High Point is a city located in the Piedmont Triad region in the state of North Carolina. Most of the city is located in Guilford County, with its parts flowing into neighboring states, Randolph, Davidson, and Forsyth. High Point is the only city in North Carolina that extends into four regions. In the 2010 census the city has a population of 104,371, with an estimated population of 108,629 by 2014. The High Point is currently the ninth largest municipality in North Carolina, and the 259th largest city in America.
High Point is known for its furniture, textiles, and bus manufacturing. The city is sometimes referred to as "Home Furnishings Capital of the World". The city's official slogan is "North Carolina's International City" because of the semi-annual High Point Furniture Market that attracts 100,000 exhibitors and buyers from around the world.
It is home to three universities: High Point University, a Methodist-affiliated private institution established in 1924; Southern University; and John Wesley University, a private interdenominational Christian university.
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History
Among the first Europeans to settle in Guilford County were British Quakers and German immigrants. High Point is located at the highest point of the 1856 North Carolina Railroad between Charlotte and Goldsboro where it cut 1852 Great Western Plank Road. Its central location and transportation allow the delivery of raw materials such as cotton and wood and processed goods inside and outside the city and contribute to initial growth. Corrected before 1750, High Point was founded in 1859. Before becoming a major manufacturing center, the most important industries were tobacco, woodworking and textiles. The first of many High Point furniture manufacturers opened in 1889.
Founded in 1924, High Point University is a liberal arts institution with approximately 4,400 undergraduate and postgraduate students from 51 countries and 46 states. It's rated by US. News and Report of the World 2013 edition of "Best Colleges of America" ​​ranked 1st among the comprehensive universities in the South and ranked in the top 100 nationally. The University offers 44 undergraduate majors, 10 graduate degree programs and one doctoral program. It is accredited by the College Commission of the Southern High School and School Association, and is a member of the NCAA I and Big South Conference Divisions.
The John H. Adams House, High Point Central High School, Deep River Friends Meeting House and Cemetery, Enterprise Building, First Baptist Church, Dr. CS Grayson House, Guilford County Office and Courthouse, John Haley House, Hardee Apartments, Highland Cotton Mills Village Historic District, Rock Rock Allen Jay Gymnasium, Kilby Hotel, O. Arthur Kirkman House and Outbuildings, Model Farm, Eli Moore House, Oakwood Historic District, William Penn High School, Sherrod Park, JC Siceloff House, Protestant Church Spring Hill Methodist Cemetery, Spurgeon House, AE Taplin Apartment Building, Tomlinson Chair Complex Manufacturing Company, Historic District Suburbs Historic District, Washington Street Historic District, Historic District High Street West, and Lucy and J. Vassie Wilson House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Geography
High Point is the only city in North Carolina that exists in four areas: Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford and Randolph. It also stands in two large basins: Yadkin-Pee Dee to the west and Tanjung Takut to the east. The city's section rises above 1,000 feet (300 m), making it among the highest cities in Piedmont North Carolina.
High point is located on 35Ã, Â ° 58? 14? N 79Ã, Â ° 59? 51? W . It borders the city of Greensboro to the north, Jamestown to the northeast, and Archdale to the southeast. The city limits of Trinity and Thomasville come within half a mile of the city limits of High Point to the south and southwest, respectively.
According to the US Census Bureau, the city has an area of ​​55.4 square miles (143.6 km 2 ), where 53.8 square miles (139.3 km 2 ) is ground and 1.7 square miles (4.3 km 2 ), or 2.96%, is water.
Climate
Summer is hot and humid, and dew points will often rise to near or even above 70Ã, Â ° F (21Ã, Â ° C) in late June to most of August. The nights usually stay warm above 70 degrees. Most hottest summer days will record a maximum between 96 â € <â € Rainfall patterns are generally spread evenly throughout the year, with between seven and eleven days of wet per month. The city averages about 43 inches (1,100 mm) of rain per year. Snowfall varies from year to year, with almost all years less than 5 inches (13 cm). However, there are several years that exceed 20 inches (51 cm), and this brings the overall average to more than 8 inches (20 cm) per year. In the winter of 1959/60 the city has more than 30 inches (76 cm) of snowfall, which stood as the most dating back to the early snow recordings in 1928. In addition to snowfall, several years the city could be affected by significant ice storms. The cold air flowing on the eastern side of the mountains can lock this part of the country into the cold air while the warmer moist air movement moves higher. This proximity to the mountain creates what is known as the Appalachian Wedge and can produce a crippling ice storm. High Point is one of several communities affected by the tornado outbreak of 2010. Twister achieved the strongest EF3 classification as it traversed the northern outskirts of the city. In 1989, High Point suffered minor wind damage from Hurricane Hugo as it drove through the Piedmont area west of North Carolina after landing 5 hours in Charleston, South Carolina.
