Wake Forest

Summary

Wake Forest is a town in the United States^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wake Forest is located in Wake County^[3].
• Wake Forest is in the country of United States^[4].
• Wake Forest's head of government is recorded as Vivian A. Jones^[5].
• Wake Forest's image is recorded as Wake forest nc downtown.jpg^[6].
• Wake Forest's instance of is recorded as town in the United States^[7].
• Wake Forest's instance of is recorded as city in North Carolina^[8].
• Wake Forest's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146591006^[9].
• Wake Forest's locator map image is recorded as Wake County North Carolina incorporated and unincorporated areas Wake Forest highlighted.svg^[10].
• Wake Forest's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81078271^[11].
• Wake Forest's postal code is recorded as 27587^[12].
• Wake Forest's postal code is recorded as 27588^[13].
• Wake Forest's Commons category is recorded as Wake Forest, North Carolina^[14].
• Wake Forest's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 179707^[15].
• +1880-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wake Forest^[16].
• Wake Forest's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 1023094^[17].
• Wake Forest's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2406816^[18].
• Wake Forest's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.973333333333, 'lon': -78.518888888889}^[19].
• Wake Forest's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ylvy^[20].
• Wake Forest's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 37-70540^[21].
• Wake Forest's official website is recorded as http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/^[22].
• Wake Forest's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wake Forest, North Carolina^[23].
• Wake Forest's page banner is recorded as Another trail view of falls lake - panoramio (cropped).jpg^[24].
• Wake Forest's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 39a60c71-043b-47e2-a9dd-0d967380d39f^[25].
• Wake Forest's population is recorded as {'amount': '+30117'}^[26].
• Wake Forest's population is recorded as {'amount': '+47601'}^[27].

Body

Founding

+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Wake Forest^[16].

Identity

Wake Forest's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}^[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Wake Forest include Wake Forest University^[29], a university^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1834^[32].

Why It Matters

Wake Forest ranks in the top 2% of town_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (219 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for it include Wake Forest University^[29], a university^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1834^[32].