Robbins is a town in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,168 at the 2020 census.
In 1935, the town's name was changed again. The name was changed to "Hemp", to avoid confusion between Elise and another town in North Carolina that had a similar name. For a while, the train depot had a sign for Elise on the track side and Hemp over the mail room side.
Karl Robbins brought great prominence to Hemp. He was responsible for a modern water treatment plant and a wastewater disposal system being completed in 1937. He also provided for recreational facilities, dial telephone service, a new firetruck, and a baseball park. Robbins started a non-profit, Pinelands, and gave or loaned the first $400,000 for the Research Triangle Park to be started just outside of Raleigh at the request of Governor Luther Hodges, who was a close friend of Mayor W.P. Saunders.
thumb|Historic Robbins Depot
In honor of Karl Robbins, the citizens of Hemp changed the name of the town to Robbins. The name of the town officially became Robbins in 1943, by act of the North Carolina General Assembly.
Later industries included a poultry processing plant, a mobile home manufacturing plant, and several textile mills. Ithaca Industries was a textile manufacturer that produced women's hosiery. At the height of its operation, the plant employed 1,100 people.
Robbins, like other rural towns in the South, suffered a loss to its manufacturing base that escalated during the 1990s. According to the Employment Security Commission, Robbins has lost 1,447 jobs since 1990. With the loss of jobs and manufacturing, the town lost a large portion of its water and sewer customers.
Geography
thumb|Mechanics Hill Historical Marker
Robbins is in northwestern Moore County on North Carolina Highway 705, the Pottery Highway. Seagrove is to the northwest via NC 705, and Carthage is to the southeast via highways 705 and 24/27.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Robbins has a total area of , all of it recorded as land.
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Robbins racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 475
| 40.67%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 50
| 4.28%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 1
| 0.09%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 12
| 1.03%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 41
| 3.51%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 589
| 50.43%
|}
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,168 people, 526 households, and 332 families residing in the town.
2000 census
As of the census