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Population 444
Northeast of the twin cities of Wilkesboro venue includes a performance stage, open
and North Wilkesboro, Ronda offers a lawn seating, fire pits, and direct access to
peaceful rural setting with convenient access the Yadkin River Greenway. Save the dates
to the Yadkin Valley’s vineyards and wineries, for family-friendly fun at Concerts in the
including Raffaldini Vineyards and Winery, Commons, Movies on Main, and a calendar
Piccione Vineyards, and Castello Barone of community festivals, including the Brushy
Vineyard & Winery. Play hard in the Ronda Mountain Peach and Heritage Festival.
area, choosing from water sports, hiking Wilkesboro hosts MerleFest, one of the
and cycling trails, vineyard festivals, and nation’s premier Americana music festivals,
Southern hospitality. and FaithFest, a huge event that features
The tradition is that Ronda was named for today’s top Christian music artists, great
the local estate “Roundabout,” the home of food, and activities for the entire family. Ronda
Benjamin Cleveland, a colonel in the North Just steps from downtown, relax at
Carolina militia during the Revolutionary Cub Creek Park’s baseball fields, basketball
War. Today, Ronda maintains that sense of and pickleball courts, trout waters,
heritage and hospitality. mountain biking and walking trails, picnic Wilkes counTy
shelters, a dog park, and Shelton Play Park.
Wilkesboro: Park the car and spend the day exploring unincorporATed coMMuniTies
counTy seAT historic landmarks, locally owned shops,
Population 3,593 and restaurants. • Boomer • Millers Creek
Set along the southern bank of the Established as the county seat in 1778, • Brushy Mountain • Mt. Pleasant
Yadkin River, Wilkesboro blends deep-rooted Wilkesboro was chartered in 1847. Its original • Clingman
• Mulberry
history with an energetic downtown scene. courthouse square and Main Street layout
• Cricket
Recognized as a Mountain Heritage Trout remain intact more than two centuries later, • Purlear
• Fairplains
Water City and designated Small-Town preserving the character of this historic • Roaring River
• Ferguson
Main Street Community, the town offers a river town. Wilkesboro and sister city North
• Hays • Traphill
walkable district anchored by the Carolina Wilkesboro across the river create a dynamic
West Wireless Community Commons Wilkes two-town destination, together known locally • McGrady • Windy Gap
Communications Pavilion. The outdoor as “The Boros.”

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