Wake Forest is a town located mostly in Wake County, North Carolina, just north of the state capital, Raleigh. It is part of the Raleigh metropolitan area and had a population of about 47,601 as of the 2020 census. The town was originally the home of Wake Forest University before the university moved to Winston-Salem in 1956. Geographically, Wake Forest sits in the northeast- central region of North Carolina at the "Fall Line," where the North American Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain regions meet.
Wake Forest University, which was originally located in Wake Forest town, is now situated in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where it has been since 1956.
Thus, Wake Forest town is in North Carolina, near Raleigh, while Wake Forest University is now in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
