Roseboro

History

Roseboro was founded when the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railway built a line from Fayetteville to Wilmington, and it joined Stedman, Autryville, Garland, Kerr Station and several other communities that sprang to life when depots were built and commerce came into being. The railroad was built in 1889-1890. There are two stories of how Roseboro got its name, but research has proven it to be named after John M. Rose, secretary of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. The town has grown since 1889. Roseboro was incorporated in 1891 by the North Carolina General Assembly and the first mayor was Almond Butler, an ancestor of Miss Ossie Butler, long time town clerk for Roseboro. According to a copy of the town charter on file in the town office, E.R. Johnson was the first town marshal. All but one of the first commissioner's last names is still prominent in the town. Roseboro did not do a lot of growing at first. First accounts of the town are of a few houses and several general stores. Roseboro's oldest building was constructed around 1897 by W.J. Fisher. In 1908, Dr. Paul M. Crumpler practiced medicine in front of the building while Whit Tart operated a drug store in the rear, thus the beginning of Tart & West Drug Store. The Dan E. Caison Sr. House, Troy Herring House, and Howell–Butler House were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,425
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,321
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  1,109
• Northern Mockingbird

  Mimus polyglottos (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,065
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  1,043
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  981
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  909
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  839

Largest nearby schools

• Lakewood High
  High · Salemburg · 479 students · 15:1 ratio
• Salemburg Elementary
  Elementary · Salemburg · 462 students · 14.9:1 ratio
• Roseboro-Salemburg Middle
  Middle · Roseboro · 406 students · 16.9:1 ratio
• Roseboro Elementary
  Elementary · Roseboro · 387 students · 14.9:1 ratio
• Sampson Early College High
  High · Clinton · 233 students · 23.3:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2006-09-25
  7 km W of Rowland, North Carolina