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Welcome to Floral College ...

Floral College is located in Robeson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Floral College, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Floral College is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Floral College lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Floral College: 910 & 472<3>

Communities near Floral College ...

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

  • Laurinburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Raeford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Red Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pembroke
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Maxton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Pauls
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • McColl
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • McColl is located in Marlboro County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McColl
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,943 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McColl <4>
  • Rowland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Wagram
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Clio
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Clio is located in Marlboro County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 645 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Floral College ...

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

Adding Floral College to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Floral College post office opened in 1886. The Floral College post office closed in 1914.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Floral College.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Robeson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Floral College - 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 910 code has been Overlayed with the 472 area code. New phone numbers in the Floral College area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the Floral College 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/