The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Roe began as a railroad depot around 1880 on the Cotton Belt (officially the St. Louis Southwestern Railway). Originally located in Prairie County, a boundary adjustment in 1883 placed it in Monroe County. The small community saw new growth when U.S. Route 79 was constructed through the town in 1935. Roe was incorporated as a town in 1968.
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Start Roe’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Roe’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Roe, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Roe is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Roe has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Highway 79 Bridge (Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation) in Clarendon, 4.9 miles away.
Roe and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.