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Welcome to Friedburg ...

Friedburg is located in Davidson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Friedburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Friedburg is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Friedburg lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Friedburg: 336 & 743<3>

Communities near Friedburg ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Friedburg.

  • Winston - Salem
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • High Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Thomasville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Kernersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Clemmons
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Lexington
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Lewisville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Archdale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • King
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • King is located in Forsyth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for King
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,912 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for King <4>
  • Trinity
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Friedburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Friedburg.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Friedburg. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Friedburg.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Friedburg. See our Newspapers Page for Friedburg.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Friedburg ...

Looking for more information about Friedburg? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Friedburg, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Friedburg.

Adding Friedburg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Friedburg in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Friedburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Friedburg post office opened in 1893. The Friedburg post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Friedburg.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Davidson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Friedburg - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Friedburg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Friedburg area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/