THE KING LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Inner Piedmont setting.
King city has 6.32 square miles of land in Forsyth County, Stokes County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Inner 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.
King intersects 2 county geographies: Forsyth County, Stokes County. A King mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
King by land and water
The Census records 0.06 square miles of water within King, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 8.7 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, King city has 82.5% of the land area of nearby Tobaccoville village (7.66 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

