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Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. [7] At the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina and the 91st-most populous city in the United States. [8]
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. ... 1802 – Salem Academy for girls founded. [2] 1840 ...
Salem merged with adjacent Winston in 1913, becoming known as Winston-Salem. A local architectural review district was created in 1948 (the first in North Carolina and probably the fifth in the country) to protect the historic remains of what had become a depressed area from encroaching development. [7]
In 2010, Reynolds American announced that the company would close its manufacturing plants in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Puerto Rico. Production from these plants will be moved to the Tobaccoville, North Carolina, plant. [18] On July 15, 2014, Reynolds American agreed to buy Lorillard Tobacco Company for $27.4 billion. [19]
The company that would become Piedmont Airlines was founded by Thomas Henry Davis (March 15, 1918 – April 22, 1999 [3]) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1940, when Davis purchased Camel City Flying Service and changed the name to Piedmont Aviation. [4]
Bethabara Moravian Church, built 1788. Wachovia (/ w ɑː ˈ k oʊ v i ə /) was the area settled by Moravians in what is now Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States.Of the six 18th-century Moravian "villages of the Lord" established in Wachovia, today only the town of Bethania and city of Winston-Salem exist within the historic Wachovia Tract.
Winston-Salem State University was founded on September 28, 1892 as an industrial academy. It started as a one-room classroom with 25 students with a goal to “intellectually prepare the head ...
Wachovia Corporation began on June 16, 1879, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the Wachovia National Bank. The bank was co-founded by James Alexander Gray and William Lemly. [10] In 1911, the bank merged with Wachovia Loan and Trust Company, "the largest trust company between Baltimore and New Orleans", [11] which had been founded on June 15 ...