North Roby, Texas
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North Roby, also known as Fisher, is a ghost town in north central Fisher County, Texas, United States.{{GNIS|1377187}} The community lies four and one half miles north of Roby.{{Handbook of Texas|id=hrn45|name=North Roby, Texas}} Its altitude is 1,933 feet.
The town was founded in 1885 by E.D. Strang, who suggested that it become the county seat for Fisher County. It had a population of 200 by 1890 and had three stores, a hotel, and a blacksmithy.
An electric trolley line known as Roby and Northern Railroad was built to connect North Roby to Roby in 1915.{{cite magazine |date= |title=Railway Age Gazette Volume 58 Issue 20 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_railway-age_1915-05-14_58_20/page/998/mode/2up?q=North+Roby |url-status= |magazine=Railway Age Gazette |location=Chicago |publisher= |access-date=11 July 2023}}
Fisher County Airport is in the area.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
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{{Fisher County, Texas}}
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Category:Geography of Fisher County, Texas
Category:Ghost towns in the Texas South Plains
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