Evergreen is an unincorporated community and census-designated place 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. The population was 420 at the 2010 census.Evergreen is located near the northwestern edge of Columbus County and is bordered to the northwest by the town of Boardman. U.S. Route 74, a four-lane highway, forms the southern edge of the CDP and leads northwest 19 miles to Interstate 95 near Lumberton and southeast 14 miles to Whiteville, the Columbus County seat.According to the United States Census Bureau, the Evergreen CDP has a total area of 3.9 square miles, all of it land.