Tarboro, NC
 This week’s Carolina Community is Tarboro, founded on a bend on the Tar River in 1760. One of the oldest towns in our state, Tarboro still maintains the original town commons and a 45 block historic district with beautiful Georgian and Queen Ann style homes. Tarboro boasts a “front porch style of life.” George Washington visited Tarboro on his Southern Tour. This All-America City is the seat of Edgecombe County and is located along Highway 64, about 70 miles east of Raleigh. Steeped in history, Tarboro has a very active restoration and preservation program, including The Grove, plantation home of Thomas Blount, an officer in the Revolutionary War who was taken to England as a prisoner. It was also home to a Mexican War Colonel and later to the Commandant of Fort Macon in the Civil War. Tarboro is home to Edgecombe Community College, a Sara Lee Bakery, Barnhill Contractors and a number of other manufacturers. History, beauty, and charm make Tarboro this week’s Carolina Community.
Previous Carolina Communities
02.02.2006 Sparta, NC
01.26.2006 Shelby, NC
01.19.2006 Apex, NC
01.12.2006 Dallas, NC
01.05.2006 Greenville, NC
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