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ROBESON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA


 

Robeson County was formed in 1787 from Bladen County. It was named in honor of Colonel Thomas Robeson, a Bladen County resident who fought in the September 1781 Revolutionary War Battle of Elizabethtown, North Carolina.
In 1788, Lumberton was established as the county seat. The present land area is 948.84 square miles and the 2000 population was 123,245. The other towns that make up Robeson County are Fairmont, Lumber Bridge, Maxton, Parkton, Pembroke, Red Springs, Rowland and St. Pauls.

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County Seat is Lumberton

TOWNS

  • Fairmont
  • Lumber Bridge
  • Marietta
  • Maxton
  • McDonald
  • Orrum
  • Parkton
  • Pembroke
  • Proctorville
  • Raynham
  • Red Springs
  • Rennert
  • Rowland
  • St. Pauls
 

TOWNSHIPS

  • Alfordsville
  • Back Swamp
  • Britts
  • Burnt Swamp
  • East Howellsville
  • Fairmont
  • Gaddy
  • Lumber Bridge
  • Lumberton
  • Maxton
  • Orrum
  • Parkton
  • Pembroke
  • Philadelphus
  • Raft Swamp
  • Raynham
  • Red Springs
  • Rennert
  • Rowland
  • Saddletree
  • Shannon
  • Smiths
  • Smyrna
  • St. Pauls
  • Sterlings
  • Thompson
  • Union
  • West Howellsville
  • Whitehouse
  • Wishart

 

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