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Welcome to Tobermory ...

Tobermory is located in Bladen County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tobermory, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

Tobermory is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tobermory: 910 & 472<3>

Communities Also Named Tobermory ...

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

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

Communities near Tobermory ...

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

  • Fayetteville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Lumberton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hope Mills
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Elizabethtown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Red Springs
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Saint Pauls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Bladenboro
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Stedman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Parkton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Rennert
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • 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 Tobermory. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tobermory.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tobermory ...

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

Adding Tobermory to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tobermory post office opened in 1917. The Tobermory post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tobermory.

Footnotes ...

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