This service, sponsored by all the Moravian church parishes in the city, attracts thousands of worshipers each year, some from overseas. Salem Square and " God's Acre", the Moravian graveyard, have been the site of the Moravian sunrise service each Easter morning since 1772. Salem was incorporated as a town in December 1856. Many of the original buildings in the settlement have been restored or rebuilt and are now part of Old Salem Museums & Gardens. This practice had ended by the American Civil War. For many years, only members of the Moravian Church were permitted to live in the settlement. These included the church, a Brethren's House, and a Sisters' House for the unmarried members of the congregation, which owned all the property in town. Salem was a typical Moravian settlement congregation, with the public buildings of the congregation grouped around a central square (today Salem Square). On January 6, 1766, the first tree was felled for the building of Salem. The town established on the chosen site was given the name of Salem (from "Shalom", Hebrew meaning "Peace", after the Canaanite city mentioned in the Book of Genesis) chosen for it by the Moravians' late patron Count Zinzendorf. Finally, lots were drawn to select among suitable sites for the location of a new town. Some residents expanded to a nearby settlement, called Bethania, in 1759. This town, despite its rapid growth, was not designed to be the primary settlement on the tract. On November 17, 1753, the first settlers arrived at what would later become the town of Bethabara. The land, just short of 99,000 acres (400 km 2), was subsequently purchased from John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville.
He called this area "die Wachau" ( Latin form Wachovia) after the ancestral estate of Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf. The origin of the town of Salem dates to 1753, when Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg, on behalf of the Moravian Church, selected a settlement site in the three forks of Muddy Creek.
The city of Winston-Salem is a product of the merging of the two neighboring towns of Winston and Salem in 1913. Followers of the Moravian Church had interacted with Cherokees. Siouan-speaking tribes such as the Cheraw and the Keyauwee Indians inhabited the area. See also: Timeline of Winston-Salem, North Carolina In April 2021, a study from Lendingtree's Magnify Money blog ranked Winston-Salem the second-best tech market for women. In 2021, the city ranked 46th out of 150 cities on the "Best Places to Live" list from U.S. Winston-Salem is also home to six colleges and institutions, most notably Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem State University, and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, which ranks as one of the best arts schools in America. Many natives of the city and North Carolina refer to the city as "Winston" in informal speech. Winston-Salem is called the "Twin City" for its dual heritage, and "the Camel City" is a reference to the city's historic involvement in the tobacco industry related to locally based R. The metro area covers over 2,000 square miles and spans the five counties of Forsyth, Davidson, Stokes, Davie, and Yadkin. The population of the Winston-Salem metropolitan area in 2020 was 679,948. In 2003, the Greensboro–Winston-Salem– High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area was redefined by the OMB and separated into the two major metropolitan areas of Winston-Salem and Greensboro-High Point. Winston-Salem is home to the tallest office building in the region, 100 North Main Street, formerly known as the Wachovia Building and now known locally as the Wells Fargo Center. With a metropolitan population of 675,966, it is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in North Carolina. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina, the third-largest urban area in North Carolina, and the 90th-most-populous city in the United States. Winston-Salem is a city in and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States.
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