Live in Kirkwood
A subdivision platted on a farm in the late 1920s and mostly built after the war, east of Lawndale Drive, where every resident is zoned for the same three schools and the nearest bus comes once an hour at midday.
Kirkwood here is the area the City of Greensboro's estimated neighborhood map draws east of Lawndale Drive and north of West Cornwallis Drive: 1,057 residents in 561 housing units on 225 acres at the 2020 census, with Kirkwood Park inside the line. A local history of the area says it was David Kirkpatrick's farm until the mid-1920s, that the 1928 city directory lists Kirkwood, Inc. as a new subdivision on the site, and that most of the houses date from the middle and late twentieth century because the Depression and the war held building back. The City's annexation layer puts 676 of the residents on land taken into the city in 1923, 262 on land annexed in 1946 and 119 on land annexed in 1957, and no local or National Register historic district touches the line. The same history draws Kirkwood and Browntown together from Battleground Avenue to North Elm Street, far wider than the City's 225 acres, so the name covers more ground in local use than it does here.
A 1928 subdivision that waited out the Depression
An area the City of Greensboro's own neighborhood map draws: feature 159, "Kirkwood", on the hosted "neighborhood" layer published by the account behind the City's Neighborhood Traffic Management Program maps, marked VERIFIED NO, on a map whose companion point layer calls its centers estimated and says they "should not be considered accurate". It is clipped to the City limits, which hold all of it. It is not an association's territory, a registered organization or a plat. Traced against the City's street centerlines, West Cornwallis Drive runs along the southern edge for about 1 km, and short stretches of Lawndale Drive (about 300 m) and Colonial Avenue (about 110 m) form part of the western; the rest of the line follows lot lines rather than streets. Colonial Avenue, Dellwood Drive, Lafayette Avenue, Fernwood Drive and a stretch of Lawndale Drive run through it, and Kirkwood Park is inside. The whole area is in Guilford County, Guilford County Schools, City Council District 3 and ZIP code 27408.
Kirkwood was a farm before it was a subdivision. A history of the area kept by a local real estate site says David Kirkpatrick farmed the ground until the mid-1920s, and that the 1928 city directory lists C.C. Hudson as president of Kirkwood, Inc., a new subdivision platted on it. The same account reasons that the Depression and the war slowed building, because most of the houses date from the middle and late twentieth century. On the City's annexation layer, 676 of today's residents live on land annexed in 1923, 262 on land annexed in 1946 and 119 on 1957 land.
The line on this page is the City's estimate, not a deed. The guide follows the area the City of Greensboro's own neighborhood map draws as Kirkwood, on a layer published by the account behind the City's traffic-calming maps, where this feature is marked unverified and whose companion point layer says its centers "should not be considered accurate." It is not an association's territory or a plat. Inside it the 2020 census counted 1,057 residents in 561 housing units on 225 acres, 1.88 residents a unit. The real estate history draws a larger place, Kirkwood and Browntown together, from West Cone Boulevard to North Elm Street and from West Cornwallis Drive to Battleground Avenue. The two accounts do not agree, and this guide does not say where residents think the name stops.
Nothing here is a historic district. No local district and no National Register district touches the line on the City's layers, so exterior work answers to ordinary zoning and permits, not to the Historic Preservation Commission. The area has been looked at: a 2009 report for the State Historic Preservation Office records that the City chose Kirkwood/Browntown as one of five areas to be surveyed for the first time in its 2006 to 2009 survey update. A survey is a record, not a rule. On the flood map, no resident of 2020 lived on a block in a special flood hazard area, and the point is in zone X on panels that took effect on 10 June 2026.
The tax bill is on old values for one more year. A Kirkwood house pays Guilford County 78.95 cents and the City 79.85 cents per $100 for fiscal 2027, 158.80 cents in all, with no special district on top. Both are charged on the 2022 revaluation's values, because Senate Bill 889 put the County's 2026 reappraisal off to the 2027 bills: a buyer's first bill follows the seller's assessment, and the next one moves to the new value at rates nobody has set. Stormwater and solid waste come on the City's water bill, at figures this site could read only secondhand, and no association dues were read. Zillow's typical value for ZIP 27408 was $346,268 in August 2026, up 0.8% on the year: a model of the whole ZIP, condos included, not a price for these streets.
The car does most of the work, but not all of it. Route 17 stops at Lawndale Drive and Colonial Avenue, 0.89 km from the point, and three of its stops are inside the line, but it runs hourly at midday; Route 8 on Battleground Avenue, about 1.1 km away, comes every 30 minutes. Harris Teeter on Lawndale Drive is 1.09 km away in a straight line, Moses Cone Hospital 2.5 km and City Hall 4 km. Census tract 104.03, which holds 949 of the residents, has 8.3% of its people aged three and over in college or graduate school, with wide margins: this is not a student area.
