Tar Heel, NC

Tar Heel is a town located in Bladen County, North Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 90 residents. Tar Heel is home to the largest pig processing plant in the world. The plant opened in 1992, operated by Smithfield Foods and is located just north of the town limits. Public schools, part of the Bladen County School system, in the Tar Heel area:. The short version is that Tar Heel carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Tar Heel: its past remains attached to the places people use now. This farming community has a history dating back to the Revolutionary War. The town was known for its landing on the Cape Fear River. Tar Heel is located on the banks of the Cape Fear River.