West End is an

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in Moore County,

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, United States. The community is located at the multiplex of two primary state highways, North Carolina Highway 211 (NC 211) and

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(NC 73). It is named for when it was the western terminus of a railroad from

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, from about 1890–1898.

History

In the late 1880s,

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distillery operator Daniel McDonald of Moore County petitioned local railroad owner Allison Page to extend rail lines to his property to allow him to ship his products. Page agreed and extended the Aberdeen & Star Railroad northwest from

to McDonald's land. The western terminal of this line was dubbed West End, and a community arose around it with the same name. All buildings in the community but the train station and a drug store were destroyed by fire in 1898. In the aftermath of the fire, the community was rebuilt on an agricultural economy, with particular emphasis on the cultivation of peaches. In 1927, peach grower J.B. Von Cannon established a factory which eventually became the Sandhills Furniture Corporation. The facility was purchased by Stanley Furniture in 1965. In early 2002, Stanley Furniture closed its West End plant, eliminating a work force of 400 jobs. In 2019, the facility was razed to make way for the widening of NC 211 into a four-lane divided

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Unincorporated communities in Moore County, North Carolina Unincorporated communities in North Carolina Populated places established in 1890 {{MooreCountyNC-geo-stub

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