Carolina Curious: Why Do Forsyth County's Borders Look Like Swiss Cheese?
County border lines in North Carolina are often far from symmetrical. That’s especially the case for Forsyth County, which is certainly not a perfect square. That had listener John Strong wondering: “Why do Forsyth County’s southern boundaries look like Swiss cheese?” WFDD’s April Laissle spoke to Martha Hartley, the director of research at Old Salem’s Moravian Research and Archaeology Lab, to find the answer.
Source: wfdd.org