Pinebluff

History

Pinebluff was a regional resort area during the early 1900s, enjoying greater renown than Pinehurst Resort at the time. After an uncontrollable fire, the town was permanently damaged, and it is currently a small residential area. As of 1909, Pinebluff was a sundown town, where African Americans were not allowed to live or stay overnight. At the southern end of the town, a lakeside park called Cardinal Park offered a small lake beach and summer-time water-sport recreation to African Americans despite the rest of the town being closed to them at the time in 1962. The park has since reopened in 2019 to the public after being closed for several years. The Lincoln Park School and McLeod Family Rural Complex are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

Pinebluff is in southern Moore County within the Sandhills region of North Carolina. U.S. Route 1 passes through the town as Walnut Street, leading northeast to Aberdeen and to Southern Pines, and southwest to Rockingham. Pinehurst is to the north via local roads. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Pinebluff has a total area of , of which , or 1.06%, are water. Aberdeen Creek forms the southeast border of the town. It is a southwest-flowing tributary of Drowning Creek, the name for the headwaters of the Lumber River.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  8,403
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  6,743
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  6,595
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,579
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,523
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  6,407
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  6,283
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,191

Largest nearby schools

• Pinecrest High
  High · Southern Pines · 2,221 students · 22:1 ratio
• West Pine Middle
  Middle · West End · 688 students · 17.2:1 ratio
• Aberdeen Elementary
  Elementary · Aberdeen · 629 students · 14.3:1 ratio
• McDeeds Creek Elementary
  Elementary · Southern Pines · 625 students · 16.4:1 ratio
• Pinehurst Elementary
  Elementary · Pinehurst · 624 students · 16:1 ratio
• Southern Pines Elementary
  Elementary · Southern Pines · 612 students · 14.6:1 ratio
• Southern Middle
  Middle · Aberdeen · 576 students · 15.2:1 ratio
• The Academy of Moore County
  Elementary · Aberdeen · 473 students · 18.2:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2019-03-26
  8 km E of Archdale, North Carolina
• M 2.58 — 2015-11-15
  10 km S of Denton, North Carolina
• M 2.5 — 2012-07-29
  7 km NNW of Wallace, South Carolina
• M 2.9 — 2011-03-21
  9 km S of Cordova, North Carolina
• M 3.7 — 2006-09-25
  7 km W of Rowland, North Carolina
• M 3.4 — 2006-09-22
  4 km WSW of Blenheim, South Carolina