Welcome to Roberts ...

So far, we found very little information about Roberts. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Roberts to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Roberts, please Contact Us.

Roberts would have been located within present day Miller County<2>.

The location of Roberts has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roberts, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Roberts is 270 feet [82 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Roberts was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Roberts would have been located in the (870) area code.

Communities Also Named Roberts ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Arkansas communities named Roberts: This one is located in Miller County and the other is located in Arkansas County.

Beyond Arkansas, there are 39 communities that are also named Roberts - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio (3), Ontario, Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Roberts.

Communities near Roberts ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Roberts.

• Texarkana
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texarkana
  • Texarkana is located in Bowie County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,221 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Texarkana <5>
• Texarkana
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Texarkana
  • Texarkana is located in Miller County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,556 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Texarkana <5>
• Wake Village
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wake Village have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake Village
  • Wake Village is located in Bowie County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,555 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wake Village <5>
• Atlanta
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
  • Atlanta is located in Cass County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,424 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Atlanta <5>
• Nash
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nash
  • Nash is located in Bowie County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,781 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Nash <5>
• Queen City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queen City
  • Queen City is located in Cass County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,414 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Queen City <5>
• Lewisville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewisville
  • Lewisville is located in Lafayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,110 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lewisville <5>
• Bradley
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradley
  • Bradley is located in Lafayette County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 524 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bradley <5>
• Bloomburg
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bloomburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomburg
  • Bloomburg is located in Cass County (TX)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 398 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomburg <5>
• Garland
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garland
  • Garland is located in Miller County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Roberts. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Roberts.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Roberts. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Roberts.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Roberts. See our Newspapers Page for Roberts.

Adding Roberts to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Roberts in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Roberts was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Roberts post office opened in 1890.

We also found Roberts in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roberts.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Arkansas: https://portal.arkansas.gov/