Tree Service in Reidsville, NC
Danville Tree Care & Removal serves Reidsville and Rockingham County — about 24 miles and 33 minutes south on US 29, the corridor signed as Future I-785. Removal, stump grinding, and storm damage cleanup. Free estimates. Call (434) 216-5589.
Reidsville and Danville have been connected since before either was a town
Reidsville started as Wright’s Cross Roads, where William Wright kept a tavern and store in the early 1800s on the road connecting Danville, Virginia and Salem. The town was incorporated in 1873 and named for Governor David Settle Reid.
We mention it because the connection is still the practical reality — US 29 runs Reidsville to Ruffin to Caswell County to Danville, and a Danville-based crew is closer to a lot of Reidsville than a Greensboro crew is.
The May 2022 tornado, and why we're careful about hangers here
On May 6, 2022, an EF-1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 110 mph tracked 7.9 miles at up to 300 yards wide from Wentworth into Reidsville, ending just north of the US 29 Business and Crutchfield Road intersection. It ran from 7:44 to 7:57 p.m.
The National Weather Service survey language is worth quoting exactly, because it describes the failure mode that defines tree work in this town:
Of 25 homes surveyed, 3 were destroyed and 18 damaged. The tornado ran along Roberson Lane, Sunset View Road, County Home Road, and Wentworth Street.
A separate EF-1 came through eastern Rockingham County on April 15, 2018. And the December 2002 ice storm — up to an inch of ice, more than a million Duke Energy customers out across the Carolinas — is still the benchmark event for loaded limbs in this part of the Piedmont.
Reidsville will not take away a tree
This is the most practically useful thing on this page. The City’s published curbside limits:
- “Limbs, up to six (6) inches in diameter, shall be cut no more than six-foot lengths, and placed at the curb.”
- “Limbs and bundles shall not weigh more than fifty (50) pounds.”
- Loose grass and leaves go in a closed container.
- Large-trash pickup is capped at 5 cubic yards per week, with additional loads billed at $40.00 per hour.
A single mature oak blows through every one of those limits — the diameter, the length, the bundle weight, and the volume cap — in the first twenty minutes. Tree debris in Reidsville is a haul-off line item, and if it isn’t on your estimate, ask why. Public Works: (336) 349-1070.
Old Street Canopy
Reidsville has a mature street canopy over sidewalks and nineteenth-century houses — high-value trees where the removal has to happen without touching anything around it.
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If you're in a local historic district, call before you cut
Reidsville has two local historic districts — Old Post Road and Governor Reid — and they are not the same thing as the National Register district downtown.
The distinction is important and most people get it backwards: National Register listing alone imposes no restriction on removing a tree from private property. The two local districts do carry review. The City’s published list of work requiring a Certificate of Appropriateness includes, verbatim, “Landscaping projects.”
Note that “tree removal” is not named explicitly in that list. So the honest answer is: if you live in Old Post Road or Governor Reid and you’re taking down a significant tree, call Community Development at 336-349-1065 first and ask. We do, and we’d rather lose a day than get a customer a violation.
Duke Energy Carolinas — and no, the city doesn't run the power
Reidsville is Duke Energy Carolinas territory. It does not operate a municipal electric system — it isn’t on the American Public Power Association’s North Carolina list. The City runs water, sewer, and solid waste.
Worth flagging if you also have property up in Caswell County: Yanceyville is Duke Energy Progress, Reidsville is Duke Energy Carolinas. Different subsidiaries, different outage systems, different line-clearance contractors.
Lake Reidsville — 750 acres off Water Works Road, with 46 wooded campsites, trails, and a disc golf course — is the city’s drinking water supply, which is why swimming is banned there.
Two tree markets in one town
Reidsville’s median home was built around 1965, but its National Register district holds 324 contributing buildings from roughly 1865 to 1941.
That’s two entirely different jobs. The historic core has a genuine old street canopy — large, high-value trees over sidewalks and 19th-century houses, where removals have to be done in tight quarters without touching the neighbours. The mid-century ring has subdivision trees planted in the 1960s, now sixty years old and arriving at failure age all at once.
One last piece of local color we like: Chinqua-Penn Plantation takes its name from the chinquapin — a species of American chestnut that was once plentiful around here, and mostly isn’t anymore.
Whose tree is it, and who pays when one comes down? That has a specific Virginia answer and it is not the one most people expect. See tree law in Danville.
Not sure how bad it is? We will come look and tell you straight. The estimate is free.
What we do in Reidsville
Most Reidsville jobs are tree removal on the big shade trees, with the stump ground out once the tree is down. We also run storm damage work here when weather comes through.
Nearby: Yanceyville is west across Caswell County, and Danville is 33 minutes up US 29.
Reidsville Tree Service FAQs
Will the City of Reidsville pick up my tree debris?
Within strict limits that a real tree job blows past immediately. The City’s published rules: limbs up to 6 inches in diameter, cut to no more than 6-foot lengths, bundles under 50 pounds, and large-trash pickup capped at 5 cubic yards per week with additional loads billed at $40.00 per hour. Plan on haul-off as a line item. Public Works: (336) 349-1070.
Do I need approval to remove a tree in a Reidsville historic district?
It depends which district. National Register listing alone imposes no restriction on private tree removal. But Reidsville also has two local historic districts — Old Post Road and Governor Reid — where a Certificate of Appropriateness is required for work including “landscaping projects.” Tree removal isn’t named explicitly in that list, so call Community Development at 336-349-1065 and ask before you cut. We do.
Who is the electric utility in Reidsville?
Duke Energy Carolinas. Reidsville does not operate a municipal electric system — the City runs water, sewer and solid waste. Note that nearby Yanceyville is Duke Energy Progress, a different subsidiary with a different outage system.
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