- Ask the seller for the County's reappraisal notice of February 2026: it is the value the 2027 bill will use
- Read the seller's City water bill for the stormwater and solid waste charges, which this guide could read only secondhand
- Run the exact address through Guilford County Schools' 2026-27 locator before counting on Irving Park, Mendenhall and Page
- Time Route 17 at Lawndale Drive and Colonial Avenue if a bus matters: it is hourly at midday and on weekends
How Kirkwood got here
- 1923The City annexes the land on which 676 of the area's 2020 residents live, by its HistoricalAnnexations layer. A local history says the ground is still David Kirkpatrick's farm until the mid-1920s.
- 1928The city directory lists C.C. Hudson as president of Kirkwood, Inc., a new subdivision platted on the farm.
- 1946A second annexation takes in the land under 262 of today's residents. By the same local history, most of Kirkwood's houses date from the middle and late twentieth century, after the Depression and the war held building back.
- 1949Jack R. Brown establishes the Brown Realty Company, which develops and markets the area south of Liberty Street as Browntown; whether any of Browntown falls inside the City's line was not checked.
- 1957The 1957 annexation brings in the land under the last 119 residents of the City's Kirkwood area.
- 2009A planning report prepared for the City and the State Historic Preservation Office records that the City chose Kirkwood/Browntown as one of five areas to be surveyed for the first time in its 2006 to 2009 historic architecture survey update. No historic district covers the line today.
- 2020The census counts 1,057 residents and 561 housing units in the 26 blocks inside the line, none of them on a block in a special flood hazard area.
- 2026New FEMA flood map panels take effect on 10 June. In June the City and the County raise their rates to 79.85 and 78.95 cents per $100, on 2022 values, after Senate Bill 889 puts the 2026 reappraisal off to the 2027 bills. On 9 July the City's traffic-calming map account creates the neighborhood layer that draws this guide's line.
Kirkwood Park is around the corner; the lakes and trails are at Country Park
Kirkwood Park is inside the line, 0.18 km from the point, and two more City parks, Hood Park on Sunset Drive and Nottingham Park on Nottingham Road, are about 1.1 km away toward Irving Park. The large open space is Country Park, about 3.4 km northwest off Lawndale Drive, with two stocked fishing lakes, seasonal pedal boats, trails, a dog park and a BMX course. It adjoins the Greensboro Science Center and Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, the battlefield of 15 March 1781, whose tour road is open to walkers and cyclists from dawn to dusk.
What the map does not show: what is in Kirkwood Park. The City's park pages refused this site's requests, so the parks are placed from OpenStreetMap and their equipment was not read.
Elsewhere in Greensboro, not Kirkwood
25 places, with real drive times
Road-adjusted distance and drive time from the centre of the community to each destination, nearest first. Filter by category.
Showing 1–12 of 25 places, nearest first.
Method: distances and drive times are computed from a representative point, the OpenStreetMap Kirkwood place node inside the line, using straight-line distance multiplied by a road factor and a tiered speed model: honest ranges, not routed times.
Every gym within reach
There is no gym or pool inside the line. The City's nearest recreation center is Lewis Recreation Center on Forest Lawn Drive, about 2.8 km northwest. The nearest City pool is indoors at the Smith Active Adult Center on Fairview Street, about 3.3 km east, and the downtown Kathleen Price Bryan YMCA is about 3.7 km south-southeast.
- Lewis Recreation Center, 3110 Forest Lawn Drive: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and Saturday mornings, on the City's layer
- Smith Active Adult Center, 2401 Fairview Street: the City's indoor pool nearest the line; call for hours
- Lindley Pool, 2914 Springwood Drive: the nearest outdoor City pool, about 5.2 km in a straight line
| Facility | What it is | Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Lewis Recreation Center open | The City's nearest recreation center, at 3110 Forest Lawn Drive, northwest of the line: the City's facility layer lists it open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, closed Sunday. | 6–9 min |
| Smith Active Adult Center open | 2401 Fairview Street, east of the line: the City's nearest pool, indoors. The facility layer says to call for hours, and pool hours and fees were not read. | 7–11 min |
| Kathleen Price Bryan YMCA open | The downtown YMCA at 501 West Market Street, on OpenStreetMap; its programs and fees were not read. | 8–11 min |
| Lindley Pool open | The nearest outdoor City pool, in Lindley Community Park at 2914 Springwood Drive; its season was not read. | 10–15 min |
The free option is Kirkwood Park inside the line, and the trails of Country Park and the battlefield's tour road a short drive up Lawndale Drive.
