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Welcome to Howellsville ...

Howellsville is located in Robeson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Howellsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

Howellsville is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Howellsville: 910 & 472<3>

Communities Also Named Howellsville ...

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

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

Communities near Howellsville ...

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

  • Lumberton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Hope Mills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Elizabethtown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Red Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pembroke
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Fairmont
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Pauls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Bladenboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Parkton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Rennert
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Rennert is located in Robeson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rennert
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 373 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 Howellsville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Howellsville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Howellsville ...

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

Adding Howellsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Howellsville post office opened in 1849. The Howellsville post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Howellsville.

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 Howellsville - 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 Howellsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 910 or 472. As a result, placing a call in the Howellsville 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/