Place:Tarboro, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

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NameTarboro
Alt namesTawborosource: Family History Library Catalog
Tarborough, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
TypeTown
Coordinates35.903°N 77.546°W
Located inEdgecombe, North Carolina, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Tarboro is a town located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Rocky Mount Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 10,721. It is the county seat of Edgecombe County. The town is on the opposite bank of the Tar River from Princeville. It is also part of the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids CSA. Tarboro is located near the western edge of North Carolina's coastal plain. It has many historical churches, some dating from as early as 1742.

Tarboro was chartered by British colonists in 1760. Located in a bend of the Tar River, it was an important river port, the head of navigation on the Tar River just east of the fall line of the Piedmont. As early as the 1730s, a small community developed around this natural asset. With different businesses, a church, a jail, two warehouses, a courthouse, a few well built private houses, together with a score of "plain and cheap" houses, made a bustling village by the late 1700s.

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