One set of zones for every resident
Guilford County Schools assigns by the attendance zone of the parent's or guardian's home. The point is zoned for Irving Park Elementary, graded C for 2024-25 after D, for Mendenhall Middle, D both years, and for Page High, B after C, and the district's 2026-27 layers put all 1,057 residents of 2020 in those same three zones. None of the three is inside the line. The nearest magnet elementary is General Greene, a science and technology school about 2 km away, by application.
| School | Board | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Irving Park Elementary School | Guilford County Schools | The point is zoned for Irving Park Elementary on the district's 2026-27 attendance layer, and so are all 1,057 residents of 2020. It is at 1310 Sunset Drive, 0.96 km from the point in a straight line, outside the line. NC DPI graded it C for 2024-25 (score 57, growth met) after D for 2023-24. |
| Mendenhall Middle School | Guilford County Schools | The middle school zone at the point and for every resident, at 205 Willoughby Boulevard, 1.17 km away. Graded D for 2024-25 (score 46, growth not met) and D for 2023-24. |
| Page High School | Guilford County Schools | Walter Hines Page High, 201 Alma Pinnix Drive, 2.29 km away, is the high school zone at the point and for every resident. Graded B for 2024-25 (score 72, growth exceeded) after C for 2023-24. |
| General Greene Elementary School | Guilford County Schools | General Greene Science and Technology Elementary, 2.03 km away, is the nearest elementary the district's site layer marks as a magnet. A seat is by application, not by address; graded B for 2024-25 after C. |
| Grades and choice | Guilford County Schools | The grades are DPI's for 2024-25 and 2023-24. DPI's Annual Testing Report of 2 September 2026 says 2025-26 grades exist, but no school-level 2025-26 file was found for this guide, so read the NC School Report Cards site before relying on these. Families have a guaranteed right to enroll in the assigned neighborhood school; choice programs take applications in the fall, most by lottery, and the 2026-27 deadline was not read. |
Run the exact address through the district's School Assignment Locator before you commit. The grades are the state's for 2024-25 and 2023-24; DPI says 2025-26 grades are out, but no school-level file was found, so check the NC School Report Cards site. Choice programs take fall applications, mostly by lottery.
Month by month, what living here looks like
Not a highlights reel: the actual annual rhythm, including the dates residents have to remember.
- Highs near 9.6 °C and lows near -1.1 °C at Piedmont Triad International, with 19.5 nights at or below freezing on the 1991 to 2020 normals
- The snowiest month, at 7.4 cm on the normal
- On the County's 2025 schedule, property tax unpaid after 5 January began to collect interest
- Highs near 11.8 °C, 15.1 freezing nights and 5.1 cm of snow on the normal
- The County mailed its 2026 reappraisal notices in February 2026; those values go on the 2027 bill, not the 2026 one
- Ask a seller for that notice: it is the value the next bill will use
- Highs of 16.3 °C, 94 mm of rain and still 8 freezing nights on the normal
- The last measurable snow of the normal year, 2.3 cm
- Every resident is zoned for Irving Park, Mendenhall and Page in 2026-27; run the exact address through the district's locator anyway
- Highs of 21.7 °C and 96 mm of rain
- The Curb Market on Yanceyville Street adds its Tuesday evening market from April to October, beside the year-round Saturday one
- Hood Park and Nottingham Park, both City parks, are about 1.5 km by road toward Irving Park
- Highs of 25.6 °C and the first day at or above 32 °C on the normal
- 89 mm of rain on 6.8 wet days
- Kirkwood Park, inside the line, is the nearest open space; Country Park's lakes are about 4.5 km northwest by road
- Highs of 29.6 °C and 6.6 days at or above 32 °C
- The City and the County adopt the next year's rates in June: 79.85 and 78.95 cents per $100 for fiscal 2027
- FEMA's flood map panels for the point took effect on 10 June 2026; no 2020 resident of the line lived on a block in a special flood hazard area
- Highs of 31.4 °C, 13.7 days at or above 32 °C and 106 mm of rain
- Route 17's outbound trip from the depot to Cottage Place takes about 20 minutes end to end on the timetable
- On the County's 2025 schedule, tax notices went out in July
- Highs of 30.3 °C and 111 mm of rain
- The fiscal year's bills are on 2022 values for the last time: the 2027 bills move to the 2026 reappraisal
- 9.1 days at or above 32 °C on the normal
- Guilford County and Greensboro take 1% off for payment before 1 September, the due date
- The wettest month, 117 mm on the normal, with highs of 26.9 °C
- The North Carolina Folk Festival ran downtown from 18 to 20 September 2026; 2027 dates were not posted
- Highs of 21.7 °C and 79 mm of rain
- N.C. A&T's homecoming runs from 25 October to 1 November 2026, with the game on 31 October at Truist Stadium
- The first freezing night of the season arrives on the normal, 0.5 of them
- Highs of 15.9 °C and 7.7 freezing nights on the normal
- 83 mm of rain
- Route 17 keeps its hourly midday service at Lawndale Drive and Colonial Avenue; the weekend timetable is hourly all day
- Highs of 11.1 °C, 16.6 freezing nights and 3.0 cm of snow on the normal
- Downtown's Festival of Lights opens the season on an early December Friday at Center City Park and LeBauer Park; the 2026 date was not posted
- The Curb Market keeps its Saturday morning market through the winter
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