Roseboro

… town in W Sampson County. Inc. 1891 and named for George McNeil Rose (1846-1924), chief counsel of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. Alt. 137. Owensville (Owenville post office), est. prior to 1839 on Little Coharie Creek a short distance W of the site of Roseboro, declined with the growth of Roseboro.