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Roberts County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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1historic places

—earliest paper

1876formed

827pop. 2020

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—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 1 listed property in the county, first listed in 2004. Most listings are in or near Miami.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Roberts titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

0 of 1 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

1 listed property

Property	City	Type	Listed
Roberts County Courthouse	Miami	Building	2004

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Roberts was formed in 1876 (1876-11-19) from Bexar Territory.

ROBERTS created from Bexar Territory. Act passed 21 Aug 1876; took effect 19 Nov 1876.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Roberts County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
32	620	1,469	1,289	1,031	1,075	1,187	887	827

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

0 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Historical populated places — 1 of 1

Name	Lat	Lon
Parnell	35.89754	-100.81959

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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