Roseboro is a town in Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,191 at the 2010 census.

Roseboro was founded once the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad built a stock from Fayetteville to Wilmington, and it joined Stedman, Autryville, Garland, Kerr Station and several extra communities that sprang to life bearing in mind depots were built and commerce came into being. The railroad was built in 1889-1890 and the town began to ensue from a tiny crossroads similar to one collection to the town of some 1,400 people who reside there today.

There are two stories of how Roseboro got its name, but research has proven it to be named after John M. Rose, secretary of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad. The town has grown in the past 1889. 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 times town clerk for Roseboro. According to a copy of the town charter upon file in the town office, E.R. Johnson was the first town marshal. All but one of the first commissioner’s last names is yet prominent in the town. Roseboro did not accomplish a lot of growing at first. First accounts of the town are of a few houses and several general stores.

Roseboro’s oldest building was constructed around 1897 by W.J. Fisher. In 1908, Dr. Paul M. Crumpler clever medicine in front of the building even if Whit Tart operated a drug accrual in the rear, thus the introduction 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. In the late 1950s, it was leased to Vander Simmons who used it for an accounting office. In 1961, Mr. Lennon H. Fisher, grandson of W.J. Fisher, took occupancy of this building and formed Fisher Insurance Agency. It remained at that location until 1978. In 1989, Jim Buchanan moved into this building and opened a photography business. In 1990, he tainted the say to Jim B’S E-Z Rental. Currently, Summerlyn Naylor, great great granddaughter of W.J. Fisher, operates a situation in the building.