| Official Name: | Village of Pinehurst, North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||||||||||||||
| Named For: | Its location in a pine forest[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname: | Home of American Golf | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name: | United States | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type1: | State | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Type2: | County | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Moore | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leader Title: | Mayor | ||||||||||||||||||
| Leader Name: | Patrick Pizzella | ||||||||||||||||||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||||||||||||||||||
| Established Date: | 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Established Title1: | Incorporated | ||||||||||||||||||
| Established Date1: | 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Unit Pref: | Imperial | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area Footnotes: | [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area Total Km2: | 44.95 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area Land Km2: | 43.28 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area Water Km2: | 1.68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 17.36 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 16.71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Population As Of: | 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Population Total: | 17581 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1052.19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Population Urban: | 50319 (US: 506th)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Population Density Urban Km2: | 408.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Population Density Urban Sq Mi: | 1058.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Utc Offset: | -5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Timezone Dst: | EDT | ||||||||||||||||||
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation Ft: | 509 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 35.1922°N -79.4683°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Postal Code: | 28370, 28374[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Area Codes: | 910, 472 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blank Name: | FIPS code | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blank Info: | 37-51940[5] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blank1 Info: | 2407523 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Footnotes: |
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| Population Density Km2: | 406.24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pinehurst, known formally as The Village of Pinehurst, is a village in Moore County, North Carolina, United States.[6] As of the 2020 census, the village population was 17,581.[7] Pinehurst refers to both the village, and the Pinehurst Resort, a Golf resort, which has hosted multiple United States 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.[8] Pinehurst has been designated as the "Home of American Golf" by the United States Golf Association and by the State of North Carolina.[9] 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.[10]
Golf House Pinehurst, which opened in 2024, hosts the World Golf Hall of Fame.[11]
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 an additional four times.
For several years in the late 2010's-early 2020's, 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.[12] 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,[13] with a combined population that had reached above 50,000 residents.
In 1895, James Walker Tufts purchased 500 acres (200 ha), and eventually purchased an additional 5,500 acres (2,200 ha), 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".[14] Tufts retained Frederick Law Olmsted to design the village, which features curving lanes and a picturesque central green.[8] [15]
Originally a health retreat titled Tuftstown and also Pinealia during construction stages in 1895, it expanded and was renamed the village of 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.[16] The village saw its first guests in January 1896. [17]
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.[18] 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.[19] 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.[20] 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.[21]
The Lloyd-Howe House, Pinehurst Historic District and Pinehurst Race Track are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The village has a total area of 17.2 square miles (44.5 km), of which 16.6 square miles (43 km) is land and 0.6 square mile (1.5 km) (3.37%) is water.
Three streams, Aberdeen Creek, Horse Creek, and Joes Fork, have their headwaters in the Pinehurst area.
| 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% |