High Point, city (2020 pop. 114,059),
Davidson, Guilford, and Randolph counties, N N.C., in a heavily forested
Piedmont region; settled before 1750, inc. 1859. It is a trade and
commercial center for an agricultural area. Formerly noted for the
production of furniture and hosiery, the city has an important semiannual
furniture exposition and is a center for discounted furniture sales. Of
interest is the restored home of a blacksmith (1786). High Point Univ. is in
the city, as is the International Home Furnishings Center, the Furniture
Discovery Center, and a museum on furniture manufacture.
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