Wake Forest is a town located in Wake County that is considered to be a suburb of Raleigh. As of a 2000 census, the town was reported to have nearly 13,000 residents.
The town of Wake Forest began to be developed in 1820 when 615 acres of land was purchased in the area by Dr. Calvin Jones. The area was very sparsely populated at the time and was named as both Forest of the Wake and as Wake Forest at the time. The town started to become more populated when Jones sold his property for $2,000 to the North Carolina Baptist Convention.
After the North Carolina Baptist Convention became established in the town, it opened the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute and then the Wake Forest College. This college was later renamed Wake Forest University, which is where the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is now located.
When the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad was completed in 1840, the schools in the area also received a boost. In addition, college leaders were able to get the railroad moved closer to the college in 1874, which further gave the economy in the area a boost and allowed the community to become incorporated. The incorporation took place in 1880 and...
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