Editing Wake Forest, North Carolina (section)

==History==
In 1832,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/visitors-history.aspx|title=History - Town of Wake Forest, NC|website=www.wakeforestnc.gov|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref> Dr. [[Calvin Jones (physician)|Calvin Jones]], originally from [[New England]], bought {{convert|615|acre|km2}} of forested land in Wake County, North Carolina. He built his [[Dr. Calvin Jones House|plantation]] here. The sparsely populated area became known as the Forest of Wake, or Wake Forest. Jones sold his farm to the North Carolina [[Baptist]] Convention for $2,000, who opened the Wake Forest Manual Labor Institute, later Wake Forest College, on the site. The [[List of Seaboard Air Line Railroad precursors|Raleigh & Gaston Railroad]], completed in 1840, established a depot in nearby [[Forestville, North Carolina|Forestville]] that stimulated the school and surrounding village. College leaders convinced the railroad to move the depot even closer to the college in 1874, leading to more economic development. This community was incorporated as the "Town of Wake Forest College" in 1880. In 1909, the word "College" was removed from the name of the town. The college moved to the much larger city of [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina|Winston-Salem]] in 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wakeforestnc.gov/Visitors/History.aspx|title=History - Wake Forest, NC<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=wakeforestnc.gov|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref> [[Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary]] began offering classes on the original campus of Wake Forest University in 1950, and occupied the entire campus when the university completed its move.

In 2007, the town was listed by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine as the 20th fastest growing suburb in America, with a 73.2 percent increase in population between 2000 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1677596/|title=3 Area Towns Among Fastest-Growing Suburbs :: WRAL.com|last=WRAL|website=wral.com|date=August 7, 2007|access-date=April 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/2007/07/16/suburbs-growth-housing-forbeslife-cx_mw_0716realestate_2.html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220003922/https://www.forbes.com/forbeslife/2007/07/16/suburbs-growth-housing-forbeslife-cx_mw_0716realestate_2.html/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2008|title=America's Fastest-Growing Suburbs - Forbes.com|website=[[Forbes]]|date=February 20, 2008|access-date=July 11, 2017}}</ref>