Population:  11,830

Form of Government: Council/Manager

Mayor:  George Lane

Village Manager:  Andrew Wilkison

Phone:  (910) 295-1900

Address:  395 Magnolia Rd., 28374

Web site:  villageofpinehurst.org

Incorporation:  1980

Dreaming of developing a health resort for Northerners, Boston philanthropist James Walker Tufts bought 5,000 acres of pine ­barrens near Aberdeen in 1895. 

Frederick Law Olmsted designed a village for him, and 226,000 trees and shrubs were planted.

By the early 1900s, the estate ­covered 10 square miles, with four hotels, 50 cottages, two excellent golf courses and a 35,000-acre shooting preserve. Trolleys transported guests to and from the Southern Pines train station along Midland Road.

Scotsman Donald Ross designed more courses, including the famed No. 2.