Demographics
In the 2000 census, there were 85,839 people, 33,519 households, and 22,523 families living in the city. Population density is 1,750.1 persons per square mile (675.7/km ²). There are 35,952 units of homes with an average density of 733.0 per square mile (283.0/km²). City racial makeup is 54.56% White, 34.77% African American, 0.46% Native American, 4.45% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Island, 2.27% of other races, and 1.57 % of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 6.89% of the population. 12.7% are American, 8.7% UK, 8.3% German and 5.9% of Irish descent.
There were 33,519 households in which 32.9% had children under 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 16.3% had non-husbands female households, and 32.8% were not family. 27.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 9.5% have someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the city, the population is spread by 26.0% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% years or more. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 women, there are 91.5 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 87.6 men.
The average income for households in the city is $ 40,137, and the average income for families is $ 48,057. Men have an average income of $ 33,411 versus $ 25,293 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 21,303. About 10.5% of families and 13.2% of the population are below the poverty line, including 18.6% of those under 18 and 11.4% of those aged 65 and older.
At the 2010 census, there were 104,371 people, and 40,988 households living in the city. Population density is 1,939.9 people per square mile. There are 46,677 housing units in the city. City racial makeup is 53.6% white (50.4% whites Non-Hispanic), 33.0% Black or African American, 0.6% Native Americans, 6.1% Asia, 0.0% Pacific Island , and 2.3% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin from any race is 8.5% of the population.
Economy
Diversification
Once synonymous with furniture, hosiery, and Hatteras Yachts, High Point has diversified its economy as a distribution and logistics center, customer service, banking, manufacturing, photography, and pharmaceuticals. High Point Market remains a center for High Point's economy and the city's most famous industry. Its biennial trade show is the world's largest furniture and furniture industry event. It is held in April and October every year. Approximately 12,000,000 square feet (1,100,000 m 2 ) showrooms were used by 2,300 exhibitors, in 188 separate buildings. More than 100 countries are represented through vendors and visitors.
Evolution of the furniture industry
High Point is the starting center for the development of the furniture industry in the South. Functional furniture has been produced on a small scale since the 17th century by an English ancestor craftsman who has settled in North Carolina. As the agricultural landscape of the South began to change with the end of the Civil War and slavery, cheap labor became available during the Reconstruction Era. The North Carolina furniture industry gained momentum in the late 19th century, and developers were attracted to High Point because of its location, transportation, and cheap labor. It is located in the center of the Piedmont region with access to vast hardwood forests in central and western parts of the state. High Point, located at a major railroad crossroads and state road, is the ideal central delivery point for the southern market. The agricultural depression of 1890 pushed rural agricultural workers to developing cities like High Point looking for industrial work.
The factories are needed to produce affordable wooden household furniture for the south market. The first furniture company, High Point Furniture Manufacturing Company, was formed in 1889. Subsequently, from 1890-1900, 38 new furniture manufacturers opened in the state, with 13 from factories in High Point. The Southern Railway was formed in 1894, and High Point had delivered eight fully loaded freight cars daily in 1898. By the turn of the century, High Point had become a leading furniture center in the South, with more than 40 furniture companies located within cities and surrounding areas. Meanwhile, other manufacturers set up local factories to provide related products such as veneers, glass plates, mirrors, paints, and keys for furniture companies.
The huge profits in the North Carolina furniture industry are diminishing as the number of factories grows. In addition to increasing competition for market share, in 1910 salaries for competent experienced workers and increased shipping costs further cut profit. Bankruptcy is caused by inexperienced managers who try to sell the product below the cost of production and the company is trying to expand it too quickly. An innovative High Point company, Tomlinson Chair Co., designed an incentive to provide an opportunity for his workforce to receive a share of the profits. This company is one of the first companies to produce the reproduction of dining room and large-scale living room furniture; an employee who exceeds the monthly quota receives a percentage bonus. All workers receive a life insurance policy as well.
