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Moore County, North Carolina

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
34historic places
—earliest paper
1784formed
99,727pop. 2020
16cemeteries
1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 34 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Southern Pines, Carthage, Aberdeen.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for North Carolina is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Moore titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

14 of 34 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

34 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Aberdeen Historic DistrictAberdeenDistrict1989
Alston HouseGlendonBuilding1970
Amos Broadway BuildingSouthern PinesBuilding2025
Bethesda Presbyterian ChurchAberdeenBuilding1979
Black, J.C., HouseCarthageBuilding1999
Black-Cole HouseEastwoodBuilding1978
Blue, Daniel, HouseCarthageBuilding1983
Blue, John, HouseAberdeenBuilding1982
Blue, Malcolm, FarmAberdeenBuilding1982
Boyd, James, HouseSouthern PinesBuilding1977
Bruce-Dowd-Kennedy HouseCarthageBuilding1980
Bryant, James, HouseHarris CrossroadsBuilding1982
Cameron Historic DistrictCameronDistrict1983
Carthage Historic DistrictCarthageDistrict1992
Firleigh FarmsSouthern PinesBuilding2014
Gordon Payne Site (31MR15)High FallsSite1986
Jugtown PotterySeagroveBuilding1999
Kelly, Alexander, HouseCarthageBuilding2002
Lakeview Historic DistrictLakeviewDistrict2000
Leslie-Taylor HouseVassBuilding2008
Lincoln Park SchoolPinebluffBuilding1997
Lloyd-Howe HousePinehurstBuilding1983
McLeod Family Rural ComplexPine BluffDistrict1984
Moore County CourthouseCarthageBuilding1979
Moore County Hunt Lands and Mile-Away FarmsSouthern PinesDistrict2013
Our Lady of Victory Catholic ParishSouthern PinesBuilding2025
Phillips, John Evander, HouseCameronBuilding2000
Pinehurst Historic District NHLPinehurstDistrict1973
Pinehurst Race TrackPinehurstDistrict1992
Shaw HouseSouthern PinesBuilding1993
Southern Pines Historic DistrictSouthern PinesDistrict1991
Trinity AME Zion ChurchSouthern PinesBuilding2025
Vass Cotton MillVAssBuilding2025
West Southern Pines SchoolSouthern PinesBuilding2023

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Moore was formed in 1784 (1784-07-04) from Cumberland.

MOORE created from CUMBERLAND. CUMBERLAND eliminated.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Moore County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

100k52k3,770179018001840188019101920196020002020
17901800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3,7704,7677,1287,98811,42716,82123,62221,38830,96933,12936,73350,50574,76999,727

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

16 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 16 of 16 listed
NameLatLon
Beaulah Hill Cemetery35.22487-79.50531
Cagle Cemetery35.50069-79.75225
Crane Creek Cemetery35.30185-79.2824
Deep Creek Cemetery35.15552-79.52817
Henderson Cemetery35.29031-79.31558
Jackson Springs Cemetery35.21028-79.62443
Johnson Grove Cemetery35.25275-79.26219
McDonalds Chapel Cemetery35.18173-79.54616
Mount Hope Cemetery35.16988-79.40809
New Zion Hill Cemetery35.47458-79.6028
Pine Rest Cemetery35.43569-79.57364
Providence Cemetery35.21979-79.63766
Scott Cemetery35.34709-79.53142
Shamburger Cemetery35.45347-79.72975
Silver Springs Cemetery35.09389-79.46173
Taylor Baptist Church Memorial Cemetery35.12064-79.55902

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

BattlefieldStudy acresDist.Site ID
Monroe'S Cross Roads7,08032.7 kmNC018

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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