Editing Winston-Salem, North Carolina (section)

===History of Winston===
In 1849, the Salem Congregation sold land north of Salem to the newly formed [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]] for a county seat. The new town was called "the county town" or Salem until 1851, when it was renamed Winston for a local hero of the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], [[Joseph Winston]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofws.org/home-center/discover-winston-salem/history/town-of-winston-history |title=City of Winston-Salem &#124; Town of Winston History |website=Cityofws.org |access-date=2017-04-02}}</ref> For its first two decades, Winston was a sleepy community. In 1868, work began by Salem and Winston business leaders to connect the town to the [[North Carolina Railroad]].<ref>Hartley. 1999.</ref> By the 1880s, there were many different tobacco factories in the town, with notable ones owned by Pleasant Hanes and [[R. J. Reynolds|R.J. Reynolds]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tobacco Industry and Winston-Salem |url=https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/tobacco-industry-and-winston |access-date=December 13, 2022 |website=NCpedia}}</ref> Pleasant Hanes would later go on to found [[Hanes]] (formerly called Shamrock Knitting Mills) in 1900.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Journal Staff |title=Northwest Almanac: Shamrock Knitting Mills helped build Winston-Salem |url=https://journalnow.com/news/local/northwest-almanac-shamrock-knitting-mills-helped-build-winston-salem/article_1da40381-c52f-52de-995d-44ca40e53991.html |access-date=2022-12-13 |website=Winston-Salem Journal|date=March 19, 2018 |language=en}}</ref>