THE WINSTON-SALEM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Outer Piedmont setting.
Winston-Salem city has 133.7 square miles of land in Forsyth 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
Winston-Salem and Forsyth County
Winston-Salem is associated with Forsyth County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Winston-Salem by land and water
The Census records 1.21 square miles of water within Winston-Salem, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 1.1% recorded for Forsyth County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Winston-Salem city has 20 times the land area of nearby Walkertown town (6.7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

