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Wakefield is a former unincorporated community and current area within the Zebulon, North Carolina, United States town limits in extreme eastern Wake County. It is centered on Pearces Road (SR 1001) between Pippin Road (SR 2337) and Arendell Avenue , northeast of the center of Zebulon. It was annexed by Zebulon in 1997. [1]
Zebulon (/ ˈ z ɛ b j u l ə n / ZEB-yoo-luhn) [5] is the easternmost town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States.The population was 6,903 at the 2020 census. [6] Zebulon is part of the Research Triangle metropolitan region.
Wake Forest is home to the Falls Lake State Recreation Area. Falls Lake Park contains the 12,000-acre (49 km 2) Falls Lake and 26,000 acres (110 km 2) of woodlands. [20] Wake Forest is served by ten parks and community centers. They include the following: [21] Ailey Young Park; H.L. Miller Park; Holding Park and Wake Forest Community House; J.B ...
The term was coined by the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, developer John Kane and planning director Mitchell Silver. The News & Observer newspaper started using the term for marketing purposes only. [90] The Midtown Raleigh Alliance was founded on July 25, 2011, as a way for community leaders to promote the area. [91]
Holly Springs Community Library, part of the Wake County Public Library system, and a cultural-arts facility opened in early December 2006. [ 17 ] On July 18, 2006, pharmaceutical company Novartis announced it would be building a manufacturing facility in Holly Springs and employing about 350 to produce flu vaccines using new technologies.
I-540 / NC 540 serves the Morrisville area and is located to the west of the town. The highway offers access to I-40, North Raleigh, RDU airport and eastern Wake County. NC 147 is located in the northern part of town and provides easy access to Durham.
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 the city of Raleigh and the entirety of the towns of Wake Forest and Rolesville.
The NC Chamber, along with the North Carolina Commerce Coalition, was a major supporter of the NC Commerce Protection Act of 2013 (Senate Bill 648). [8] This legislation, commonly referred to as an ag-gag bill, seeks to criminalize undercover investigations by journalists and advocates seeking to document and expose illegal activity on ...