Sedgefield, North Carolina
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Sedgefield is a populated place within the city of
Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro (; ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 307,381 in 2024. It is the List of municipalitie ...
in
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,
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, United States.


History

New York executive John Cobb bought 3660 acres for a
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preserve he called Sedgefield for
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broom found there. After he died in 1923, Southern Real Estate Co. bought the land and planned a community there. A.W. McAlister, a major investor in the company, built a
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for his insurance company Pilot Life. In 2022, the headquarters was listed on the
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. Southern Real Estate built the first 18-hole
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and Tudor style inn at Sedgefield Country Club in 1929, intending it to be like
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. Valley Brook course was designed by Donald Ross, also a designer of Pinehurst. The
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interfered with further plans, however, and a second Ross-designed course and business district never happened. Still, the community became a town, though not an incorporated one, with its own sewage service, water system, and sheriff's deputies acting as its police force. Even the approach of Greensboro and High Point, with the threat of
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by those cities, did not result in incorporation. Sedgefield was the first home to the
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golf tournament when it started in 1938, alternating with Starmount Country Club until 1961, and hosting every year until 1976. The tournament returned to Sedgefield in 2008 with the name Wyndham Championship. The inn became the golf course clubhouse in 1992, but only the
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and
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exterior remained, with the interior given an "old" look.


Geography

Sedgefield is located at latitude 36.015 and longitude -79.897. The elevation is 873 feet.


Demographics


Transportation

Major roads include Groometown Road which connects to
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. High Point Road, later renamed Gate City Boulevard, is a route that drivers can take from
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and from the
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to downtown Sedgefield. The route was originally the only way to get from the Mall and Coliseum to get to Jamestown through downtown Sedgefield. However, a bypass with an expressway grade was built in 2016, with the name High Point Road still used on the old route.


References


External links

Geography of Greensboro, North Carolina {{GuilfordCountyNC-geo-stub