[11] Population increased and settlement moved inland, which led to the founding of a congregation in the area just north of the state border.

Many wagonloads of turpentine, rosin and pitch were carried to the rail station in Grist, NC,[15] for shipment to Wilmington, North Carolina and other environs.

[16] In 1906, William Fowler donated land for the Tabor City Baptist Church, at the site which has been in continuous use since the completion of the construction and is still currently in use, as of April 2023.

The First World War took men from the town and deposited them in the trenches of France where they helped the Allied Forces achieve victory against the Central Powers.

With mail delivery by the USPS, Tabor would be confused with Tarboro, North Carolina due to the similarities in spelling.

The town denizens picked Tabor City as they expected phenomenal growth for the future of this tiny village.

Businesses included: a crate factory, several tobacco industries, a power plant, churches, train station, US Post Office, a hotel, a telephone exchange, many businesses, a prizery(tobacco packing house), agricultural, commercial, and industrial warehouses, a grist mill, a concert hall, and schools.

A modern-day person would recognize many familiar buildings that appear on the Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. maps of the town for that year.

[32] The Tabor City Tribune is a weekly newspaper established by W. Horace Carter (a Stanly County native) in 1946.

[38] The Klan began a recruiting campaign in 1950, and were later convicted of flogging people and other offenses, based largely on Carter's work.

[39] Along with the Whiteville News Reporter, the Tribune was awarded the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its editorials against the Ku Klux Klan.

[49] An economic downturn and severe recession, plus skyrocketing fuel costs, in the early/mid-1970s resulted in business closures and poverty becoming the norm for many families.

The marches were peaceful, though overreaction by the all white police force led to the mostly African American crowd being met with pepper spray on multiple occasions.

Storefronts were painted, new retro lampposts installed, and other aesthetic improvements costing tens of thousands of dollars were made in order to have a nighttime Christmas parade.

[65] A local citizen donated the lot containing the ruined front brick wall of the former Ritz theater to the town.

[66][67] In 2014, the Chapel Hill, North Carolina band, Campfires and Constellations, memorialized the town in their song about drug smuggling, "Fast Burn to Tabor City".

[69] Town welcome signs were amended in 2019 to recognize country music legend Stonewall Jackson, a Tabor City native.

[71] Myrtle Beach city leaders are busy converting their railroad corridor to a 2.5 mile public trail for pedestrians and bikes[72] Tabor City has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa), with the following characteristics: Winters are generally mild with January highs in the mid 50s °F (11–14 °C) and lows in the mid 30s °F (1–3 °C).

The presence of abundant dense vegetation in the area causes significant pollen dusting in the springtime that tends to turn rooftops and cars yellow.

Due to the proximity of warm Atlantic Ocean waters, the area may be hit by a hurricane during the summer, at an average of once every seven years- although most are of a low level.

[73] The North Carolina Visitors Center in the middle of town, on business highway 701, assists tourist and locals with these and other activities.

The visitor center underwent a series of improvements, funded partially by a $100,000 North Carolina Department of Transportation allocation.

[citation needed] The North Carolina Yam Festival takes place on the fourth Saturday in October.

[87] A Fourth of July festival celebrating both past and current military personnel is held annually, with fireworks, food, and other activities.

Since the 1970s, Tabor City has been beset by poverty and high unemployment, especially as the agricultural based economy of the past was no longer viable.

[13] As of 2014, the police department takes any persons needing detaining to the Columbus County Detention Center in Whiteville, NC.

[121] TCI is located over two miles (3 km) northwest from the center of Tabor City, and its site was annexed by the town.

[124] Crime rates have risen due to the numerous prison guards that commit serious offenses, such as drug smuggling, hit-and-run, murder-for-hire, etc.

[130] Television, radio and daily newspapers from Wilmington, Fayetteville, Florence and Myrtle Beach are easily accessible to the residents of the city.

A circa 1870 one-room school house was restored by the historical societies of Tabor City and Columbus County.