

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 94 historic buildings

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
94
each building in a district counts

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Roebling

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Gia MaioneAmerican singer · b. 1941
Heath FillmyerAmerican professional baseball pitcher · b. 1994
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Finish Roebling’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewDETAIL VIEW OF LEAD BATH IN SOUTH END. …: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Florence Township3 historic placesA−Mansfield Township1 historic placeA−Bordentown Township1 historic placeC+

Questions about Roebling’s history

What year was Roebling founded?

The Roebling post office opened in 1907, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

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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 Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia and Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.