Marketing became essential to the phenomenal revival of the furniture industry in North Carolina in the 20th century. Shop owners should visit the factory to select their order due to the large size and weight of the furniture. The situation is improving at the turn of the century with the mass marketing and sale of North Carolina furniture from Sears Roebuck and Co. catalog. At the same time, competitors in big cities like New York and Chicago hold national exhibitions twice a year to showcase manufactured products and take orders from furniture dealers and buyers. Recognizing the need for a more convenient southern location, High Point furniture manufacturers began planning expositions to showcase and sell their products to the public. The first North Carolina furniture exposition was held at High Point in 1905. In 1921, the new Southern Furnitures Building Building was built with ten floors and 249,000 square feet (23,100 m 2 ) at a cost of $ 2 million. The event known as the High Point Furniture Market was attended by 700 buyers and generated $ 2.25 million in sales. High Point has defeated Chicago as the most important semi-annual furniture exhibition spot in the country. Gradually the High Point Furniture Market, held in April and October, has evolved into an international furniture trade fair renowned for all home furnishings. High Point continues to be a prime location in the United States to buy branded furniture at great discounts.
The furniture industry and textile manufacturing development set the pace for two booming 20th century growth in High Point. During the 1920s, the population grew from 14,302 to 36,745 because $ 20 million of building permits were issued and $ 26 million was spent on urban repairs. The Great Depression does not seem to affect the southern furniture market that produces trendy and affordable furniture, as well as those in the North that produce traditional and luxury products. Rebounding by 1935, North Carolina came second after New York in US furniture production. Meanwhile, High Point Market continues to set furniture trend and become national economic indicator; $ 5 billion in sales in 1947 after World War II predicted a postwar explosion. The growth of the furniture market of the 1950s reflects that the second population explosion of High Point from 39,973 in 1950 to 62,063 in 1960. In 1959, North Carolina had become the country that employs the most people in the furniture industry, beating New York. In 1961, The State magazine stated that "High Point, in Guilford County, is the world's leading wood furniture manufacturing center, also the location of one of the country's major furniture markets." Four international furniture exhibitions were organized by High Point at the time, including High Point Market (still known as the Southern Furniture Exhibition), which the State has reportedly attracted a crowd of five to six thousand buyers.. Throughout the late 20th century, North Carolina continued to lead the nation in the production of wooden and plated wooden furniture. Furniture is a bit stylish and cheap, to meet the needs of all income levels, but it loses its regional characteristics. Some local craftsmen still maintain unique and high quality wood products. High Point was known as "The Capital of World Furniture" in the 1980s during the golden age of North Carolina furniture manufacturing.
Globalization of the 1990s opened free trade and competition from foreign furniture manufacturers. US companies, unable to compete, start outsourcing to Latin America and Asia. China became a leading producer by producing furniture of the same quality at lower prices. The majority of furniture companies in North Carolina have been closing since the 1990s. Furniture makers who have maintained a high quality product made of solid wood continue to retain a unique niche and are sold in the United States and Asia.
The High Point Museum displays an exhibition, "High Point's Furniture Heritage", which examines the historical relationship between the furniture industry and the High Point people. The effects of the furniture industry on the growth and prosperity of the High Point are outlined. The museum's website is linked to a list of documented furniture companies to operate in High Point and surrounding areas since the late 1880s. The Bienenstock Furniture Library located in downtown High Point is the world's largest specialty library of furniture and contains over 4,000 furniture and special design volumes.
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High Point Market has been noted as an important part of the larger furniture clusters in the region, which has been discussed by sociologist Richard Florida and originally by economist Michael Porter. The market and its impact on the city are also the focus of a broad case study by urban sociologist John Joe Schlichtman. In this study, the ability of High Point to capture the global merchandising furniture market is said to signal a new era in what is possible for small towns. Along these lines Schlichtman refers to the High Point as "Niche City", which is "a city that forges global centrality by creating economic specialization in a specific segment of the global service economy." In 2005, High Point adopted "North Carolina's International City" as its official slogan, emphasizing the role of international business and especially High Point Market (formerly known as the International Furniture Market), the largest furniture industry exhibition in the world.
Since 2005, the High Point Market has received increasing competition from the massive World Market Center project in Las Vegas, which, if fully developed in accordance with its multi-stage plan, is scheduled to surpass the extensive High Point Market. In February 2011, speculation grew that Las Vegas World Market Center was interested in purchasing a controlling stake in the High Point Market. If this speculation is true, the interests of the World Market Center will control 64% of the square area in downtown High Point.
Top entrepreneurs
According to the 2010 Annual Highpoint Comprehensive Financial Report, the top companies in the city are:
Transportation
Amtrak's Crescent Carolinian and Piedmont train connecting High Point with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham, and New Orleans. The recently refurbished Historical High Point Amtrak Station is located at 100 West High Street.
