Editing Clemmons, North Carolina (section)

==Village facts==
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* Originally called Clemmonsville, the Village of Clemmons was founded in 1802 and incorporated in 1986.
* Clemmons is located in the Northwestern Piedmont section of North Carolina in Forsyth County.
* Clemmons is {{convert|10|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest of Winston-Salem, a city of approximately 244,605
* Clemmons, population 20,420, is part of the "Piedmont Triad" and the Winston-Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.
* The proximity of Clemmons to this major urban center and its location along Interstate 40 has contributed to the growth of the Village.
* Clemmons encompasses {{convert|12|sqmi|km2}}.
* [[West Forsyth High School (North Carolina)|West Forsyth High School]], the largest high school in [[Forsyth County, North Carolina|Forsyth County]], is located in Clemmons.
* The Village of Clemmons operates under the Council/Manager form of government. Policy and legislative authority rest with an elected Council which is composed of a Mayor and five Council members. The Mayor and one Council member are elected for a two-year term with the remainder of the Council elected to four-year terms. Currently, the Mayor is Michael Rogers and Council members are Michael Combest (Mayor Pro Tempore), Michelle Barson, Bradley Taylor, Mary Cameron, Randy Wooden.
* The Village Council, among other responsibilities, passes ordinances, adopts an annual budget, appoints citizens to boards and committees, and hires a Village Manager. The Village Manager is responsible for the implementation of the council's policies and ordinances, supervision of the Village employees, and overall maintenance of the day-to-day operations of the Village.
* The tax rate for the Village of Clemmons is $0.15 per $100 of property tax value.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Village Facts {{!}} Clemmons, NC |url=https://www.clemmons.org/224/Village-Facts |access-date=August 25, 2023 |website=www.clemmons.org}}</ref>
* The Clemmons Little League baseball team made the [[2002 Little League World Series]] as the Southeast team before losing in the pool play stage. A notable player on the team was [[2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series]] and [[2013 NASCAR Nationwide Series]] champion [[Austin Dillon]].