Official Name: | Farrar, North Carolina |
Pushpin Map: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Edgecombe |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | −5 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | −4 |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Elevation Ft: | 66 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1020223 |
Farrar is an unincorporated community in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. The town was probably named for Owen Cicero Farrar,[1] a leading member of the local Baptist church and businessman who ran the general store, the Hotel Farrar, and founder of the Tarboro Cotton Factory constructed in 1888 in nearby Tarboro.[2] [3]