Robley (also Issabel, Marvin, or Point Isabel) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Richmond County, Virginia, United States. It lies along State Route 3 southeast of the town of Warsaw, the county seat of Richmond County.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 107. Its elevation is 115 feet (35 m)., Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-28. Accessed 2008-06-06.
Previously called "Point Issabel" or "Point Isabelle" (or similar) it was renamed in 1918.Richmond County, Virginia, p. 60 (1976) ("Robley. A locality near the south end of the County at the junction of Highway 3 and Route 601. The name changed from Point Isabel to Robley in 1918 ...")(2 June 1950). Mrs. Florence Rice Barrack (obituary, Northern Neck News (noting marriage in 1913 and the "young couple moved to Robley, known at that time as Point Isabelle ...")
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