High Point City, Guilford County, North Carolina (NC)

High Point City

Guilford County, North Carolina

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High Point City Hall is located at 211 South Hamilton Street, High Point, NC 27260.
Phone: 336‑883‑3289.

Neighborhoods

  • Johnson Place
  • Johnson Street Historic District
  • Oakwood Historic District
  • Sherrod Park Historic District
  • West High Street Historic District
  • Abbotts Grove
  • Addison Creek
  • Alderbrook
  • Ambassador Townhomes
  • Arbors at Westover Ridge
  • Artlyn Hills
  • Ashebrook
  • Ashford Woods
  • Ashley Park
  • Ashton Oaks
  • Ashton Wood
  • Austin Downs
  • Avalon
  • Banoak Heights
  • Barrington Estates
  • Barrington Oaks
  • Barrington Woods
  • Beaucrest Court
  • Bencini
  • Birchwood Cluster Homes
  • Blair Estates
  • Blairwood
  • Blairwood Estates
  • Breckenridge
  • Briarwood Estates
  • Bridges
  • Broadstone Village
  • Brockett Farm
  • Burton Run
  • Cambridge
  • Cambridge Oaks
  • Camden Park
  • Camelot Estates
  • Carlisle Place
  • Carol Bay
  • Carthage Square
  • Castle Pines
  • Castle Ridge
  • Castleloch
  • Cedarwood Hills
  • Central Pines
  • Chandler Place
  • Cherokee Hills
  • Chester Woods
  • Chestnut Estates
  • Chestnut Glen
  • Chestnut Hills
  • Chestnut Oaks
  • Clifton Heights
  • Club Run
  • College Park
  • College Terrace
  • Cottesmore
  • Country Club Acres
  • Country Club Estates
  • Country Club West
  • Creekside
  • Crestwood Park
  • Cross Creek
  • Crosswinds
  • Cypress Pointe
  • Dalewood Park
  • Deep River Farm
  • Deep River Villas
  • Deerfield
  • Deerfield Townhomes
  • Delmar
  • Eagle Glen
  • East Colonial Heights
  • East Fork
  • East Gate Village Condos
  • Eastchester Village
  • Eastfork
  • Eastover Park
  • Eastside Park
  • Eastview
  • Eastwood
  • Emerywood
  • Emerywood Acres
  • Emerywood Estates
  • Emerywood Forest
  • Emerywood Forest Manor
  • Emerywood Forest North
  • Emerywood Hills
  • Emerywood West
  • English Woods
  • Fair Oaks at Bent Tree
  • Fairmont Park
  • Farmington Forest
  • Fieldcrest
  • Fieldstone
  • Fitzgerald
  • Fletcher Park
  • Florence
  • Forest Hills
  • Fountain Grove
  • Foxcroft
  • Foxcroft Townhomes
  • Foxwood Meadows
  • Frazier Downs
  • Gallimore Dairy Estates
  • Garden Acres
  • Gilwood North
  • Golfcrest
  • Greenbrier at Oakview
  • Greenwood Hills
  • Greystone
  • Griffin Park
  • Haleys Glen
  • Hampstead Park
  • Hampton Park
  • Hartley Square
  • Heathgate
  • Hedgecock Place
  • Heritage Ridge
  • Hickory
  • Hickory Chapel Woods
  • Hickory Heights
  • Hickswood Crossing
  • Hickswood Crosswinds
  • Hickswood Forest
  • High Point College
  • Hillcrest
  • Hillcrest Manor
  • Hillsdale
  • Homedell
  • Homestead Estates
  • Homestead Landing
  • Hunter Woods
  • Huntington Park
  • Huttons Lake
  • Indian Meadows
  • Indigo Point
  • Kendale Woods
  • Lake Forest
  • Lake Point
  • Lake Ridge
  • Lake Triangle Park
  • Lakes Edge
  • Lakeside Estates
  • Lakeview Heights
  • Lalique
  • Lassiter Woods
  • Laurel Oak
  • Laurel Oak Ranch
  • Laurel Oak Village
  • Lilliefield
  • Lincolnshire
  • Lindale
  • London Woods
  • Macedonia Place
  • Madison Park
  • Market Center Towers
  • Market Square
  • Meadow Creek
  • Meadow Valley
  • Meadowridge
  • Mendenhall Mill
  • Merry Hills
  • Milbourne Heights
  • Milbourne Place
  • Mill Pointe
  • Moffit Place
  • Moffitt Heights
  • Mohawk Hills
  • Nantucket Village
  • Newlin
  • North Bridge Townhomes
  • North Park
  • North Shore
  • North Westgate Gardens
  • North Westover Gardens
  • Northbridge
  • Northbridge Townhomes
  • Northpoint Estates
  • Northview Heights
  • Northwood Acres
