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History · Pinehurst

Pinehurst’s post office opened in 1894, and 32% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1971 on, and the census since 1900.

1894first post office
0on the National Register
32%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
1famous people
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Photo: Michael Rivera · CC BY-SA 4.0
Quick answers

How Pinehurst began

When was Pinehurst founded?

1894

The Pinehurst post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Fullington (1889), opened inside today’s city and later closed.

First census: 330 in 19002020 census: 309132 years
Founding year: the first Pinehurst post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Pinehurst’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 596 in 1920; 309 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Pinehurst’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Pinehurst’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewFlorida [Sarasota County (part) - Washi…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Pinehurst, census by census

01002003004005006001900192019401960198020002020Peak: 596

Peaked at 596 in 1920; 309 people lived here in 2020.

13 censuses, 1900–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Pinehurst’s Wikipedia page.

The story

How Pinehurst came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Pinehurst.

Read it all →

The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Pinehurst in 1895. The community was named for the pine trees abundant in Georgia.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Pinehurst, 1889 to 1971

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1889Post officeThe Fullington post office opens
  3. 1894Post officeThe Fullington post office closes
  4. 1894Post officeThe Pinehurst post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1920CensusPopulation peaks at 596
  7. 1934Born hereBetty Shabazz is born here
  8. 1940In the archiveFlorida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingh…
  9. 1971On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Pinehurst, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s1 item
Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)]1940Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] …
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today5 recent
Pinehurst Depot2019Pinehurst DepotPinehurst City Hall2019Pinehurst City HallOld row of buildings2019Old row of buildingsMillwood Lodge 198, F & AM2019Millwood Lodge 198, F & AMGAMap-doton-Pinehurst2005GAMap-doton-Pinehurst
On the map

Pinehurst on the map in 1971

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Pinehurst.

Pinehurst on the 1971 USGS map1971Pinehurst sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Pinehurst.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Florida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)]
Retake this viewFlorida [Sarasota County (part) - Washington County] -- Georgia [Appling County - Effingham County (part)], 1940

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Pinehurst’s page.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Pinehurst’s post office has been open since 1894. Another post office, Fullington, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Fullington
1889–1894
Pinehurst
1894–today
18801950today
1cemetery inside Pinehurst
Pinehurst City

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Pinehurst’s history

What year was Pinehurst founded?

The Pinehurst post office opened in 1894, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.