Wake Forest is a town in Wake and Franklin counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located almost entirely in Wake County, it lies just north of the state capital, Raleigh. At the 2020 census, the population was 47,601, up from 30,117 in 2010. It is part of the Raleigh metropolitan area. Wake Forest was the original home of Wake Forest University for 122 years before it moved to Winston-Salem in 1956.
Southeast
Wake Forest
Wake County, NC
Population
48,047
Walk Score
71 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,354
Median home value
$397,300
[[Municipal corporation
1880
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Downtown Wake Forest Historic District · listed 2002
- Glen Royall Mill Village Historic District · listed 1999
- Purefoy-Dunn Plantation · listed 1988
- Purefoy-Dunn Plantation (Boundary Decrease) · listed 1997
- Rock Cliff Farm · listed 2007
- Wake Forest Historic District · listed 2003
Notable landmarks
- Bailey-Estes House · listed 2010
- DuBois, W. E. B., School · listed 1993
- Jones, Dr. Calvin, House · listed 2016
- Lea Laboratory · listed 1975
- Mutschler, William and Barbara, House · listed 2023
- Oakforest · listed 1998
- Powell House · listed 1974
- Purefoy-Chappell House and Outbuildings · listed 2008
- Royall Cotton Mill Commissary · listed 1991
- South Brick House · listed 2014
- Thompson House · listed 2005
- Wakefield Dairy Complex · listed 2003
- Wakefields · listed 1974
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