Tillery is an

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Halifax County, North Carolina Halifax County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,622. Its county seat is Halifax. Halifax County is part of the Roanoke Rapids, NC Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is al ...

, that was a plantation and is now home to a museum. Tillery was incorporated as a town in 1889.

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instituted a

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era resettlement program in the area. In 1936 it was renamed Roanoke Farms. The ZIP Code for Tillery is 27887.

History

W. H. Randolph was its first mayor. The Tillery Chapel Rosenwald Elementary School was a

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established for the community. Tillery Chapel Elementary school also served the community until it closed in 1981. It became a community center. The Hermitage is a historic plantation house in Tillery. James M. Pittman served as Tillery's postmaster. Roanoke River Correctional Institution, formerly Caledonia Correctional, is in Tillery.

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