Roseboro is a town in Sampson County, North Carolina, United States.
Roseboro was founded when the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad built a line from Fayetteville to Wilmington, and it joined Stedman, Autryville, Garland, Kerr Station and several other communities that sprang to life when depots were built and commerce came into being.
Roseboro was incorporated in 1891 by the North Carolina General Assembly and the first mayor was Almond Butler, an ancestor of Miss Ossie Butler, long time town clerk for Roseboro.
In 1908, Dr. Paul M. Crumpler practiced medicine in front of the building while Whit Tart operated a drug store in the rear, thus the beginning of Tart & West Drug Store.
In 1930, Paul and Sammy Butler opened a barber shop at the site.
In the 1950s, Willie Butler moved in and began a mortgage and finance company.
[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all land.
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,163 people, 549 households, and 275 families residing in the town.