Tar Heel, North Carolina

Tar Heel is a town located in Bladen County, North Carolina, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 117.Tar Heel is home to the largest pork processing plant in the world which opened in 1992, operated by Smithfield Foods and is located just north of the town limits.GeographyTar Heel is located at, on the banks of the Cape Fear River. Its major highways are NC 87 and NC 131. Fayetteville is to the north, Elizabethtown is to the southeast, and Lumberton is to the southwest.According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.4km2, all of it land.HistoryThis farming community has a history dating back to the Revolutionary War. Colonel Thomas Robeson, for whom Robeson County was named, lived in the Tar Heel community. His home is located just to the east of the town. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as Walnut Grove.