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History · Robinette

Robinette’s post office opened in 1912

Most of Robinette was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981. Below: maps from 1913 on.

1912first post office
0on the National Register
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How Robinette began

When was Robinette founded?

1912

The Robinette post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 567114 years
Founding year: the first Robinette post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Robinette’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 Robinette are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19136 editions of the USGS map, 1913 to 1996. Watch Robinette change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Robinette’s history is told.

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On the map

Robinette on the map, 1913 to 1996

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

Robinette on the 1913 USGS mapRobinette on the 1926 USGS mapRobinette on the 1963 USGS mapRobinette on the 1976 USGS mapRobinette on the 1989 USGS mapRobinette on the 1996 USGS map1913Logan sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story so far

Robinette, in brief

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

Robinette is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along Buffalo Creek. Its population was 567 as of the 2020 census (down from 663 at the 2010 census). Prior to 2010, Robinette was part of the Amherstdale-Robinette CDP.

Its first post office opened in 1912. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 663 to 567 (-14%).

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

Timeline

Robinette, 1912 to 1984

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1912Post officeThe Robinette post office opens
  3. 1913On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1984Post officeThe Robinette post office closes
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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Robinette

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

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Joanne DruAmerican film and television actress · b. 1922
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Lea Ann ParsleySkeleton racer · b. 1968
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Michael AmmarMagician · b. 1956
Devil Anse HatfieldPatriarch of the Hatfield clan · b. 1839
Ted BelcherUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1924
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Arden MountsAmerican NASCAR driver · b. 1917
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Robinette had its own post office from 1912 to 1984.

Robinette
1912–1984
19101970today

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

AmherstdaleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Robinette’s history

What year was Robinette founded?

The Robinette post office opened in 1912, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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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 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.