Pinehurst

History

In 1895, James Walker Tufts purchased , and eventually purchased an additional , of land for approximately $1.25 per acre in the North Carolina Sandhills, with the vision of building a "health resort for people of modest means". Tufts retained Frederick Law Olmsted to design the village, which features curving lanes and a picturesque central green. Originally a health retreat titled "Tuftstown" and also "Pinealia" during construction stages in 1895, it expanded and was renamed Pinehurst by December of that year. The name was suggested in a public contest to name a new development in Martha's Vineyard; as it was not selected, Tufts decided to re-appropriate the name for use at his new development in the South. The village saw its first guests in January 1896. The first golf course at Pinehurst Resort was laid out in 1897–1898. The first championship held at Pinehurst was the United North and South Amateur Championship of 1901. The best known course, Pinehurst No. 2, was designed by Donald Ross and completed in 1907. Pinehurst Race Track was established in 1915. In 1980, the village became a municipality. In 1999, National Public Radio reported that many local business owners in Pinehurst were upset because the Pinehurst Resort was using lawsuits to prevent local businesses from using the term "Pinehurst" in the names of their businesses. The village council sought a written guarantee from the Pinehurst Resort that it would not force any business in the village to remove the name "Pinehurst" from its name unless the business is a direct competitor. The request came a week later in a local newspaper. The village also sued the resort over control of the name shared between the resort and village. In the quarter century of growth since, the relationship between the…

Geography

Pinehurst is in southern Moore County, bordered to the east by Southern Pines, to the south by Aberdeen, and to the north by Taylortown. It is by road west-northwest of Fayetteville, southwest of Raleigh, and south-southeast of Greensboro. U.S. Routes 15 and 501 pass together through the eastern side of the village, leading south to Aberdeen and north to Carthage, the Moore county seat. North Carolina Highway 2 has its western terminus in the center of Pinehurst and leads east to its eastern terminus at U.S. Route 1 in Southern Pines. NC Highway 5 has its northern terminus at in the northern part of Pinehurst and leads southeast through the center of the village, ending to the southeast at US 1-15-501 in Aberdeen. NC Highway 211 crosses the northern and eastern sides of Pinehurst, leading south with Routes 15-501 to Aberdeen and northwest to Candor. The village of Pinehurst has a total area of , of which are land and , or 3.72%, are water. Three streams, Aberdeen Creek, Horse Creek, and Joes Fork, have their headwaters in the Pinehurst area. Aberdeen Creek and Horse Creeks are within the Lumber River watershed, while Joes Fork is within the Cape Fear River watershed.

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