NC Gazetteer

Walnut Cove

Also known as: Stokesbury, Lash
A town in Stokes County
… town in S Stokes County. Settled 1883 and known as Lash until 1889, when it was inc. under its present name. Named for a grove of walnut trees. Alt. 634. Stokesbury, formerly a separate community just S of Walnut Cove, is now within the corporate limits.