Pinehurst, North Carolina

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Pinehurst, officially The Village of Pinehurst, is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States.<ref name="GR4">Template:Cite web</ref> As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,581,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> up from 13,124 in 2010. "Pinehurst" refers to both the village and the Pinehurst Resort, a golf resort, which has hosted multiple U.S. Open championships in the sport. A large portion of the central village, including the resort complexes, is a National Historic Landmark District, designated in 1996 for its landscape design by Frederick Law Olmsted and its significance in the history of golf in the United States.<ref name="nhl">Template:Cite web</ref> Pinehurst has been designated as the "Home of American Golf" by the US Golf Association and by the state of North Carolina.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The surrounding area is known for its strong equestrian community, including the former Stoneybrook Steeplechase, and the current Pinehurst Harness Track. Fox hunting is also a common sport in the area.

The Pinehurst Resort is one of three designated anchor sites for the men's US Open in Golf. Since 1999, the resort has hosted the event four times, most recently in 2024. The US Open will return to Pinehurst in 2029, 2035, 2041, and 2047.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Golf House Pinehurst, which opened in 2024, hosts the World Golf Hall of Fame.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In addition to the Pinehurst Resort, the village is home to the Country Club of North Carolina. In the immediate area surrounding Pinehurst, there are more than 40 other golf courses, including the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in the adjacent town of Southern Pines, which itself has hosted the U.S. Open tournament in women's golf four times.

For several years in the late 2010s-early 2020s, the Pinehurst-Southern Pines area was continuously ranked by POLICOM as the best micropolitan area to live in North Carolina, and a top ten micropolitan area nationwide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Contributing factors included the quality of local amenities, as well as the strong medical and golf tourism industries. As of July 2023, Pinehurst and Southern Pines were re-designated as the Pinehurst-Southern Pines Metropolitan Statistical Area by the Office of Management and Budget,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> with a combined population that had reached above 50,000 residents.

History

In 1895, James Walker Tufts purchased Template:Convert, and eventually purchased an additional Template:Convert, 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".<ref>Tufts Archives; www.tuftsarchives.org Template:Webarchive</ref> Tufts retained Frederick Law Olmsted to design the village, which features curving lanes and a picturesque central green.<ref name="nhl"/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The village saw its first guests in January 1896.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref name="History">Template:Cite web</ref> The resort now has ten golf courses, three hotels, a health spa, and extensive sports and leisure facilities.

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>"Village sues Pinehurst Inc over name"; Associated Press.</ref> In the quarter century of growth since, the relationship between the village and the resort has been amicable and mutually beneficial. As the village and resort are geographically intertwined, it is permissible to operate a registered golf cart on public roads throughout the village.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The Lloyd-Howe House, Pinehurst Historic District and Pinehurst Race Track are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="nris">Template:NRISref</ref>

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 Template:Convert by road west-northwest of Fayetteville, Template:Convert southwest of Raleigh, and Template:Convert south-southeast of Greensboro.

U.S. Routes 15 and 501 pass together through the eastern side of the village, leading south Template:Convert to Aberdeen and north Template:Convert to Carthage, the Moore county seat. North Carolina Highway 2 has its western terminus in the center of Pinehurst and leads east Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert 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 Template:Convert to Candor.

The village of Pinehurst has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert are land and Template:Convert, or 3.72%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/> 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.

Demographics

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2020 census

Pinehurst racial composition<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Race	Number	Percentage
White (non-Hispanic)	15,190	86.4%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic)	555	3.16%
Native American	75	0.43%
Asian	381	2.17%
Pacific Islander	7	0.04%
Other/Mixed	682	3.88%
Hispanic or Latino	691	3.93%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 17,581 people, 7,301 households, and 4,991 families residing in the village. The median income for a household in the village was $92,342, and the median income for a family was $108,433. About 2.2% of families were below the poverty line.