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History · Rembert

Rembert’s post office opened in 1880, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Rembert was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Its Register listing is the Ellerbe's Mill.

1880first post office
1on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
Quick answers

How Rembert began

When was Rembert founded?

1880

The Rembert post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 246146 years
Founding year: the first Rembert post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).
On the National Register

1 historic place in Rembert

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1974
Ellerbe's Mill
Buildings
All 1 listings

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

Questions about Rembert’s history

What year was Rembert founded?

The Rembert post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Rembert?

One place: the Ellerbe's Mill (listed 1974).

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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), 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.