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Welcome to Robertsville ...

Robertsville is located in Conway County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Robertsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Robertsville is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Robertsville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Robertsville: 501

Communities Also Named Robertsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Robertsville - they are located in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Robertsville ...

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

  • Morrilton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Pottsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Pottsville is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pottsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,361 people
    • Former names for Pottsville:
    • Pott's Inn
    • Pott's Station
  • Atkins
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Dover
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Plumerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Oppelo
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Oppelo is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oppelo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 747 people
  • Hector
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Cleveland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Hattieville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Hattieville is located in Conway County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hattieville
  • Appleton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Appleton is located in Pope County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Appleton

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 Robertsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Robertsville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Robertsville. 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 Robertsville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Robertsville ...

Looking for more information about Robertsville? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Robertsville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Robertsville.

Adding Robertsville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Robertsville in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Robertsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Robertsville post office opened in 1894. The Robertsville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Robertsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Conway, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Robertsville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/