Danbury, NC

Danbury is a town located in Danbury Township, Stokes County, North Carolina, United States. The 2020 census counted 142 residents. Danbury is the county seat of Stokes County. Danbury is located on North Carolina Highway 8/89 approximately 20 miles north of Winston-Salem and is the "Gateway to Hanging Rock". The short version is that Danbury carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Danbury: its past remains attached to the places people use now. The Stokes County Government Center, Arts Council, school board, county jail, a public library, a post office, and other public services are found within the town limits. Danbury was founded in 1851 specifically to serve as the new centrally located county seat after Stokes County was divided in 1849, creating Forsyth County to the south and a smaller Stokes County. Danbury was briefly known as Crawford.