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History

Forsyth County was named for Colonel Benjamin Forsyth. It was formed in 1849 from Stokes County and began as a Moravian settlement in 1753 when Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg acquired a hundred-thousand acre tract of land from Lord Granville. The Moravians called their land Wachovia after the Austrian estate of Count Nicholas Lewis von Zinzendorf, an early protector of the Moravian church. After the two settlements of Bethabara and Bethania were established, the town of Salem was begun in 1766 as the central town in Wachovia. Salem grew rapidly both as a religious center and as a center for crafts and trades. In 1851, the town of Winston was named as the County seat. The courthouse square was laid one mile north of Salem Square with plans for the street of the two towns to run together. Forsyth County has progressed from its rustic past to a modern community which offers a variety of services to its citizens.

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This Forsyth County website page is for History, Facts, Archives, Records, Museums, Exhibits, Documents, Genealogy, Libraries, Historians, Research, Historic Preservation, Ancestry and Statistics in Forsyth County, Belews Creek, Bethania, Clemmons, Kernersville, Lewisville, Pfafftown, Rural Hall, Tobaccoville, Walkertown, Winston Salem, High Point, King, Abbots Creek, Broadbay, Clemmonsville, Middle Fork, Old Richmond, Old Town, Salem Chapel, South Fork, Vienna, Winston, Bethabara, Donnaha, Dozier, Seward, Stanleyville and Union Cross.
Places of interest in Forsyth County include Yadkin Valley, Wake Forest University, Yadkin Valley, Old Salem, Tanglewood Park, SciWorks, Wachovia Center, R. J. Reynolds, Piedmont Triad International Airport and Smith Reynolds Airport.