THE KERNERSVILLE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Outer Piedmont setting.
Kernersville town has 19.2 square miles of land in Forsyth County, Guilford County. Its Census reference point is in Southern Outer Piedmont, within Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Kernersville intersects 2 county geographies: Forsyth County, Guilford County. A Kernersville mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Kernersville by land and water
The Census records 0.11 square miles of water within Kernersville, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 9.1 percentage points lower than the 9.7% recorded for North Carolina. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kernersville town has 2.9 times the land area of nearby Walkertown town (6.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

