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Welcome to Robbs ...

Robbs is located in Pope County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Robbs, you might consider that their post office opened in 1931.

Robbs is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Robbs: 618 & 730<3>

Communities Also Named Robbs ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Robbs - it's located in Mississippi.

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

Communities near Robbs ...

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

  • Carrier Mills
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Carrier Mills is located in Saline County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrier Mills
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,527 people
    • Former names for Carrier Mills:
    • Carriers Mills
    • Morrilsville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrier Mills <4>
  • Vienna
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Goreville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Rosiclare
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Golconda
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Creal Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Karnak
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Joppa
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Stonefort
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Cypress
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Robbs ...

Looking for more information about Robbs? 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 Robbs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Robbs.

Adding Robbs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Robbs 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 Robbs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Robbs post office opened in 1931. The Robbs post office closed in 1974.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Robbs.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Illinois' counties, including Pope, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Robbs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 618 code has been Overlayed with the 730 area code. New phone numbers in the Robbs area will be assigned with one of these codes: 618 or 730. As a result, placing a call in the Robbs area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/