Kernersville
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town in North Carolina, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Counties
- Forsyth , Guilford
- Named after
- Joseph Kerner
- Mayor
- Dawn H. Morgan
- Total
- 18.22 sq mi (47.18 km )
- Land
- 18.10 sq mi (46.88 km )
- Water
- 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km )
- Elevation
- 938 ft (286 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 28,760
- Density
- 1,461.2/sq mi (564.16/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Zip codes
- 27284–27285
- Fips code
- 37-35600
- Website
- toknc .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kernersville
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Forsyth County
- Population
- 26449
- Area
- 45.148311
- Elevation
- 317
- Official website
- toknc.com
- Image
- KernersvilleFirstBaptistChurch.JPG
- Households
- 10731
- Dialing code
- 336
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- postal code
- 27285
- inception
- 1756-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.6306
- per capita income
- 33590
- Commons category
- Kernersville, North Carolina
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Encyclopedic overview
Kernersville is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, and the largest suburb of Winston-Salem. The population was 26,481 at the 2020 census, an increase from 23,123 in 2010. The town is located inside the overall center of the Piedmont Triad, with the very small outskirts of the town also extending inside Guilford County.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kernersville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.