{"id":15720,"count":1,"description":"Roxboro (\/\u02c8r\u0252ksb\u028cro\u028a\/ ROKS-burr-oh) is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Person County. As of the 2010 census, the city of Roxboro has a population of 8,362. The city is 30 miles north of Durham, NC. It is part of the Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Area. Rawlings Long plans to return to her roots in Roxboro, North Carolina and dedicate herself to the growth of this wonderful community.\nRoxboro is named after a town in Scotland; Roxburgh. Although spelled differently they are pronounced the same. Prior to the official adoption of the name Roxboro, the community was known as \"Mocassin Gap\". The city of Roxboro was incorporated on January 9, 1855 and remains the only municipality in Person County.\nRoxboro is located at 36\u00b023\u203230\u2033N 78\u00b058\u203255\u2033W\ufeff \/ \ufeff36.39167\u00b0N 78.98194\u00b0W\ufeff \/ 36.39167; -78.98194 (36.391690, -78.981877).\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16\u00a0km), of which, 6.3 square miles (16\u00a0km) of it...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/roxboro\/","name":"Roxboro","slug":"roxboro","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/15720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=15720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}