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Ronda
Cub Creek Park is adjacent to downtown
and holds baseball fields, basketball and
pickleball courts, walking trails, mountain
biking trails, trout fishing, a dog park, and
picnic shelters.
Wilkesboro has been the county seat
since 1778, when Wilkes County was formed.
The town was incorporated in 1847 and
maintains its original layout from more than
200 years ago on the south side of the Yadkin
River, with a courthouse square, Main Street,
and a vibrant downtown.

Other Communities
(Unincorporated)
Ronda Wilkesboro – County Seat
*pop. 451 *pop. 3,741 • Boomer • McGrady
Ronda is northeast of Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro is a Mountain Heritage Trout
Wilkesboro along the Yadkin River, a short drive Water City and a Small-Town Main Street • Brushy • Millers Creek
to multiple vineyards and wineries and Stone Community. Downtown, the Carolina West Mountain • Mt. Pleasant
Mountain State Park. It is known for its access Wireless Community Commons features the • Clingman
to water sports, hiking and cycling trails, Wilkes Communications Pavilion stage, a concert • Mulberry
vineyard festivals, and Southern hospitality. lawn, firepits, and connector to the Yadkin River • Cricket • Purlear
Legend says Ronda was named for the Greenway. The award-winning town-sponsored
local estate “Roundabout,” the residence of venue presents Concerts in the Commons, • Fairplains • Roaring River
Benjamin Cleveland, a colonel in the North Movies on Main, the Brushy Mountain Peach • Ferguson • Traphill
Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War. & Heritage Festival, and other celebrations.
Come to the Ronda Roundabout Festival the Wilkesboro is also the home of the annual • Hays • Windy Gap
second Saturday in September! FaithFest and MerleFest, now in its 37th year.

4 About The Area Wilkes Chamber of Commerce