Demographics & Services
KERNERSVILLE AREA
City limits — 17.391 sq. miles
Mailing address — 81.37 sq. miles
LOCATION
Kernersville, North Carolina, lies at the intersection of Interstate 40 and Highway 66. It is situated in Forsyth County, and it borders Guilford County. Kernersville is at the heart of the Triad community, which is comprised of Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point.
POPULATION ESTIMATE
City limits — 21,961
Mailing address — 41,705
AGE OF POPULATION
Birth to 19 years — 24.7%
20 to 34 years — 20.2%
35 to 64 years — 42.3%
65 years and older — 12.6%
Caucasian — 82.3%
African American — 8.2%
Hispanic — 9.6%
Asian — 1.7%
Male — 48.8%
Female — 51.2%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Kernersville — $56,871
Forsyth County — $46,561
North Carolina — $44,772
U.S. — $53,154
Unemployment rate — 4.2%
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
www.kernersvillenc.com — 993-4521
PUBLIC SAFETY
EMERGENCY — 911
Kernersville Police Department — 996-3177
Kernersville Fire Department — 996-4885
TOWN GOVERNMENT
www.toknc.com
Town Hall — 996-3121
Town Manager, Curtis Swisher — 996-3121
Town Clerk — 992-0404
Kernersville Parks & Recreation Programs — 996-3062
Community Development Deptartment Jeff Hatling — 992-0605
Mayor, Dawn Morgan — 996-4069
Mayor Pro Tem, Kevin Bugg — 996-2681
Aldermen
Brooke W. Cashion — 817-3598
Bob Prescott — 993-0525
Dana Caudill Jones — 993-5070
Keith Mason — 996-1211
Kevin Bugg — 996-2681
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Forsyth County
Health Department — 703-3100
HOSPITALS & URGENT CARE
Prime Care — 996-6042
Forsyth Medical Center (Winston-Salem) — 718-5000
High Point Regional (High Point) — 878-6000
Moses H. Cone Memorial (Greensboro) — 832-7000
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical
Center (Winston-Salem) — 716-2011
LICENSES
Tags & Title — 993-5226
Driver’s License — 993-5651
MEETING ROOM RESERVATIONS
Community House — 788-4733
Library Lower Level — 992-3180
Dudley Cosmetology University — 996-2030
Stafford House — 993-3289
Harmon House — 993-3644
NEWSPAPER
Kernersville News — 993-2161
POST OFFICE — 800-275-8777
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Paddison Memorial Library — 703-2930
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools System Admin. Offices — 727-2816
Elementary Schools
Cash Elementary — 996-3321
Kernersville Elementary — 996-1080
Piney Grove Elementary — 771-4545
Union Cross Elementary — 769-9031
Middle Schools
East Forsyth Middle School — 703-6765
Kernersville Middle School — 996-5566
Southeast Middle School — 996-5848
High Schools
East Forsyth High School — 727-2265
Glenn High School — 771-4500
Private Schools
Bishop McGuiness Catholic High School — 564-1010
Brookside Montessori — 996-5351
First Christian Academy — 996-1660
Gospel Light Baptist Christian School — 722-6100
Oak Ridge Military Academy (Oak Ridge) — 643-4131
Triad Baptist Academy — 996-7573
Westchester Day School (High Point) — 869-2128
Technical College
ForsythTechnical Community College-
Grady Swisher Center — 734-7903
SENIOR CITIZENS INFORMATION
Be Friendly Club (First Baptist Church) — 993-2577
Faithful Friends (Triad Baptist Church) — 996-7573
Heritage Club (Main Street United Methodist Church) — 993-3411
Shepherd’s Center — 996-6696
Senior Enrichment Center — 992-0591
Transportation (Trans-Aid) — 727-2257
TAXI SERVICE
Kernersville Taxi — 993-5544
UTILITIES
Telephone (residential) Embarq — 800-672-6242
Telephone (business) Embarq — 800-786-6272
Electricity Energy United — 800-691-3362
Duke Energy — 800-777-9898
Natural Gas Piedmont Natural Gas — 800-752-7504
Water & Sewer (WS/FC) — 727-2355
Water Aqua NC (some subdivisions) — 665-0817
Cable Time Warner — 785-3390
VISITORS CENTER — 993-4521
VOTER REGISTRATION — 703-2800
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Garbage Pickup In town — 996-6916
Outside town limits — 993-4307
WESTERN UNION — 800-325-6000
CLIMATE
Month — Avg. Temp. — Avg. Prec. January — 38 — 3.3 in. February — 41 — 3.3 in. March — 48 — 3.8 in. April — 58 — 3.2 in. May — 67 — 3.6 in. June — 74 — 3.7 in. July — 77 — 4.5 in. August — 76 — 4.1 in. September — 70 — 3.5 in. October — 59 — 3.1 in. November — 49 — 2.8 in. December — 40 — 3.1 in.
ANNUAL EVENTS
Near Easter
Easter Egg Hunt — 996-3062
May
Spring Folly Festival — 993-4521
June
Summerfest — 993-2202
July
Fourth of July Parade — 996-4166
Fourth of July Fireworks — 996-3062
September
Honeybee Festival — 996-3062
October
Fall Festival — 993-7583
Halloween Trick-or-Treat — 993-7583
December
Downtown Open House — 993-7583
Christmas Parade — 993-4521
Christmas Tree Lighting — 996-3062
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