RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of North Carolina >> Forsyth County >> FrontisIndex...

Welcome to Frontis ...

Frontis is located in Forsyth County<1>.

Frontis is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Frontis: 336 & 743<3>

Communities near Frontis ...

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

  • Winston - Salem
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • High Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Thomasville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Kernersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Clemmons
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lexington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Lewisville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Oak Ridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • King
    (14 miles [22.5 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>
  • Mocksville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)

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 Frontis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Frontis.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Frontis. 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 Frontis.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Frontis ...

Looking for more information about Frontis? 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 Frontis, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Frontis.

Adding Frontis to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Frontis in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Frontis was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frontis.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Forsyth, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Frontis - 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 Frontis area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Frontis 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.