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  2. List of city nicknames in North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Strawberry Capital of the World [12] Chapel Hill. The Southern Part of Heaven. Charlotte. Queen City [13] Mint City [14] The Hornet's Nest [15] City of Trees [16] Durham.

  3. Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. [6] At the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina, and the 90th-most populous city in the United States. [7] The population of the Winston-Salem metropolitan area was estimated to be 695,630 ...

  4. Bowman Gray Stadium - Wikipedia

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    Bowman Gray Stadium. /  36.08278°N 80.22222°W  / 36.08278; -80.22222. Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned quarter-mile asphalt flat oval short track and longstanding football stadium located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running ...

  5. Davidson County, North Carolina - Wikipedia

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    Davidson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 168,930. [1] Its county seat is Lexington, [2] and its largest community is Thomasville . Davidson County is included in the Winston-Salem, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Greensboro–Winston-Salem ...

  6. Piedmont Airlines (1948–1989) - Wikipedia

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    Founder. Thomas Henry Davis. Piedmont Airlines was a local service carrier, a scheduled carrier in the United States that operated from 1948 to 1989, when it merged into USAir. Its headquarters were at One Piedmont Plaza in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, a building that is now part of Wake Forest University. [1] [2]

  7. Reynolda House Museum of American Art - Wikipedia

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    reynoldahouse.org. The Reynolda House Museum of American Art displays a premiere collection of American art ranging from the colonial period to the present. Built in 1917 by Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband R. J. Reynolds, founder of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the house originally occupied the center of a 1,067-acre (4.32 km 2 ...

  8. Hanging Rock State Park - Wikipedia

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    Hanging Rock State Park. /  36.39139°N 80.26611°W  / 36.39139; -80.26611. Hanging Rock State Park is a 9,011-acre (3,647 ha) [1] North Carolina state park in Stokes County, North Carolina in the United States. The park is 30 miles (48 km) north of Winston-Salem and is located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) from Danbury in Stokes County .

  9. Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum - Wikipedia

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    6,559 Lower level seats including roll-out bleachers. The Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (also known as LJVM Coliseum, Joel Coliseum or simply The Joel) is a 14,665-seat multi-purpose arena, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Construction on the arena began on April 23, 1987, and it opened on August 28, 1989.