Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the seat of Forsyth County. The city is on the Piedmont Plateau in the north-central part of the state, near the Blue Ridge Mountains. Winston-Salem is the nation's leading producer of tobacco products, mostly cigarettes. The warehousing and auctioning of tobacco are also important, as is the manufacturing of clothing and textiles.
In Winston-Salem are Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem State University, and Salem College. North Carolina School of the Arts, a state-supported school for the performing arts, is also here. The R. J. Reynolds estate, including home and gardens, is a major attraction. In a restored section of the city called Old Salem are Moravian schools, taverns, and other old buildings.
In 1766, a group of Moravians from Pennsylvania founded Salem, which was incorporated in 1856–57. Winston was established in 1849 and incorporated in 1859. The two cities were combined in 1913.
Population: 185, 776.
