Explore Roxobel, North Carolina, with this interactive street and satellite map.
| City | Roxobel |
| State | North Carolina (NC) |
| County | Bertie County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 36.202934 |
| Longitude | -77.245243 |
| Population | 187 |
| Density | 69.2 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 27872 |
| Area Code | 919, 984 |
| County Seat | Windsor |
| School District | Bertie County Schools |
Roxobel remains a quiet sentinel of the North Carolina interior, marked by a landscape of flat, fertile fields that stretch toward the horizon with a patient, earthen weight. It lies 26.7 miles northeast of Tarboro, NC (from Tarboro, NC: bearing 37°T), and is situated 15.6 miles west-southwest of Ahoskie. The air here holds the heavy, sweet scent of damp soil and ripening crops, particularly during the humid transition of a late summer dusk when the light turns a bruised, honeyed gold. Sandy Run threads its way through the nearby brush, a modest vein of water that carves a slow path through the low-lying terrain, while the silhouette of Fox Bark rises in the distance as a solitary, modest interruption to the otherwise level expanse. Beyond the cultivated rows, the Roanoke River Wetlands Game Land offers a sprawling, untamed refuge where the shadows grow long and deep under the canopy, providing a rhythmic stillness that defines the physical character of the land.
Roxobel persists as a place where the echoes of agricultural heritage dictate the quiet commerce of the day, reflecting a long-standing reliance on the productivity of the surrounding plains. The local economy stays tethered to the cycles of the harvest, a tradition that has shaped the lives of those who work the fields and manage the modest trade of the village. History in Roxobel feels less like a written record and more like a shared inheritance, visible in the weathered architecture and the deliberate, unforced pace of daily life that avoids the frantic pulse of larger hubs. Even as the modern world shifts, the locality maintains an identity rooted in the steady, agrarian rhythm of the seasons, where the most notable events are marked by the changing colors of the earth and the communal endurance of its people.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Roxobel, North Carolina. Coordinates: 36.202934, -77.245243. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Roxobel includes the ZIP code (27872), telephone area code (919, 984), county seat of Bertie County (Windsor), and school district assignment (Bertie County Schools).
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | August 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |