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Tarboro Town Common is a historic
town common Common land is land owned by a person or collectively by a number of persons, over which other persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel. A person who has a r ...
located at
Tarboro Tarboro is a town located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Rocky Mount Rocky Mount metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 ...
, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The common was established in 1760, and is an open space containing several memorials and a fountain. It originally consisted of . The commons contains five contributing objects: the
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; a Confederate memorial (1904); an obelisk; a memorial to the Spanish–American War dead; and a two-tier, cast iron fountain. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. It is located in the
Tarboro Historic District Tarboro Historic District is a national historic district located near Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 364 contributing buildings in central Tarboro. It includes a variety of industrial, commercial, residentia ...
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Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina 1760 establishments in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Edgecombe County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Edgecombe County, North Carolina Parks in North Carolina Geography of Edgecombe County, North Carolina Tourist attractions in Edgecombe County, North Carolina Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina {{EdgecombeCountyNC-NRHP-stub