Interstate 85 runs through South High Point, southeast of the original interstate highway, now called Business 85. The new Interstate 74 runs north and east of the city. This section is referred to locally as the East Belt expressway project, and is completed to the southeast of I-73/US 220 near Randleman in 2013. To the northwest it extends to Interstate 40 in Winston-Salem. This is signed in conjunction with the U.S. Highway 311 for most routes.
The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transport (PART) operates at the High Point. This is a service that transports people between most towns in the Piedmont region northwest of North Carolina. The main service for public transport at High Point is Hi tran, local bus service.
Highways passing High Point include:
- Interstate 40
- Interstate 74
- Interstate 85
- Interstate 85 Business
- Route 29 AS
- US Route 70
- Route 311 AS
- North Carolina Highway 62
- North Carolina Highway 66
- North Carolina Highway 68
- North Carolina Highway 610
Education
Private school for children was established in and around High Point in the early nineteenth century by Quaker. The Annual Meeting of the New York Society of Friends, the Quaker network of the state, began a school in Asheboro in the 1880s for African American students. The school was moved to High Point in 1891 in the eastern mainland city on Washington Street. The institution was called the High School of Normal and Industry (later William Penn High School), and managed by Quaker until 1897. That year, black educator Alfred J. Griffin accepted the principal's position and led the establishment into a long period of growth.
The High Point public school system was established in 1897 with the approval of a $ 10,000 bond, partly to finance the purchase of the J. Elwood Cox family home on South Main Street for use as the first school building. Twelve school commissioners are appointed to manage the 350-member five-class system. The growth of city institutions reflects the improvement of basic education facilities. The school construction campaign coupled with additional grades and grade enhancements resulted in four additional schools for white students: Elm Street School (1905), Park Street School (1910), Fairview School (1910), and Grimes Street School (1911). Many other schools were born in the 1920s during a period of rapid growth.
The building peaked in 1927 with the opening of High Point High School. Among the many high school-style colleges in the state, a little beyond High School High 1927 High Point. The campus joins the talents of two designers, Greensboro architect Harry Barton and Charlotte landscape architect, Earl S. Draper. The building was matched in 1931 with the addition of the Ferndale Secondary School just to the east, designed to include details of the secondary school thus maintaining the campus theme. Both share athletic facilities on a large plot between downtown and Emerywood. In 1962, the name High Point High School was modified into High Point Central High School when an additional secondary school, T. Wingate Andrews High School, was founded in the 1960s.
Some private and independent schools are found at High Point, including High Point Christian Academy (Baptist), High Point Friends School (Quaker), Immaculate Heart of Mary (Catholic), Wesleyan Christian Academy (Wesleyan), and Westchester Country Day School (non-sectarian) ), and Phoenix Academy, the charter school.
In 1921, the Chamber of Commerce made the establishment of a college at High Point a top priority and started a High Point College campaign. The campaign called for funds to draw the attention of Protestant Methodist North Carolina, who had wanted for decades to set up a college.
High Point managed to attract colleges to rivals Greensboro and Burlington with 60 acres (24 ha) and $ 100,000 in promises from leading citizens. High Point College opened in 1924 (changed to High Point University in 1991) with three buildings at various stages of development. Many of the many civil organizations established in 1920 pledged funds, including Rotary, Kiwanis, Civitan, and American Business Club. The architectural design of the High Point College campus is in keeping with the traditional and historical architectural initiatives found at many state and private colleges and universities in the 1920s. The administration building (Roberts Hall), male and female dorms (McCulloch Hall and Women's Hall, respectively), and a central heating plant were all erected between 1922 and 1924 according to the design by Washington, DC architect RE Mitchell with the help of the architect of High Point Herbert Hunter. Today, High Point University is a four-year, coeducational liberal arts university, associated with United Methodist Church. Offers 50 majors in traditional day format. It also offers non-traditional night programs, and the postgraduate course offers 10 master's and one doctoral degree.
High Point is also home to Laurel University, as well as one of Shaw University's College of Adult and Professional Education programs. Guilford Technical Community College maintains the High Point campus.
Providence Bible College & amp; The seminary (Baptist) operates at High Point, offering degrees from the Biblical Diploma to Doctoral Degree.
Media
Newspapers
The High Point Enterprise, founded in 1885, is the only daily newspaper published in High Point. HP Magazine is a colorful lifestyle magazine that offers stories about food, history, events, the furniture industry, and more. The monthly magazine is the largest locally owned publication in town. Greensboro's News & amp; Record available in High Point. Triad City Beat , Yes! Weekly and Rhino Times is a free weekly paper covering High Point.
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