Fisher Park, Dunleath and College Hill, the three local historic districts, with Westerwood and Lake Daniel
Downtown and the old city around it, inside the GSO2040 plan's Downtown and Urban Central character areas: Fisher Park and Dunleath north of downtown, Westerwood and Lake Daniel toward UNCG, and College Hill beside it.
Photograph: The Guilford County Courthouse · downtown, about 2.1 km southeast, not Lake Daniel: no photograph of the neighborhood is in this guide's library · Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States · CC0 · sourceThis area is our grouping on a City line: the Downtown and Urban Central character areas of the City's GSO2040 plan, trimmed to the part north of Gate City Boulevard, east of Josephine Boyd Street and west of US 29, 16,034 residents and 8,836 housing units in 2020, the smallest of the five. Every guide here is one area of the City's own neighborhood map, which the City describes as estimated and which marks none of these areas verified, so its line is the City's sketch rather than a surveyed or adopted boundary. All three of the City's local historic districts are here, and each takes in most of its guide: 967 of Fisher Park's 1,244 residents, 693 of Dunleath's 727 and 1,620 of College Hill's 2,581; on the County's rate table the Dunleath district adds 5 cents per $100 to the tax bill and College Hill 1 cent, and Fisher Park nothing. Westerwood, 1,129 residents, and Lake Daniel, 585, lie toward UNCG, and they hold 48 of the 60 guide residents anywhere in the city in a special flood hazard area by block. The campuses are not in this area: College Hill takes in part of Greensboro College and 108 residents on UNCG's land, but UNCG's main campus falls in West and Northwest. 5 guides are listed below.
5 communities, guide by guide
College Hill
The City's College Hill area south of West Market Street beside UNCG, with part of the Greensboro College campus inside, around Spring Garden Street, Walker Avenue and South Mendenhall and Tate Streets, 146 acres and 2,581 residents in 2020, 1,620 of them inside the City's College Hill local historic district.
- 2,581
- Residents of the 31 census blocks inside the City's College Hill neighborhood area, in 990 housing units on 146 acres, 2.61 residents per unit, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
- 1,620
- Residents inside the City's College Hill local historic district, where exterior work needs a certificate of appropriateness; 945 are in the 1993 National Register district, City of Greensboro GIS, 2026
Dunleath
The City's Dunleath area northeast of downtown, south of East Bessemer Avenue along Summit Avenue and Yanceyville Street, 129 acres and 727 residents in 2020, 693 of them inside the City's Dunleath local historic district, with Sternberger Park inside.
- 727
- Residents of the 16 census blocks inside the City's Dunleath / Summit Ave neighborhood area, clipped to the City limits, in 525 housing units on 129 acres, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
- 693
- Of those residents inside the City's Dunleath local historic district, where exterior changes need a certificate of appropriateness, City of Greensboro GIS, read 2026
Fisher Park
The City's Fisher Park area north of downtown, between West Smith Street and Wendover Avenue and west of North Church Street, with North Elm Street, North Eugene Street and Fisher Park Circle through it: 197 acres and 1,244 residents in 2020, 967 of them inside the City's Fisher Park local historic district, with the park itself inside.
- 1,244
- Residents of the 40 census blocks inside the City's Fisher Park neighborhood area, clipped to the City limits, in 751 housing units on 197 acres, U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census
- 967
- Of those residents inside the City's Fisher Park local historic district, where exterior changes need a certificate of appropriateness, City of Greensboro GIS, read 2026
Lake Daniel
The City's Lake Daniel area between Benjamin Parkway and North Josephine Boyd Street around Seminole Drive, 85 acres and 585 residents in 2020, beside Lake Daniel Park and Grimsley High School, 1 km north of UNCG.
- 585
- Residents on the 12 census blocks inside the City's Lake Daniel line, in 380 housing units, Census Bureau, 2020 census
- 1926
- Year Garland Daniel platted Lake Daniel, NC State Historic Preservation Office survey report, 2009
Westerwood
The City's Westerwood area north of West Friendly Avenue between North Josephine Boyd Street and West Smith Street, around Fairmont and North Mendenhall Streets, 152 acres and 1,129 residents in 2020, about 0.7 km from both UNCG and Greensboro College.
- 1,129
- Residents on the 34 census blocks inside the City's Westerwood line, in 643 housing units, Census Bureau, 2020 census
- 152 acres
- Area of the City of Greensboro's estimated Westerwood polygon, marked VERIFIED NO on its neighborhood layer, 2026
Photographs: Main Building at Greensboro College by NCNJ Collegian, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · LeBauer Park by Indy beetle, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons · A house on Fisher Park Circle by Warren LeMay from Cullowhee, NC, United States, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.