Efland

Operated from circa 1823 to 1941. Due to its poor condition, a new County Home was almost built east of Hillsboro in 1925. The County sold the ~183 acre property in May 1943 to S.C. Forrest, Sr. The 1955 USDA aerial photo shows the buildings, including the barracks; the 1975 USDA aerial photo shows several of the buildings as partial ruins. The...

The Efland Knitting Company was established in 1940 by John Efland, Jr. and Wilson Efland, in the former Efland Hosiery Mill building. The current structure was built circa 1945, it produced seamless and "full fashioned" hosiery. In 1964, the Efland brothers opened the Efland Tractor & Equipment Company in the front section of the building. The...

Stephen Taylor Forrest established the Forrest General Store in 1895. His sons Carl and Ernest Forrest took over the business just prior to their father's death in December 1910. They renamed the business Forrest & Forrest. Carl later became the sole proprietor. From 1904 to circa 1924 the store housed the Efland Post Office, with Daniel E. Forrest...

The first train to stop in Efland was in 1890. A passenger and freight station was built in the 1890s. Downtown Efland, view west, circa 1925, with rail station at left (image courtesy of Joe Dunn and The Upper Eno Heritage Group) View west, circa 1943 (image courtesy of Joe Dunn and The Upper Eno Heritage Group) View west, circa 1943 (image...

Efland Hosiery Mill was incorporated in 1913. John F. Efland started/owned the mill. The mill in the background (image courtesy of Joe Dunn and The Upper Eno Heritage Group)

The Efland School was built in 1924-1925, on two acres of land west of the town of Efland. The total cost of the school was $4,810.00, with the local black community raising $200.00, the general public raising $3,710.00, and the Rosenwald fund providing $900.00 towards its construction. It was a three-teacher type building plan, and its application...

The High Rock Elementary School was a one-room school building built circa 1925 [1]. It served African American students of the Efland District. In 1936, 22 students were in attendance [2]. The school was consolidated with Efland-Cheeks Elementary School when it opened in 1951. The property and building was reverted to its previous owner [3]....

Aubrey D. Graham operated a service station on the property in the 1930s and 1940s, having purchased it from H. F. Fogleman in September 1938 [1]. He sold the property to his son, James A. Graham, in February 1948 [2]. View south east, December 2022 (via Google Streetview) ENDNOTES [1] Orange County deed book 108, page 302.001. Earlier sales of...