Formerly a small railroad stop, it now lies within the boundaries of Columbia.

By 1936 it had a population of 4,103, a railroad stop, multiple dwellings, and 110 businesses.

Prior to the founding of the town it was nothing more than a railroad stop.

Tunnel City was a railroad stop and not much else.

It was a market town, a river port, and a railroad stop.

A railroad stop was established during a period after 1898.

This would eventually provide the reason for the city's name, although an early railroad stop in the area was known as "Ingallstown."

Laid out in 1853 as a railroad stop, it still displays reminders of its 19th-century past.

Within a short time, the small railroad stop turned into a sizable town and was named county seat in 1903.

Tavener no longer has its own post office, schools and railroad stop, as it once did.