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Welcome to Tar River ...Tar River is located in Granville County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Tar River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848. A typical abbreviation for Tar River: Tar Riv. Tar River is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Tar River lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Tar River: (919) & (984)<3> Communities near Tar River ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tar River.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tar River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tar River. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tar River. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tar River. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tar River. See our Newspapers Page for Tar River. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tar River ...Looking for more information about Tar River? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Tar River, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tar River. Adding Tar River to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Tar River in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Tar River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Tar River in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851). For more details, see References and Mentions for Tar River. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Tar River. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Granville County: www.granvillecounty.org/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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