  • Oak Hill Forest
  • Oak Hollow
  • Oak Hollow Bay
  • Oak Hollow Estates
  • Oak Hollow North
  • Oakview Estates
  • Old Emerywood
  • Old Mill Estates
  • Old Mill North
  • Olde Eden Estates
  • Orchard Knob
  • Oxford House Condos
  • Park Hill
  • Payne Heights
  • Peace Acres
  • Peaceford Meadows
  • Pennfield
  • Pennywood Acres
  • Pennywood Trails
  • Peters Cove
  • Pickett Cotton Mills
  • Pilot View
  • Pipers Way
  • Pointer Place
  • Quail Run Farm
  • Reeceland
  • Rich Fork Hills
  • Richardson Estates
  • Ridge View
  • Ridgeland Downs
  • Ring Estates
  • Rivertrace
  • Robinhood Manor
  • Roland Park
  • Rolling Acres
  • Rolling Green Estates
  • Russell Woods
  • Sailing Point
  • Samuels Field
  • Sevron Oaks
  • Seward Heights
  • Shadybrook
  • Sheraton Hills
  • Sherwood Forest
  • Sherwood Park
  • Shorewood
  • Shorewood Estates
  • Skeet Club Downs
  • Skeet Club Ridge
  • Snow Park
  • Southern Chase
  • Southside
  • St Andrews
  • St Charles Place
  • Sturbridge Woods
  • Sunrise Hills
  • Sunset Hollow
  • Sutton Place
  • Swans Landing
  • Swansgate
  • Tanyard Oaks
  • Tarrant Trace
  • Tealbriar
  • Tecumseh
  • The Bluffs at Willow Creek
  • The Elms at Broadstone Village
  • The Estates at Quail Run
  • The Village at Fountain Grove
  • The Woods at Grassy Creek
  • Timberlake
  • Trails Crossing
  • Trappers Run
  • Triangle Lake Park
  • Triangle Ridge
  • Turtle Creek
  • Tuxedo Park
  • Vail-Wood Estates
  • Valley Hill Park
  • Viking Villahe
  • Village North
  • Village of Fountain Grove
  • Villas at Country Club Estates
  • Vineyard
  • Walnut Creek
  • Washington Terrace
  • Waterford
  • Waterford Meadows
  • Waterford Village
  • Waterfront
  • Watermark
  • Welborne
  • Wendover Hills
  • Weston Shores
  • Westover Gardens
  • Westover Hills
  • Westover Park
  • Westover Ridge
  • Westview
  • Wexford
  • Whites Mill Estates
  • Whitestone
  • Wickliff Terrace
  • Williams Grove
  • Williamsburg West
  • Willow Creek
  • Willow House Condos
  • Willowfield
  • Wiltshire
  • Windchase
  • Windsor
  • Winter Garden
  • Woodbrook Heights
  • Woodlawn Forest
  • Woody Shores Cove
  • Wynnfield

Beginnings [1]

Guilford County's development escalated in the mid-19th century with the construction of improved transportation routes through the region. The Fayetteville and Western Plank Road linked Salem to Wilmington in 1852, greatly facilitating travel and trade between the Piedmont and the coast. The North Carolina Railroad soon followed, connecting Charlotte to Raleigh and points east in 1855. Surveyors determined that a site near the transportation arteries' intersection in southwestern Guilford County had the highest elevation along the railroad corridor and indicated it as such on their maps. The locale thus became known as "High Point."

Entrepreneurs seized upon the opportunity to purchase land, construct homes, and establish businesses in the crossroads vicinity. Thomas Sechrest, Soloman Kendall, and Nathan Johnson sold acreage near High Point's center to investors including William Welch and Salem industrialist Francis Fries, who promptly launched new commercial ventures including land subdivision and sales. The community burgeoned after the railroad line opened, and, in 1857, encompassed 441 white residents, 70 slaves, and 14 free blacks. The North Carolina General Assembly incorporated the new town in 1859.

  1. Heather Fearnbach, Fearnbach History Services, Inc., Washington Street Historic District, Guilford County, NC, nomination document, 2010, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C.

Nearby Towns: Jamestown Town • Thomasville City •


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