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Welcome to Roby ...

Roby is located in Merrimack County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Roby, you might consider that their post office opened in 1922.

Roby is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Roby: 603

Communities Also Named Roby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Roby - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas.

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

Communities near Roby ...

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

  • Concord
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Weare
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Weare is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weare
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,100 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weare <3>
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Newport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Hillsborough
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Hillsborough is located in Hillsborough County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsborough
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,019 people
    • Hillsborough has also been known as:
    • Hillsboro
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hillsborough <3>
  • Hopkinton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Henniker
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Northfield
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • New London
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Boscawen
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Roby ...

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

Adding Roby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Roby 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 Roby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Roby post office opened in 1922. The Roby post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Roby.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Merrimack, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Roby - 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/