Record #:

23020

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Pitt County was once dotted with small communities. Kammerer gives a small history of some of these villages that once existed in Beaver Dam Township, now Bell Arthur Township. One of these villages, Rochdale (or Cobb’s Store), began about 1872 when J. C. Cobb built a store. In 1888, a post office was established in Cobb’s Store known as “Rochdale.” Rochdale faded away by 1912 when Cobb’s Store (later C. D. Smith’s Store) standing at Rochdale was moved to Bell Arthur by L. A. Fulford. Other Beaver Dam communities included Cobbdale, Smithtown, Marltown, and Poketink (Nicholstown)

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Jul 31-Aug 13 1996, p6

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History--Towns