This article is about the unincorporated crossroad community in Moore County. For the town in North Carolina formerly known as West End, see Carrboro, North Carolina.
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 13 miles (21 km) 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]
^"Aberdeen & Star Railroad". North Carolina Railroads. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
^ abc"Communities: Small Towns, Rural Areas Offer History, Character". The Pilot. January 28, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
^"Stanley closes N.C. plant, cuts estimate". Furniture Today. December 17, 2001. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
^Douglass, Laura (September 9, 2019). "Stanley Plant, a West End Icon, Finally Coming Down". The Pilot. Southern Pines, NC. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
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