Established by Stanly County native W. Horace Carter in 1946. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service in 1953. Named changed to Tabor-Loris Tribune in 1996.
Baptist Church est. here in 1840. Community settled in 1850's. Railroad terminus located, 1886. Incorporated 1805. Charter changed to Tabor City, 1935. Former "Yam Capital" of the World.