Wayback Wednesday: Forsyth County Courthouses, Part 2.
Forsyth County was formed from the southern half of Stokes County on January 16, 1849. At that time the courts met in Germanton, the county seat of Stokes. The logical site for the new...
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The Name Game: Burke Street
In the 1891 “Bird’s Eye View of the Twin-Cities,” shown above, Burke Street was called Shallowford Street, an extension of the street that is known today as First Street. In the foreground of the...