| Significant City History |
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The origin of the town of Salem dates back to January 1753
In 1849 the town of Winston was founded. In 1889 the US
Post Office combined the mail offices for the two towns &
the towns were officially joined as "Winston-Salem" in 1913.
R. J. Reynolds established the second-largest tobacco firm in
the global tobacco industry in Winston-Salem in 1874.
In 1937 Krispy Kreme opened its first doughnut shop in
Winston-Salem, in a rented building on South Main Street.
In 1948 Piedmont Airlines was officially formed.
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| Famous people |
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Maya Angelou Howard Cosell
Arnold Palmer John Tesh
Chris Paul (New Orleans Hornets)
Josh Howard (Dallas Mavericks)
Rosemary Harri
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| Climate Action Now Initiatives |
1. U.S. Conference of Mayors-Climate Protection Agreement
2. Joined ICLEI
3. initiating/participating in numerous programs to catalogue past
and lower current City carbon emissions
• hybrid fleet vehicles, etc.
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| City |
State |
Population |
Year Founded |
| Winston Salem |
NC |
196,990 |
1766 |
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| Elevation |
Industry |
% Unemploy |
Avg. Income |
| 912ft |
Tobacco |
6% |
$53,534 |
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| Ethnic Groups |
% of Population |
Average Age |
Pop. Density |
| White |
52% |
36 |
1,707 per sq mile |
| Black |
36% |
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| Hispanic |
8% |
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| Asian |
1% |
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| Other / Mixed |
2% |
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| Avg Max Mean Temp |
Avg Max Mean Temp |
Avg Min Mean Temp |
Avg Min Mean Temp |
| July 1961 |
July 2000 |
Jan 1961 |
Jan 2000 |
| 86.4 |
94.1 |
23.4 |
38 |
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| Avg July Precip |
Avg July Precip |
Avg Jan Precip |
Avg Jan Precip |
| July 1961 |
July 2000 |
Jan 1961 |
Jan 2000 |
| 3.1 |
1.5 |
2.3 |
3.8 |
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| Current Avg |
% of Sunny Days |
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| Precip |
(Yearly) |
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| 3.6 |
48% |
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| State Ranking |
Total Carbon |
Total Carbon |
Resid. Carbon |
| C02 Footprint |
Output Per Person |
Output Winston Salem |
Output Winston Salem |
| (most consumption) |
Metric Tons of |
Metric Tons of |
Metric Tons of |
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CO2 Per Year |
CO2 Per Year |
CO2 Per Year |
| 12th |
18.17 |
3,579,308 |
1,436,057 |
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