Do you work where I live?
Areas served around High Point
Most likely, if you are in High Point or one of the towns that border it. Cleanup companies reached through this number work across most of High Point and in Jamestown, Thomasville, Kernersville, Oak Ridge and Summerfield. The one gap we know of is the part of the city on the Archdale side, so if that is you, ask when you call.
Phone picked up day and night, every day of the week
Towns
Beyond the city limits
Each page says which police agency and which medical examiner center you will be dealing with there.
JamestownGuilford County. The Sheriff's Office keeps a district office in town.
ThomasvilleDavidson County, so a different medical examiner center than High Point.
KernersvilleForsyth County, with its own police department on East Mountain Street.
Oak Ridge and SummerfieldNorthwest Guilford County, patrolled by the Sheriff's District 1.
County lines
Why the county matters
High Point sits mostly in Guilford County, and its city limits also reach into Davidson, Forsyth and Randolph counties. After a death, the county decides which state autopsy center is involved.
- Guilford and Randolph
- The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, 4312 District Drive, Raleigh, (919) 743-9000. This covers most High Point addresses, Jamestown, Oak Ridge and Summerfield.
- Davidson and Forsyth
- Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, (336) 716-2634. This covers Thomasville and Kernersville.
- Not sure which
- The officer at the scene will know. The list comes from the state's guide for families.
Check your ZIP code
ZIP codes where a company is normally available
- High Point
- 27260, 27262, 27265, 27268
- Jamestown
- 27282
- Kernersville
- 27284
- Thomasville
- 27360
- Oak Ridge
- 27310
- Summerfield
- 27358
- North High Point
- 27235, 27409, 27410. Some streets at the north end of the city have a Colfax or Greensboro ZIP code.
A ZIP code on this list is not a promise. A company may not reach every street in it on every day, and the list can change. The call settles it in a minute or two.
Parts of High Point also use the Jamestown and Kernersville ZIP codes. Addresses with a 27263 ZIP code, on the Archdale side, are the gap mentioned above.
Just outside these towns
If you are in Archdale, Trinity, Wallburg, Colfax, Stokesdale or on the west side of Greensboro, call and ask. Cleanup companies often travel further than a list suggests, and if nobody is available for your address you will be told so straight away.
High Point and the Triad towns nearby
Nobody in the family should have to clean that room
Give them the address and one sentence about what took place. They will want to know if the officers and the medical examiner are done there, and then they will describe their approach.
When you are ready, call.
Whoever picks up is with a separately owned local firm that does biohazard and trauma cleaning around High Point. Listen to their plan and their price. Whether you hire them is up to you.
Call (743) 256-4780Phone picked up day and night, every day of the week
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