West End, North Carolina
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West End is an unincorporated community
Unincorporated area
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 in Moore County
Moore County, North Carolina
Moore County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 74,769. Its county seat is Carthage.- History :The county was formed in 1784 from Cumberland County...

, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...

, United States
United States
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. The center of West End is the multiplex of two primary state highways; NC 211 and NC 73.

History

West End was once prosperous when Stanley Furniture employed hundreds in the area. By the mid 2000's it has left the area, leaving a big real estate hole in the area. Furniture jobs throughout North Carolina have been lost as West End was one of many areas.

Future

NCDOT's "Moore Choices" Transportation Charrette
Charrette
A charrette , is often Anglicized to charette and sometimes called a design charrette. It consists of an intense period of design activity.-Charrettes in general:...

plans to bypass West End to better connect the higher speed zones (>45mph) roughly between Foxfire Road and near Love Grove Church Road (near West End Elementary School).http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/moorechoices/ In many years to come, it could be the aspiration of the village of Pinehurst to incorporate the NC 211 corridor including West End, Seven Lakes and Beacon Ridge. In 2010, the village of Pinehurst incorporated Pinewild which is just a few miles east of West End. Like West End being unincorporated, Seven Lakes, McLendon Hills and Beacon Ridge also have no municipal government.
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