Southern Pines, North Carolina, United States

🇺🇸 Southern Pines is a town in Moore County, North Carolina, United States.

History Southern Pines was founded as a winter health resort for Northerners.

Southern Pines was incorporated on March 7, 1887.

As of 1898, it was a sundown town where African Americans were not allowed to reside or conduct business.

The James Boyd House, Shaw House, Southern Pines Historic District, Firleigh Farms, and Moore County Hunt Lands and Mile-Away Farms are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Southern Pines Golf Club was founded in 1906.

Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 15.5 square miles (40.2 km²), of which 15.4 square miles (39.8 km²) is land and 0.2 square mile (0.5 km²) (1.16%) is water.

Education • The O'Neal School • Pinecrest High School • St. John Paul II Catholic School • Episcopal Day School • Sandhills Classical Christian School • Academy of Classical Design - Fine Art Atelier • Calvary Christian School • Moore Montessori Community School • Sandhills Community College • North Moore High School • Union Pines High School

Media • The Pilot (fka The Southern Pines Pilot) • PineStraw Magazine • WYBE Sandhills Lifetime TV 44 • WEEB Talk Radio 990 AM and 97.3 FM • WIOZ Star 102.5 FM • WMGU Magic 106.9 FM • WMAG 99.5 Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High-Point • WQSM 98.1 Q98 Fayetteville

The metro area has TV broadcasting stations that serve the Raleigh-Durham Designated Market Area (DMA) as defined by Nielsen Media Research.

Infrastructure • Southern Pines (Amtrak station) • Moore County Airport • Camp Mackall, U.S. Army training facility