NC Gazetteer

Guilford County

… was formed in 1771 from Rowan and Orange Counties. Located in the N central section of the state, it is bounded by Alamance, Randolph, Davidson, Forsyth, and Rockingham Counties. It was named for Francis North, first Earl of Guilford (1704-90), member of Parliament and intimate personal friend of George III and Queen Charlotte. Area: 652 sq. mi. County seat: Greensboro, with an elevation of 838 ft. Townships are Bruce, Center Grove, Clay, Deep River, Fentress, Friendship, Gilmer, Greene, High Point, Jamestown, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Morehead, Oak Ridge, Rock Creek, Sumner, and Washington. Produces tobacco, corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, sorghum, poultry, eggs, dairy products, livestock, hogs, horses, greenhouse products, flowers, textiles, paper boxes, strawberries, soybeans, fabricated metals, aircraft parts, cigarettes, electronics, appliances, pharmaceuticals, toys, lumber, chemicals, and corrugated boxes.

areas

Bewes Ordinary

branches

Long Branch
Poplar Branch
Rocky Branch

cities

Greensboro
High Point

communities

Alamance Church
Brick Church
Browns Summit
Cascade
Centre
Climax
Colfax
Company Mills
Crystal
Danamora
Florence
Freeman's Mills
Friendship
Groometown
Guilford
Hedgecock
Hill Top
Hillsdale
Hinton
Julian
Kimesville
Kings Crossroads
Lacrosse
Lamont
Liberty Store
Longview
McLeansville
Mojoson
Monticello
Oak Lodge
Oakdale
Oakview
Ogburn's Crossroads
Osceola
Plain
Pleasant Garden
Proximity
Rudd
Scalesville
Sedalia
Sedgefield
Staffords Mill
Summerfield
Sumner's Mill
Tabernacle
Whitsett

creeks

Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek
Belews Creek
Benaja Creek
Big Alamance Creek
Brush Creek
Buffalo Creek
Canady Creek
Candy Creek
Chocolate Creek
Great Alamance Creek
Hickory Creek
Horsepen Creek
Kings Creek
Little Alamance Creek
Mears Fork Creek
Moores Creek
North Buffalo Creek
North Prong Creek
North Stinking Quarter Creek
Reddick's Creek
Registers Creek
Richland Creek
Rock Creek
South Buffalo Creek
Stinking Quarter Creek
Tickle Creek
Traverse Creek
Twomile Creek

former communities

Battle Ground
Denim
Garden Hill
Glenwood
Hamilton Lakes
Kirkpatrick
Martinville
Pomona
Revolution
Terra Cotta
Vandalia
White Oak

historical markers

Alamance Church historical marker
Albion W. Tourgee 1838-1905 historical marker
Battle Of New Garden historical marker
Beard's Hat Shop historical marker
Bennett College historical marker
Buffalo Church historical marker
Calvin H. Wiley 1819-1887 historical marker
Capus Waynick historical marker
Cedar Hill Foundry And Machine Shop historical marker
Centre Friends Meeting historical marker
Cigar Industry historical marker
Cone Brothers historical marker
Confederate Cabinet historical marker
Confederate Hospital historical marker
David Caldwell 1725-1824 historical marker
David Schenck 1835-1902 historical marker
Deep River Friends Meeting historical marker
Dolley Madison 1768-1849 historical marker
Edgeworth Female Seminary historical marker
Edward R. Murrow 1908-1965 historical marker
Friedens Church historical marker
George Preddy 1919-1944 historical marker
Greensboro College historical marker
Greensboro Law School historical marker
Greensboro Massacre historical marker
Greensboro O.R.D. historical marker
Guilford College historical marker
Guilford County Health Department historical marker
Guilford Courthouse historical marker
Haley House historical marker
High Point Market historical marker
High Point University historical marker
Immanuel College historical marker
James Hunter historical marker
Jefferson Davis historical marker
John Motley Morehead 1796-1866 historical marker
Joseph G. Cannon historical marker
Levi Coffin 1789-1877 historical marker
Lindley Field historical marker
Lindsay Street School historical marker
Low's Lutheran Church historical marker
Lucy Robertson 1850-1930 historical marker
Lunsford Richardson 1854-1919 historical marker
Mary Webb Nicholson historical marker
Masonic Home historical marker
Model Farm historical marker
Mount Hecla Mill historical marker
N.C. A. And T. University historical marker
N.C. Manumission Society historical marker
New Garden Friends Meeting historical marker
North Carolina Railroad historical marker
O. Henry historical marker
Oak Ridge Institute historical marker
Old Brick Church historical marker
Palmer Memorial Institute historical marker
Piedmont Railroad historical marker
Plank Road historical marker
Polio Hospital historical marker
Randall Jarrell 1914-1965 historical marker
Simkins V. Cone historical marker
Sit-ins historical marker
Springfield Friends Meeting historical marker
T. Gilbert Pearson 1873-1943 historical marker
The Presbyterian Church In North Carolina historical marker
University Of N.C. At Greensboro historical marker
Wadsworth Church historical marker
Weitzel's Mill historical marker
William Mcbryar 1861-1941 historical marker

historical sites

Camp Fisher

lakes

High Point Lake
Lake Brandt
Richland Lake

mills

Weitzel's Mill

parishes

Unity Parish

parks

Haw River State Park

populated places

Guilford Courthouse

regions

Piedmont Crescent
Piedmont Dialect Region

rivers

East Fork Deep River
East Prong Deep River
Haw River
West Fork Deep River

schools

Ben L. Smith High School
Christine Joyner Greene Education Center
College Prep and Leadership Academy
Cornerstone Charter Academy-CFA
Eastern Guilford High School
GTCC Middle College High
Gateway Education Center
Goshen School
Grimsley High School
Haynes Inman Education Center
High Point Central High School
James B. Dudley High School
Jonesboro School
Kearns Academy
Middle College at Bennett
Middle College at GTCC-Greensboro
Middle College at GTCC-High Point
Middle College at NC A&T
Northeast Guilford High School
Northern Guilford High School
Northwest Guilford High School
Penn-Griffin Schools
Philip J Weaver Ed Center
Piedmont Classical High School
Pruette SCALE Academy
Ragsdale High School
SCALE - Greensboro
Smith Academy
Southeast Guilford High School
Southern Guilford High School
Southwest Guilford High School
T. Wingate Andrews High School
The Early College at Guilford
The Middle College at UNCG
The STEM Early College at N.C. A&T
Triad Math and Science Academy
Walter Hines Page Senior High School
Western Guilford High School

towns

Gibsonville
Guilford College
Jamestown
Oak Ridge
Stokesdale

townships

Bruce Township
Center Grove Township
Deep River Township
Fentress Township
Friendship Township
Gilmer Township
Greene Township
High Point Township
Jamestown Township
Jefferson Township
Madison Township
Monroe Township
Morehead Township
Oak Ridge Township
Rock Creek Township
Sumner Township
Washington Township