King, North Carolina
| King, North Carolina | |
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| City | |
 Location of King, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates: 36°16′25″N 80°21′12″W / 36.27361°N 80.35333°WCoordinates: 36°16′25″N 80°21′12″W / 36.27361°N 80.35333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| Counties | Stokes |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democracy |
| • Mayor | Jack Warren |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.89 sq mi (15.26 km2) |
| • Land | 5.84 sq mi (15.12 km2) |
| • Water | 0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,142 ft (348 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,904 |
| • Density | 1,183/sq mi (456.7/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 27021 |
| Area code(s) | 336 |
| FIPS code | 37-35760 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1021043 |
| Website | www |
King is a city in Stokes and Forsyth counties, North Carolina, United States. The population was 6,904 at the 2010 census.
King is part of the Piedmont Triad metropolitan area, located northwest of Winston-Salem.
The city has two large public parks: Recreation Acres and Central Park.
On March 15, 2017 King opened a Walmart.
King is located in southern Stokes County, with parts of the city limits extending south into Forsyth County. U.S. Route 52, a four-lane freeway, passes through the city south and west of the center, with access from Exit 123. Downtown Winston-Salem is 16 miles (26 km) southeast via US 52, and Mount Airy is 21 miles (34 km) to the northwest. Hanging Rock State Park is 16 miles (26 km) to the north.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.9 square miles (15.3 km2), of which 5.8 square miles (15.1 km2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.93%, is water.
The town was originally called "King's Cabin". Charles and Francis King lived in a cabin owned by Francis's father for a short time in the 1830s. Being Quakers and against slavery, the King family moved to the free North. According to television journalist and historian Chad Tucker's book Images of America, King (2006), after the King family left their home it was used by locals as a landmark or reference point in giving directions. Several decades later when a post office was established in 1888 it was named for that reference point, King's Cabin. The railroad laid tracks a few years later and shortened the name to "King" in its business transactions, and to eliminate confusion the post office followed on September 26, 1894. Charles and Francis King never returned to Stokes County and never knew their former home became the namesake of a town.
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