| West End, North Carolina | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Named For: | Western terminus of a railroad[1] |
| Coordinates: | 35.2397°N -79.5675°W |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | West End |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Moore |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 1890 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 185 |
| Elevation Ft: | 607 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 27376 |
| Area Codes: | 910, 472 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 997007[2] |
West End is an unincorporated community in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located at the multiplex of two primary state highways, North Carolina Highway 211 (NC 211) and North Carolina Highway 73 (NC 73). It is named for when it was the western terminus of a railroad from Aberdeen, from about 1890–1898.
In the late 1880s, turpentine distillery operator Daniel McDonald of Moore County petitioned local railroad owner Allison Page to extend rail lines to his property to allow him to ship his products. Page agreed and extended the Aberdeen & Star Railroad 13miles northwest from Aberdeen to McDonald's land.[3] The western terminal of this line was dubbed West End, and a community arose around it with the same name.[1] All buildings in the community but the train station and a drug store were destroyed by fire in 1898.[4]
In the aftermath of the fire, the community was rebuilt on an agricultural economy, with particular emphasis on the cultivation of peaches. In 1927, peach grower J.B. Von Cannon established a factory which eventually became the Sandhills Furniture Corporation. The facility was purchased by Stanley Furniture in 1965.[4] In early 2002, Stanley Furniture closed its West End plant, eliminating a work force of 400 jobs.[4] [5] In 2019, the facility was razed to make way for the widening of NC 211 into a four-lane divided boulevard.[6]