Kernersville, North Carolina | |
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Town | |
Motto: "The Heart of the Triad" | |
![]() Location in Forsyth County and the state of North Carolina | |
Coordinates: 36°06′22″N 80°05′03″W / 36.10611°N 80.08417°W[1] | |
Country | United States |
State | North Carolina |
Counties | Forsyth, Guilford |
Founded | 1756 |
Incorporated | 1873 |
Named for | Joseph Kerner[2] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Dawn H. Morgan[3] |
Area | |
• Total | 18.21 sq mi (47.18 km2) |
• Land | 18.10 sq mi (46.88 km2) |
• Water | 0.11 sq mi (0.29 km2) |
Elevation | 938 ft (286 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 26,449 |
• Density | 1,461.19/sq mi (564.16/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 27284–27285 |
Area code | 336 |
FIPS code | 37-35600[6] |
GNIS feature ID | 2405941[5] |
Website | toknc |
Kernersville is a town in Forsyth County, North Carolina, and the largest suburb of Winston-Salem. A small portion of the town is also in Guilford County. The population was 26,481 at the 2020 census,[7] up from 23,123 in 2010. Kernersville is located at the center of the Piedmont Triad metropolitan area, between Greensboro to the east, High Point to the south, and Winston-Salem to the west. Some of the farmland surrounding the town has been sold and turned into large middle-to-upper-class housing developments.