Wake Forest

Wake Forest is a town in Franklin and Wake Counties of , immediately to the north of the state capital . With a population just over 41,000 that primarily commutes to work in the , the town is the 9th fastest growing municipality in the state of North Carolina.
  • City with about 47,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 390 feet (120 metres)
  • Description: town located in the U.S. state of North Carolina
  • Postal codes
    27587
    27588
  • Also known as
    “Town of Wake Forest College”
    “Wake Forest, NC”
    “Wake Forest, North Carolina”

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Latitude
35.9776° or 35° 58′ 39″ north
Longitude
-78.5098° or 78° 30′ 35″ west
UN/LOCODE
US WKR
Open location code
8773XFHR+23
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Wake Forest” goes by many names.
ويك فورستArabic
Wake ForestBasque
Wake ForestCatalan
Wake ForestCebuano
Вейк-ФорестChechen
威克森林Chinese
維克森林Chinese
Wake ForestDutch
Wake ForestEsperanto
ویک فؤرستGilaki
ویک فؤرست (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)Gilaki
Wake Forest, Kawolin dinòHaitian
Wake ForestItalian
ウェイクフォレストJapanese
Wake ForestLadin
Wake ForestMin Nan Chinese
Wake ForestNorwegian
Wake ForestNorwegian Bokmål
ویک فارستPersian
ویک فریستPersian
ویک فریست، کارولینای شمالیPersian
Wake ForestPolish
Уэйк ФорестRussian
Уэйк-Форест (Северная Каролина)Russian
Вејк ФорестSerbian
Вејк ФористSerbian
Wake ForestSerbo-Croatian
Wake Forest, North CarolinaSerbo-Croatian
Вейк-ФорестTatar
Вейк-ФорестUkrainian
ویک فارسٹ، شمالی کیرولائناUrdu
Wake ForestUzbek
Wake Forest, North CarolinaUzbek
Wаке ФорестUzbek
Wake ForestVolapük
Wake Forest, North CarolinaVolapük
Wake ForestWaray (Philippines)
Wake Forest, North CarolinaWaray (Philippines)
Wake ForestWelsh
Wake Forest, Gogledd CarolinaWelsh

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