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Community Introduction

Postcards that date back to the early 1900s depict a quieter time when Main Street was paved with field stones brought in from local pastures and set into the road. When downtown Main Street’s infrastructure was refurbished, horseshoes and field stones dating back to the 1800s were excavated and set into the sidewalk in front of Main Street Baptist Church.

“Originally Main Street was called Danville Road. It was known as the ‘Road to Atlanta’ and was on the main route from New York City to Atlanta. Kernersville’s Main Street has a rich history,” explains Town Attorney John Wolfe.

There are folks like Jeff Pizzino, who grew up in a neighborhood off Highway 66. He lives near his childhood home with his wife Missy and daughters Hayley and Reagan and builds buses for Thomas Built Buses. Danny Jefferson came to Kernersville to partner with Jack Pierce and form Pierce-Jefferson Funeral Service. He has joined numerous civic organizations and makes a difference with volunteering in Kernersville.

There are people like Mary Mullinax, a former preschool teacher at Main Street United Methodist Church, whose name has become synonymous with the annual children’s Fourth of July Parade. Mary and her husband Brady Mullinax successfully petitioned the state of North Carolina to name the honeybee the state insect. Every September, the Honeybee Festival at Fourth of July Park, inspired by the Mullinaxes, attracts people like bees to nectar.Kernersville is home to 22,000 people. Five public elementary schools, three public middle schools and two public high schools serve its children, as do several private institutions. Our churches are as diverse as the worshippers. Our history harkens back to hard-working families whose values shaped the town that still attracts families. Our future is based on people moving in, babies being born and a community growing together.

“We’re here only a short period of time. We need to take advantage of the time we do have by continuing to serve,” Kernersville Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Bruce Boyer told attendees at the 2008 annual fall chamber banquet.

This service toward others molds the atmosphere of Kernersville. We are a community where Arnold King, Mike Jacobs and other philanthropists began the Kernersville Foundation as a way to maximize financial assistance to Kernersville nonprofit organizations. Every contribution returns to the community 100 percent.

Kernersville is the home of Next Step Ministries, an organization started by a group of citizens to provide a safe harbor for battered women and families fleeing danger. It is one of two domestic abuse shelters in Forsyth County.

Kernersville is home to multiple parks and countless happy children. Preschools are bright, happy places of learning that pave the way to the elementary schools, both public and private, in Kernersville.

It is the town where John M. “Neighbor” Pinnix once worked as a young gas lamplighter and became one of the town’s most recognized merchants. It is where success is celebrated, and disappointment receives compassionate comfort. Kernersville is where we live, where our address provides an atmosphere spoken of nostalgically in other parts of the country but found in genuine sincerity in our community.