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History · Evergreen

Evergreen’s post office opened in 1883

Most of Evergreen was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Below: maps from 1953 on.

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How Evergreen began

When was Evergreen founded?

1883

The Evergreen post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 336143 years
Founding year: the first Evergreen post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Evergreen’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story so far

Evergreen, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Evergreen yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Evergreen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Tatums Township, Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. It lies on North Carolina Highway 242, north of U.S. Route 74 and NC 130, at an elevation of 108 feet (33 m). The population was 420 at the 2010 census.

Its first post office opened in 1883. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 420 to 336 (-20%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Evergreen, 1883 to 1961

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1883Post officeThe Evergreen post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1919Born hereNorm Brown is born here
  5. 1953On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1959Born hereOtis Nixon is born here
  7. 1961Born hereDonell Nixon is born here
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On the map

Evergreen on the map, 1953 to 1986

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Evergreen. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Evergreen on the 1953 USGS mapEvergreen on the 1986 USGS map1953Chadbourn sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Evergreen.

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Evergreen

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Otis NixonAmerican baseball player · b. 1959
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Norm BrownAmerican baseball player · b. 1919
Donell NixonAmerican baseball player · b. 1961

Questions about Evergreen’s history

What year was Evergreen founded?

The Evergreen post office opened in 1883, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.