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Website. www.wakeforestnc.gov. Wake Forest is a town in Franklin and Wake counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina; located almost entirely in Wake County, it lies just north of the state capital, Raleigh. At the 2020 census, the population was 47,601, up from 30,117 in 2010. [5] It is part of the Raleigh metropolitan area.
Wake Forest University ( WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, has been located north of downtown Winston-Salem since ...
Wake County is located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,129,410, [1] making it North Carolina's most populous county. From July 2005 to July 2006, Wake County was the 9th-fastest growing county in the United States, [2] with Cary and Raleigh being the 8th- and 15th-fastest growing communities ...
History. The former stadium name of Groves Field goes back to the original stadium at the original location of Wake Forest (Wake Forest, North Carolina).The old stadium was financed by Henry Groves, and when the school announced the move to Winston-Salem, he and his brother, Earl, decided to make a further contribution to the school to keep their name on any new stadium.
Wake Forest is referred to as being a part of "Tobacco Road" or the Big Four, terms that refer to the four North Carolina schools that compete heatedly against each other within the ACC. Wake Forest swept the series with its Tobacco Road rivals in 1924, 1951, 1970, 1984, 1987, 2006, 2007, and 2019.
The Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina.Anchored by the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill, the region is home to three major research universities: North Carolina State University, Duke University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ...
Falls Lake State Recreation Area. / 36.01667°N 78.69583°W / 36.01667; -78.69583. Falls Lake State Recreation Area is a North Carolina state park in Durham and Wake counties, North Carolina in the United States. Near Wake Forest, North Carolina, it covers 5,035 acres (20.38 km 2) [1] along the shores of 12,410-acre (50.2 km 2) Falls Lake .
Wake Forest Township (also designated Township 19) is one of twenty townships within Wake County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, Wake Forest Township had a population of 65,491, [1] a 119.4% increase over 2000. Wake Forest Township, occupying 73.4 square miles (190.1 km 2) [2] in northern Wake County, includes portions of ...