Kernersville is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, and the largest suburb of Winston-Salem. The population was 26,481 at the 2020 census, an increase from 23,123 in 2010. While Kernersville is in the Winston-Salem Metropllitan area, the municipal limits of the town is also located inside the overall center of the Piedmont Triad, with the very small outskirts of the town also extending inside Guilford County, in which access to Downtown Kernersville from the east is via I-40 Exit 206 in the Guilford County municipality of Colfax.
Southeast
Kernersville
Forsyth County, NC
Population
27,177
Walk Score
67 · Somewhat Walkable
Median rent
$988
Median home value
$241,800
Founded
1756
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- North Cherry Street Historic District · listed 1988
- South Main Street Historic District · listed 1988
Notable landmarks
- First Baptist Church · listed 1988
- Harmon-Reid Mill · listed 1988
- Kernersville Depot · listed 1988
- Korner's Folly · listed 1973
- McKaughan, Isaac Harrison, House · listed 1988
- Roberts-Justice House · listed 1988
- Stuart Motor Company · listed 1988
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