Editing Robbinsville, North Carolina (section)

==History==
A trading post was established near present-day Robbinsville in the early 1840s and the town’s post office opened in 1843. The post office originally served Cheoah Valley, then Fort Montgomery in 1849. Robbinsville was incorporated on June 9, 1874. The town is believed to be named for N.C. state senator [[James L. Robinson]]. The town water system was installed in 1925.

The [[Graham County Courthouse (North Carolina)|Graham County Courthouse]] was constructed in Robbinsville in 1874 but its floor collapsed two decades later while the building was packed during a murder trial. A replacement built in 1895 was the last wooden courthouse built in North Carolina. The third and current building was completed in 1942.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grahamcounty.net/GCHistory/02-grahamcounty/grahamcounty.htm |title=Graham County |work=GrahamCounty.net }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grahamcounty.net/GCHistory/04-townofrobbinsville/townofrobbinsville.htm |title=THE TOWN OF ROBBINSVILLE |work=GrahamCounty.net }}</ref>
[[File:North Main Street in downtown Robbinsville, North Carolina 01.jpg|thumb|North Main Street in Robbinsville]]
Graham County's first public library opened in Robbinsville in 1939.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Graham County |url=https://www.grahamcounty.net/GCHistory/clubs/groups.htm |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=www.grahamcounty.net}}</ref> The library joined the [[Nantahala Regional Library]] system in 1940.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History of the Nantahala Regional Library |url=http://proofing.youseemore.com/redesigns/nantahala/contentpages.asp?loc=54 |access-date=March 4, 2024 |website=Nantahala Regional Library |place=Murphy, NC}}</ref> The building was demolished in 1952 and replaced with a newer facility which opened April 6, 1953.<ref name=":1" />

Bemis Lumber Company and American Uniform previously had facilities in Robbinsville. James Lees Carpet Company operated in Robbinsville between 1957 and August 1971, employing about 400 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Graham County |url=https://www.grahamcounty.net/GCHistory/11-logging/logging.htm |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=www.grahamcounty.net}}</ref> The facility later became a [[Stanley Furniture]] plant and the town's largest industry and employer. That plant closed in mid-2014, laying off 400 workers.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=David |date=2024-04-10 |title=This Week in Local History |url=https://www.cherokeescout.com/local/week-local-history-108 |access-date=2024-04-12 |work=[[Cherokee Scout]] |publisher=[[Community Newspapers Inc.]] |location=Murphy, NC |page=8A}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Neal |first=Dale |title=When the last factory leaves a mountain town |url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2014/08/30/robbinsville-graham-stanley-furniture-layoffs/14806967/ |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=The Asheville Citizen Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Mayoral history===
# N.M.E. Slaughter (1893–)
# R.B. Slaughter (c.1930–1943)
# J.D. Stratton (c.1963)
# Stephen Hooper (c.2019)
# Shaun Adams (2021–present)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/search/pages/results/?lccn=sn95072291&lccn=sn83004710&lccn=sn91068698&dateFilterType=yearRange&date1=&date2=&proxtext=andrews+mayor&proxdistance=5 |title=North Carolina Newspapers |work=Newspapers.DigitalNC.org |publisher=Digital NC }}</ref>