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  2. Wake Forest, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Wake County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .wake .gov. 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 ...

  4. Wake Forest Historic District - Wikipedia

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    December 18, 2003. Wake Forest Historic District is a national historic district located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 245 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and five contributing structures built between about 1890 and 1953 and located in the historic core of the town of Wake Forest.

  5. Purefoy–Dunn Plantation - Wikipedia

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    Purefoy–Dunn Plantation is a historic plantation and national historic district located near Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The Greek Revival style plantation house was built about 1814 and remodeled about 1850. It is a two-story, L-shaped, heavy timber frame building. It has a low hipped roof and is sheathed in clapboards.

  6. Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District - Wikipedia

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    August 27, 1999. Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District is a historic mill town and national historic district located at Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 82 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site built between about 1900 and 1949 and located in a residential section of the town of Wake Forest.

  7. Wake Forest University - Wikipedia

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    The school was founded after the North Carolina Baptist State Convention purchased a 615-acre (249 ha) plantation from Calvin Jones in an area north of Raleigh (Wake County) called the "Forest of Wake". The new school, designed to teach both Baptist ministers and laymen, opened on February 3, 1834, as the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute ...

  8. National Register of Historic Places listings in Wake County ...

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    36°01′22″N 78°41′58″W. /  36.022778°N 78.699444°W  / 36.022778; -78.699444  ( James Mangum House) Creedmoor. Creedmoor is in Granville County. The geocode coordinates in the NRIS are in Chatham County. NC-751 southwest of Durham places the site in either Durham or Chatham County. 109. Marshall-Harris-Richardson House.

  9. Wake County Public School System - Wikipedia

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    The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) is a public school district located in Wake County, North Carolina. With 157,673 students in average daily membership and 194 schools as of the 2021–2022 school year, [3] it is the largest public school district in North Carolina and 14th-largest in the United States as of 2016.