Climax is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
on the border of
Guilford and
Randolph counties,
North Carolina
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, United States. Its
ZIP code is 27233. The center of the community is in Fentress Township in Guilford County, but development with Climax mailing addresses extends south into Providence Township in Randolph County. The community is located along
North Carolina Highway 62
North Carolina Highway 62 (NC 62) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Primarily in the Piedmont Triad, it runs from North Carolina Highway 109, NC 109 in Thomasville, North Carolina, Thomasville northeast t ...
, west of its junction with the
U.S. Highway 421 freeway.
North Carolina Highway 22 leads south from NC 62 in the east part of Climax into Randolph County. Climax is just south of the town of
Pleasant Garden.
The community is home to the Hobson Cricket Grounds, where teams from the Mid Atlantic Cricket Conference compete.
A small general aviation airport (Southeast Greensboro) is located in Climax, and the community was home to one of J.P. Morgan's quail hunting clubs known as the Climax Corporation.
History
A post office called "Climax" has been in operation since 1891. The community was named for being located at a high point along the Atlantic & Yadkin Railway, as well as being situated near the northernmost point of Randolph County.
References
External links
Atlantic & Yadkin Railway
Unincorporated communities in Guilford County, North Carolina
Unincorporated communities in North Carolina
Populated places established in 1853
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